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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
AMERICAN FRIENDS
SERVICE COMMITTEE
PART 21 OF Z5
FILE NUMBER : 100 11392
SUBJECT; AMERICAN
FILE #; LQQ-11392
SECTION: -1_ |
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7/11/69, each enclosing an LHM of same date,
up ..5" tbwas contacted on 1/zs/99, at which
time he advised that he had no knowledge concerning instant
"Peace Caravan", and could, therefore, identify none ofthe individuals described in referenced M6mphiS letterhead
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, A -9 stated on-7/28/69 that Minrrzwnnown 9.» and other individua1s_connected oith the Peace Caravan,__a¢~~~wsponsored by American Friends Service Committee, hgd arrived-, in Atlanta, Georgia, to assist in any say they cou d_. relative to draft resistance. Source said, however, that .Atlanta Workshop In Nonviolence, the principal councilingand draft resistance organization in the Atlanta area, has . "recently been at a low ebb in its operation, and said ,' , U ,-Organization was apparently not in a position to offer any_<-T §$¥§fh_ Iork for the Peace Caravan people. fSource said BROWN anq ;;_;_. '9 hiacassociates care: therefore, doing very little or no --;<; work in the area; Source indicated at the time that he I ' 1
IOU1d attempt to develop further information concerning 'the group, _ _ ~ , 1
' On s/ea/99, _ina1¢ated that MARTIN snow}? -
_ and two of the Peace Caravan associates, namely one JIM/>1_GRAI1TT, Negro male, about 5' 11" tall, 200 fJ0un.d$", from ,. ,;_,'_."Charlotte, np;th_Qaggiina, and a girl ca11e¢{§FAMKA" phonetic!~m. from olland, had participated in a recent anti-war demonstraé~;
tion held on 8/9/69 by a coalition of New Left and Pacifistgroups in Atlanta, Source said that BROWN, who is employed
b Ame 1 n F 1 d S t y r ca r en s ervice Commi.tee, is now permanently
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has held weekly peace vigils in downtown Memphis inlthe
commencing July 2, 1969, had scheduled a larger peace rally *"" "
for Wednesday, August 6, 1969, under the sponsorship of
DRUM. Sources one and two furnished a copy of a two-page
Himeograph throwaway entitled, "Drummer," dated "August 4,"
and shown as being issued by the Draft Resistance Union of
Memphis, P. 0. Box 11463, Memphis, Tennessee, 38111. A Xerox
copy of both pages of'this documentzue attached hereto which
tend to indicate the purpose and key personnel involved in the
demonstration which_origina11y was scheduled to'be held in
front of the First National Bank,165 Mad1gm1Avenue, Memphis,
Tennessee. -1"
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' _ -At noon'cn wednesday. July 2. 12 members of D.R.U-M- be£&n=,;
- reading the names of the American War Dead at the front entrance .
*.0f the Federal Office Building. ~They did this in a spirit of
--mourning for those who have died, both Vietnamese and American.vzT
ls.- ¢,and to bring home to the citizens of Memphis the continuing _ ' ¥L
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Of the local news media so that the citizens of Memphis wou1d;_w_qlearn of the peace efforts in this city. However, the news ,;;§;§
- media has ignored D.R.U.m.'s activities of the past five. I. .
- consecutive Wednesdays for two apparent reasons: 1! the - '
"~&_news media in Memphis supports the war in Vietnam ahd~hasgnm
- fintention of recognizing an orderly and dignified peahorror and devastation of_this senseless and inhuman war. q*f§
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.' usually only twelve to twenty people attend the* readings..
..= few Memphians are aware that peace-demonstrations occur each
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~ First National Bank Building. 165 Madison Avenue. We must jf:_
_ continue to point out the true dimensions of this war; we -
H 1must continue to point out that over 1.000.000 Vietnamese D
_ and more than 37.000 Americans
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l and we must point out that thehave died so far; we
Paris peace talks are, 1 .-
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D.R.U.M. must continue. On Wednesday, August 6 _
.. reading of the names will continue. However, the -location N i
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. Here are éwe suggestions;
1! Be informed. Know the iucts,
the history, and political as-
pects of the American involvement
2! Inform others. Ta1k_about the
war to your friends, nelghbors,
business associates. Write them-
3! Writo your Congressmen and
Senators; They'll need votes inthe rext elections, ' '
H! Send letters to the~editora .
