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THE KENTUCKY

Wednesday Afternoon, August 30, 1967

The South’s Outstanding College Daily

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

ERNEL

Vol. LIX, No. 3

 

Breathitt. Raps
AVs Again, But
Admits Mistake

The Associated Press
FRANKFORT—Cov. Edward T. Breathitt acknowledged obli-
quely Tuesday what has become apparent in the past few days:
the federal government had not cut off funds from the regular

Appalachian Volunteers program.

This conforms with the view
of AV spokesmen who contend
the widely publicized fund cut-
off asked by the governor affects
mainly the summer program.

Mr. Breathitt's statement was
released by his office here while
he attends a Midwestern Cover-
nor's Conference in Missouri.

He said he‘again discussed the
AV matter with Sargent Shriver,
national director of the Office
of Economic Opportunity.

”Mr. Shriverinformed methat
arrangements had been made for
the immediate departure of 120
Appalachian Volunteers from
Kentucky," Cov. Breathitt said.

But Not Immediately

”He also indicated that a
lesser number will not beleaving
immediately because theyare un-
der contracts that extend to next
spring.

”The procedure for canceling
the contracts would apparently

UK Admits
Knowledge

Of Bids

fire Associated Press

A University administrator
has admitted that UK received
word from the Bank of New York
on the amount of a competitor's
offer while bidding for Maine
Chance Farm.

Vice President for Business
Affairs Robert Kerley said Tues-
day the bank had guaranteed
UK that such information would
be given the school. He said he
had assumed other bidders would
likewise receive the UK bid.

But the next highest bidders,
Rex C. Elkworth and Dr. Am-
old Pessin, claim they never re-
ceived any such notice when the
University topped their offer of
31,9420” with a $2 million bid
which the Bank of New York ac-
cepted as executor of the late
Elizabeth Arden Graham.

Mr. Ellsworth and Dr. Pessin
have filed a $30 million suit in
federal court against the UK Re-
search Foundation and Keene-
land Association,'charging both
with restraint of trade. The suit
claims the defendents conspired
to protect the association 5 thor-
oughbred horse auction sales bus-
iness.

Ellsworth and Pessin had an-
nounced plans for a competing
sales pavilion.

Also Tuesday, Commissioner
Jack Lynch asked Fayette county
Judge Joe Johnson to disassociate
the county Fiscal Court from
Johnson's statments opposing the
sale of Maine Chance to UK.

Mr. Lynch told Judge John-
son that the judge's remarks, to
the effect that the court is against
the farm being removed from
the tax rolls, are creating the
impression the commissioners op-
pose the sale.

be long, drawn out and time-
consuming.

“I have recommended to Mr.
Shriver that the contracts not be
renewed when they expire, and
Mr. Shriver has indicated that
he will give full consideration to
his recommendation."

Mr. Breathitt will not be in
office next year. His four-year
term ends in December.

The statement also may re-
solve the question of a hearing
for the Volunteers, which they
have demanded on grounds a
federal regulation requires it be-
fore any aid cutoff.

Since aid has not been cut off
yet, no hearing may be neces-
sary.

On Aug. 17, Cov. Breathitt
announced jointly with Shriver
that antipoverty help to the AVs
would be cut off by Sept. 1.
That is the date on which the
summer program apparently

Cites His Reason
Mr. Breathitt gave as his rea-
son last week the failure of the
Volunteers to cooperate with the
regular 0E0 programs in Ken-

tucky.

He reiterated that view in
Tuesday's statement, but more
mildly.

“This recommendation is
based on my belief that a better
job can be done for needy Ken-
tuckians if persons employed in
community activities are directly
under supervision of the Com-
munity Action Program,"
the governor said.

These programs are under the
state OEO.

 

It’s lee Thls
Prd'. John Kuiper, head of the philosophydepartment,chats with Ed
Collins, freshnnn from Lexington, at the reception following a con-
vocatiar speech by Dr. John Oswald, university president.

 

Black Power Enigma
Begins Making Sense

EDITOR'S NOTE—The shock waves from this summer's ra-
cial violence were felt from the big city slums to the White House.
But nowhere except in riot communities themselves were the
shocks felt with greater intensity than in the established civil
nghts organizations. In the following analysis, a specialist 1n this
field measures the impact, the new outlook and orientation of the

leaders hip.

By AUSTIN SCO'I'I‘
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore—The story of summer, 1%7, can be told in

two words:

Black Power. After 14 months of bitter debate, Black

Power began to point toward a goal.

As the summer began, the
phrase was a confusing,emotia1-
al rallying cry embraced by a
few Negroes, abhorred by many
more, and distrusted by whites
who feared violence.

By the end of August, every
major civil rights group had dealt
with it in some form because

 

News Analysis

 

wherever racial problems were,
Black Power, in one of its many
forms, was there.

National Guardsmen poked
their machine guns into the black
slums of Newark and Detroit

to find Black Power chalked in
huge letters on crumbling con-
crete walls.

H. Rap Brown, chairman of
the Student Nonviolent Coordi-
nating Committee, shouted it
from a platform in Cambridge,
Md., and was indicted for incit-
ing to riot when