This may be_effective in Memphis,
but only if we send many lettersa
Q! Wear a means hnttnnl ht w41'.11 'v'- I rvvrvww -rvu.-vvwaog 4v II4|¢l-*0 onindicate your position and may ; _
help you start a conversation.
6! Affiliate/Organizei You.can
join D,R.U;M,,onWednesdays and .
Sundays; D;R;U.M; reads the
roll of honor on Wednesdays and j
leaflets church services.on Sun-'
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolutionwas gassed in the House,by a voteof 4 6 to 0, in thesenate by a vot
Oi. tQ 2.!
August 6, 1on5, _
?he U.S; droppedQthefatomic_fTj
bohb on Hiroshima. " -
August 94 19#5= -. '
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August 12, 1964: -
President Johnson said: "Some .
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conflict, They call upon us to
supply American boys to do the job
that Asian boys should do. They-,i
ask us to take reckless action'
'whitn¢might risk the lives of ;
millions and engulf much of Asia _
and certainly threaten the peace .-
3 Y0 can Organize discussionof the entire world, -Moreover,Q
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at all to the real problem of ,1.
Support draft resistance;-_ '.Vietnam;"'. ,Q'-1., . H eii =
a. If you are over draft age you Augugt 19, 19u5| ' ._ T
can
military service by signing a_ K
"statement of_complicity" which ,
might make you liable for-arrest,
b. Get information on the Con- -'
scientious Objector position toff
draft age men,
c; Urge that all High Schools
have a draft counseling'servioe{
d; Men of draft age can resist -
war by filing for the C;0,.status
e. Anyone of any age can carry _'identify With'th°=9 ROW refusing 1f The DemocraticRepublic7o£
Vietnam proclaimed from Hanoi by.: ~ I ':','~: .- - ' 1 ,92~ _
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the grummer staff: " . -1:
editor--Victor A, Smith, Jr. - -
historian-Harry E._Sayle, -'7EPF.consu1tant--Robert Taylor Hsecretary--Qharlee wrighrf -
the protest against the draft to Q on Feb; 24, 1965, sec-General
the induction centers by physical U Thant made a most unusual state-
oecupation of the centers.- How .ment; _P1 am gufg ihe great Ameri,
dramatic
mothers, sisters were to lead a
sit-in of the draft center saying
"We will not allow you to take
another black.or white boy out I
of the slums and ghettoes for the
purpose ofwaging this war with-
out'arresting-us iirsté" 'vit Would be if srendmsthecsn pB0pl¢; if they only knew the'
true facts and the background to-
the developments in South Vietnam,
will agree with me that further
'bloodshed is unnecessary,;,As you
know, in times of war and of hos-
tilitiesethe.first'casualty is ,
truth,9. "~. . J'[ i- 1, ,- , - I _f, Contribute to D.R.U.M, If you. "
cannot participate actively, than
help D;R.U,M; with'its expenses;_
The cost of materials-and postal
gharges for.this issue of the
drummer-totaled over $20;0O, --
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Anna 199; rnrszwos iSiERV*I*C_E cogmqrgg
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high school
Democratic Party who primarily have been supporters of
EH8of the
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dissidParticipants were to come from any possible source,
according to sources one and two, particularly groups such
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d, MDemocratic Coalition NDC!, a-group of primarily
age, college age and young adult dissident members
ene McCarthy Democrat-Minnesota! and the late
Kennedy. Other sources would come from the remnants
inactive Students for a Democratic Society SDS!'
Memphis, Tennessee, primarily headed by James Earl
emphis State University MSU! student; and that
A. Smith, Jr., who claims to be the Chairman of DRUM
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and peace movement on into the start of the 1969
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Appendix section.! e '
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-advertising the scheduled August 5, 196e, demonstration
- which is captioned, "Hiroshima Memorial Peace DemOStf&Cio,"
subcaptioned, "August 6, 12 Noon, Federal Building, Memphls,
Main and Poplar," beneath which are three peace symbols and
the words.reading, "Memorial service for the more than 78,000
Japanese men, women and children -murdered on August 6, 1945.
Bring our Gls home plea. U. S. out of Okinawa plea. Stop
ABM antiballistic missiles! plea. Don"t commit the crime of
silence. Join us August 6." This is shown as being issuedi
- by the Gommittee for Pence. J
' Source one added that the staff of the fDrummeF' ~
as set forth on the reproduced material contained herein is
Editor, Victor A Jr * Histo rian, Harry E. Sane?F its male, student at MS ;
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Source one also advised that Victor Smith had put out
a 1etter_whivh he mailed to various Memphians on the letterhead
of DRUM, P. O. Box 11643, Memphis, Tennessee, stating that
DRUM was a newly formed organization at Memphis-composed of
dedicated and courageous persons opposed to the Vietnam War
and to the Selective Servite System; that DRUM was dedicated
to the education and involvement of the community for an anti-
war campaign; and that DRUhs prime concern was the counselling
of young men about the alternatives and resistance to the draft
laws endeavoring to make both the Vietnam War and the draft a .
public and community issue. The letter continued that DRUM was
an infant organization, had formation difficulties, has encountered
some opposition from reactionary elements not further described,
and.¢hat DRUM.was lacking in publicity because of the opinions -
and attitudes of the local news media, and above all that DRUM
had considerable difficulty soliciting financial support from V '
sympathizers and would'be supporters due to the lack of publicity
and because these_possib1e supporters feared reprisal from
reactionary forces, It continued that DRUM must live and_has
pledged itself to'U2t purpose because it is the only organization
in the entire Memphis and mid-South region which had the con-
viction and courage to take a pub1ic.stand against the Vietnam
War and the draft. It solicited the support of the recipient
and was signed Victor A. Smith, Jr., Chairman, DRUM.
On August 5, 1959, Special Aéents Qf the FederalBur-au of_Investigation . .w' 9, , ._ " ' _ l _ _' -
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Federal Office Bilding as well as the First ational Bank _
Building and Court Square, Memphis, Tennessee. A small group
of individuals headed by James Earl Gaylord met in front of the
Federal Office Building shortly before 12 noon and walked a
distance of some eight blocks to the entrance of the First
National Bank Building where they were observed to join a
small group of demonstrators headed by Victor A. Smith, JIQ}
supported by Harry Eugene Sayle, mentioned above. This group
remained in the vicinity of the Plaza in front of the First
National Bank, 165 Madison Avenue, until approximately 3 p.m.
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The group stood for the most part in
carried placards ca1ling_for the end
calling the United States murders of
individuals such as Victor Smith anda single-file position and
to the war in Vietnam,
the poor; Periodically
Harry Sayle would distribute
a reprint, four pages in length, entitled, "A Generation in Search
of the Future," by Dr. George Wald, issued by an organization
known as-"Promoting Enduring Peace Peace," P. 0. Box 103, Woodmont
Connecticut, reprinted by permission from the "New Yorker"
Magazine, Inc.," Wald being a Professor of Biology at Harvard
University.
A review of this document written by Dr. George Wald
revealed that it is a general intellectual attack on United States
policy in Vietnam and an attack on the general Defense Department
military policy of the United States.
There were no particular.incidents or arrests during
the demonstration. At the end of the demonstration, a small
group following Victor Smith walked back to
retraced their steps to the Court
after Victor Smith announced that
occur Wednesday,August 13, 1969;
for a show of hands of those who planned toBuilding;
dispersed
tion wouldthe Federal Office
Square where they
a similar demonstra-
and Smith called
participate and '
about two-thirds of participants, which numbered approximately
35, held up their hands. "
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Several other white males and females were observed
who gave the appearance of being stereotyped hippies, some of
them barefooted, many wearing sandals, long hair and mod
clothes.
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. ' A'source has advised that the Students for a
-' Democratic Society SUE!, as it is khwrn today, came into?
""being at a founding convention hold at Port Huron, Michigan,
in June, 1962. From an initial ideological posture of
"participatory democracy, the cur:ent line oi the national
.leedership reveals an adherence to Marxism-Leninism.
michael Kloneky, National Aecretary, in March, 1969, called
-for-the building of a .revo1utionary Marxist-Leninist movement
The program of SDS has moved from involvement in civil rights
,' strucales-to an anti-VieLnam_war position and finally to its
present advocacy of an anti-imperialist line, linking up the
.oppréssed peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America with the
black liberation movement in the United States. China,
Vietnam and Cuba are regarded as countries which are leading
the worldwide struggles ngeinst United States imperialism.__
_ On the other hand, SDS regards the Soviet Union as an
- imperialist power and does not support the policies of that
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SDS maintains a national office in Room 206, 1608
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. Its official paper,
."New Left Notes," reflects the line of the national leader-
ship and program adopted at meetings oi the National Council
and National Interim Committee NIC!. Three national
officers and a RIC of eleven members are elected each year
during.a June Rational Convention.
- SDS regional offices and university andrcoliege
chapters elect delegates to Sational Council meetings wherein
program and ideology are debated, hut each region and chapter
is autonomous in nature and is tree to carry out independent
policy and programs reflective of local conditions. e
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conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is
loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be
distributed outside your agency.
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Boston, Messachuse
August-8, 1969
AMERICAN FRIEHD3 ,
SERY1§§_COMMITTEE §AFS!
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1n the post advised on August 8,'1969, that the American. ,- -.1ce Commltuoe {AFSC!-conducted en Avon
Geneva Tolnt Como Take Winnopcseukoe,
, Juiy ¢u, 1§o9, through August 1, 1969.
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walkie-talkie an a German shepherd dog on the perimetgr
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RE: PEACE CARAVAN, 1969
AEERICKN FRIENDS SERVI¬E CGHEITTEE;
INFORMATION CONCERNING
DRAFT RESISTANCE UNION OF MEMPHIS DRUM!;
l 5ELECTIVE §ERVICE ACT; '
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On July 15, lQ6g: a first source advised that asmall contingent of th2?Peace Caravan, 1969, a group of
several'young college. tudents"sponsbred by the American
Frien Service Committee, were still in Memphis, Tennessee, -stayigg at the Westminster House, 449 Patterson, a ""-
Pres yterian Student Center located across the street from
Mem is State University. Their-host was Qeggrgqd RichgrdM.' oon, Director of the Westminster House. .§_92 _ i_ -/-.______ --* - -1 ...,__.......__....__....--.- , . _- __ .-I -/3. ,_1' " I
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Source One stated that the "Great Speckled Bird"
is published by a group of young college dropouts and- college graduates who have been closely identified in recent
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namely Students for a Democratic Society SDS! and Southern
Student Organizing Committee SSOC!
Cnaracteriaatiohs of the 0r and Q appear in
the Appendix section of this communication.
Among the people nresent at the Kestminster House
on the night of July 14, 1969, was Pavid cey, a male I
Nan-rn 1:1-||dnn+ n+ Hnrnvhia I: |'!l"'§ tn.-. new 4 .. z -Q
was with a large, heavy-set, young ma e Negro who is a
"draft counselor connected with the Peace Chravan, 1969, and
who is from out of town. iHis name is not known. Also
present was a short, dark black-haired girl, dark complexion,
i'local girl. 92
This group gave no indication that there would be
any continuetien ef the Wednesday pence vigils at the
Federal Office Building protesting United States policy in
. Vietnam similar to the one held on July 9, 1969.
Such a vigil did, however, take place on the early
afternoon of Wednesday, July 16, 1969, and re resents ivesof the FBI Mem-his _ ' *_,,;%_* "_ * " 1 ~," -
observed the following
individuals participating therein, it being noted that the
grcup stood in front cf the Federal Building reading names
92 of Tennessee deceased in the Vietnam War, whereas others
quietly walked back_and forth on_the public sidewalk in
- front of the building located at 167 North Main, carrying
placards calling for withdrawal of United States forces"9 from Vietnam. ' . 92
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thin, white girl, with long straight blonde hair, tan
slacks, white T-shirt, wearing glasses, who Source One
stated might be the sister of Spencer; an individual
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tentatively identified as John White, a male white MSU .
student who has long Cavalier-styled brown hair, shoulder
length, dressed in a long-sleeve light shirt and who is
identical with the young man who appear d in the July 9
vigil wearing a dark blue suit.
Also present was VictoA{ mith, Jr,, white male,
- MSU student, who isone of the s_li-acc1aimed_1enders$of
. theeewly !@1"me¢.nr.e.1';$_Res1s.te.nee F-mien. 9.1, eee.'>his.. .n{11zu.h.=*!!.,..which was formed On qr about July 7,"l969, _ .,-~7:;»1_A
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s a w 1 e girl with long brown air, wearing yellow
horts and a tan short-sleeve blouse ns well as MARY ANNMOCLURE. MSU student-92 *~ ' _ ' + *%-~ .- ' . -- . . l - _ . -1-. - I
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general public going into and out of the Federal Office
Building paid little or no attention_to the demonstrators I
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A source has advised that-the Students for a
.Demccratic Society qsnil, as it is known today,-came into
being at a founding convention held at Fort Huron, Michigan,
in June, 1962. From-an initial ideological poature of
"pniticipatory dGm0Cr3u§,' the cnr:ent line oi the national
leedcrnnip reveals an adherence to Marxism-lsninism.
Michael Hlonsky, National Aecretary, in March, 1969, called
£¢r"the building of a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist movement
ne program of 533 has wooed from involvement in civil rights
struciles to an anti-Vietnam war liit and finally to its
present advocacy of an anti-imperialist line, linking up the
oppressed peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America with the
black liberation movement in the United States. China,
Vietnam and Cuba are regarded as countries which are leading
the worldwide strug§1es.ngainst United States imperialism.
On the other hand, SE5 rtqirds the Soviet Union as an
imperialist power and s not support the policies oi that*bountry.
SDS maintains a national office in Room 206, 1608
West Madison Street, Chicago, illinoie. [ts official paper,
"New Left Notes," reflects the line of the notional leader-
ship and program adopted at meetings of the National Council
and National Interim Committee {N16}, Three national
officers and a NIC of eleven members are elected each year
during a June National Convention.
SD5 regional ofiices and university ind college
chapters elect delegates to National council meetings wherein
Lzogram and ideology are dobléd, but each region and chapter
is autonomous in nature and is tree to oazry out independent
policy and programs reflective of local conditions.
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_ _ _ On Novemher 1, 1966, a tirst source advised that
the Southern $tudent organizing Committee ISSOC} was formed
on the weekend of anvil 3-5, 1964, to stimulate activity of
southern_student groups in areas of civil rights, peace,
academic freedom, civil liberties, capital punishment, and
"unemployment. Originally, it was to be a white counterpart
It of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC!.
has agreed to work with similar interested
SNCC nnd_Students for a Democratic society
Conference Educational Fund, inc, JFF!,
afiiliate of the seegroups such as
EDS! and Southern
SBOC is a fraternal
Beginning in the fall of 1955, SSOC became a
membership organization and cmoarked on n campaign to form
local chapters on various college campuses throughout the
South. SSOC publishes, October through May each year, a
publication, "New South Student," which. according to the
above source, has increasingly espoused and deiended the
pro-communist and anti-United States position on domestic '
and foreign policy.
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- By letter dated ipril 26. 1968, on SSOC letterhead
mailed to the general SSUC membership over the signature of
Mike We1ch,'Fxecutive Secretary of SSOC, the was announced that
as a step toward close relations with the Students for a
Democratic Society {SSS} and better communications with the
movement nationally, SSOC and SDS have worked out an exchange
of the "New south Student" and the "New Left Notes," and that
SDS and SSOC were exchanging contact lists of their respective
memberships for this exchange
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The May, 1968, issue of "New South Student,
indicates that the 520$ mailing address is P. O. Box 6403,
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, telephone number 615-291-3537
and the masthead describes the organization as an '
association of young concerned southerners dedicated tn
social change, as taken from the preamble of the SSOC
constitution. -
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not conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI
and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not
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RE: PEACE CARAVAN, 1969, '
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
INFORMATION CQNCERNING
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_ * Previous correspondence concerning the Memphis, Tennesse'
aspect of captioneg,matter has been carried under the title Peace
Caravan - 1969, American Friends Service Committee; Information
Concerning,_specifically a communication at Memphis dated July 2,.
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_p-._. - . A ,R On Juli 4 and 6, 1969, a first source advised that thegroup known ?p1?eace Cargygn, 1969, affiliated with American '
Friends Serv c 'Committee, continues to operate out of the
iwestminister Housef aPresbyterian Student Center, 449 Patterson
Street, Memphis, yhign/is.directly across the street from the main
campus of Memphislstate/University MSU!, headed by approximately
t ;,5outof-town, voung college students, including Eduard MartinBrown, IV, and Don¥hess, a 3rd year medical student at Ehe""*
Unirersity of Michigan.
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at the Westminister House and they distributed a book called
_"Handbook for Conscientious Objectors? lth Edition, October,
1968, which is distributed by the Central Committee for
- Conscientious Objectors National Counselling Agency, 2016 Walnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
. They are-using as a text a book entitled "Guide to the
Draft" by Arlo Tatum and Joseph Stuchinsky, published by the
Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, book number BP325, selling
for 195 pounds. ? R
§R This group hopes to set up a draft resistance and draft
counselling seryice at Memphis, Tennessee,
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This group put out 2 haudbill captioned "Notice!"
subtitled, "Men of Draft Age", stating"The Selective Service
Law provides exemption from combat training and duty or all
military duty for some conscientious objectors. If you are
. conscientiously opposed to war in any form,* and need
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jnfbrmatibn or other assistance--write, phone or visit: Central
Committee for Conscientious Objectors, 2016 Walnut Street,
.. .Phi1adelphia 3, Pennsylvania, phone LO87971, or American ~
' Friends Service Committee, 1818 South Main Street, High Point,*
" North Carolina, zip code 22261, telephone 882-QlQ9=" '"*P.»-. .
' At the bottom an asterisk appears,show1ng the above
_ quoted section is a quotation from Section 6 J! of the Draft
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- On Wednesday, July 9,1969, beginning at approximately
11:30 a.mL, in front of the Federal Office Building. 167 North
Main Street, Memphis, representatives of the FBI and Intelligence
Bureau, Memphis Police Department observed a vigil during which
the participants, approximately 18 in number, demonstrated
eegninst U.5. Policy in Vietnam end, according to sources one and
two, this was sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee
Project known as Peace Caravan, 1969. The demonstrmion lasted
until approximately 2:10 p.m. and during the course of the vigil,
approximately 18 people at various times took parts there.
Placards were carried and a roll call of the Vietnam war deceased
from U.S. Armed Forces whose residences were in Tennessee was-
verbally read by various demonstrating participants.
' This demonstration began in front of the Federal Office
Building and at approximately 12:35 p.m., the participants went
to the South entrance of the Federal Building, staying there until
approximately 2:10 p.m.
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The group had 6 placards and only 6 people at a
_ time took turns walking back and forth in front of the Federal
E Building carrying the signs while the rest of the group steed
- in a line at the entrance on either the east side or south -
side of the Federal Building, and one person at a time would
take turns reading a roll call of the Vietnam war dead from
Tennessee. The placards bore titles such as "Fond. not ,
napalm"; "Vietnam Veterans for leace";"Up Against the Wall
Westmoreland";-"Peace not pieces Vietnam"; "War is not helping
poor children or anything".
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1NYADERS, also known as
Qlack Organizing Project"
j " .0n May 7, 1969, a first source advised that a
militant blak nationalist group of young Memphis, Tennessee
Negroes, now known asInvaders, was originally formed in
the summer and fall of 1967 by three Memphis Negroes, Coby
Vernon Smith, John Burrell Smith, and Charles Laverne
Cabbagel During the fall of 1967 and spring of 1968, it
assumed the name of Black Organizing Project POP!, with
subsidiary cells known as Afro~American Brotherhood AAB!
at Owen College; Black Student Association BSA! at Memphis
State University; Lehoyne Intercollegiate Chapter at the
NAACP LIC, NAACP! at Lemoyne College; Invaders, primarily
consisting of high school students and school dropouts; and
City Organizers, consisting of young non-student adults, all
having a combined average membership of about 100. The
ostensible purpose was to create pride in black identity, .
to teach black culture and black history, and to obtain
employment for young blacks.
' On May 7, 1969, Source One and Source Two advised
that Black Organizing Project BOP!, beginning in the spring
of 1968, degenerated into a group of approximately 30 to 35
young Memphis blacks, who increasingly adopted a philosophy
of hatred of the white race, and hatred of the capitalistic
system and all constituted legal authority, particularly law
enforcement agencies. Theirs is a philosophy of nihilism
and anarchy. 1 '
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1968, the Invaders became a dominant group. LIC, NAACP
disbanded, AAB disbanded. BSA at Memphis Stab University
became an autonomous organization with no current formal
relationship with the Invaders, and the City Organizers
ceased to exist.
_ _ -Since June, 1968, approximately 30 Invaders have
committed various local crimes, including arson, robbery,
larceny, forgery prostitution, narcotics violations, and
shooting'of police officer, as well as inciting to riot in- - 1 _ APPENDIX.
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INVADERS
public schools. Over 25 have been convicted for these
offenses, most of them making bond and appealing convictions.
~ For example, John Burrell Smith has been convicted of _
inciting a high school riot and possession of
Charles Laverne Cabbage has been convicted oi
pistol, third degree burglary, and refusal to
Armed Forces induction.
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- attendant publicity have weakened the influence of the
Invaders and caused them to be less vocal and less publicly
contentious. Their membership is estimated at 40 with
only about 2" hardcore members. The Invaders have no
iinancial resources oi consequence which further restricts
their activities. Sources One and Two added that the
.Invaders primarily engage in psychological warfare by
attempting to convince the community that they are far
more powerful and potentially violent than is actually the-
case. Sources One and Two advised that on occasion the -
Invaders refer to their group as the BOP but actually the
only active cell is the Invaders. -marijuana.
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- » A source has advised that the Students for a
Democratic Society SDS!, as it is known today, came into
being at a founding convention held at Port Huron, Michigan,
- in June, 1962. From an initial ideological posture of
"participatory democracy," the current line of-the national
leadership reveals an adherence to Marxism-Leninism.
Michael.Klonsky, National Secretary, in March, 1969, called
for the building of a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist movement.
- The program of SDS has moved from involvement in civil rights
struggles to an anti-Vietnam war position and finally to its
present advocacy of an anti~imperialist line, linking up the
oppressed peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America with the
black liberation movement in the United States. China, Vietnam
and~Cuba'are-regarded as countries which are leading the wor1d~
wide struggles against United States imperialism. On the
other hand, SDS regards the Soviet Union as an imperialist power
and does not support the policies_of that country. "
' SDS maintains a National Office in Room 206, 1608
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. Its official paper,
"New Left Notes," reflects the line of the national leader-
ship and program adopted at meetings of the National Council
and National Interim Committee NIC!. Three national
officers and a NTC of eleven members are elected each year _
during a June National Convention.
, SDS Regional 0ffices_and university and college
chapters elect delegates to National Council meetings wherein
program and ideology are debated, but each region and chapter
is autonomous in nature and is free to carry out independent
policy and programs reflective of local conditions.
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. This document Contains neither recommendations nor
con 1 1 _- c us one of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is
- loaned to your agency: it and its contents are not to be .
distributed outside your agency.
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M '. -- - ' RE: TJEACE cmuvan - 1969
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
_l INFQR@§TIONjCO§CE§ING __ 4;i
~ _ On June 28, a first source and a second source advised
as follows: ' '
The Peace Caravan - 1969, sponsored by American Friends
ervice Committee, started a 3-week campaign in Memphis,~Tennesseer
_on Saturday morning, June.28, 1969, at Westminister House,tgr_ign___Student Center, headed by Revere'n'd'Richard b1¢,,%!n.This is on Pafterson Street across the §T?¬¬T ¬§om the Egtern. , hid Rrfn Tlniunveifu fMQI'T92 ' 1 . i. eorder of Memp",_ ___.- - -.-.s-., 92muu!¢ l_ LL§rF7y]0 D f]
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survey work ' 1 e group plans to do research
for peace,opp0s1ng U,*, policy in Vietnam,
draft ¢nunse1ing,.and poverty and racial discrimination surveys.
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eorgiaIt was announced also that a concentrated VISTA Volunteers
In Service to America! program_wi11 commence in Memphis on or about
July 15 969 and that the up of- Lut 15 is to be headed byWilliamtnglloy and.one Peter ond or ands, who is now beingb s ' .
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July 1, 1969, 3 youngwhites, claiming to
' the Selective Servicexoffi th 3 d.__,!
emphis, Tennessee, advised that on the A.M.fof '
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uuiiding Tney sougnt the names of all dr
chairman, saying they were going a survey
if the Selective SGPYICG System was being
administered '
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out a 2-page brochure regarding "1969
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in Memphis to determine
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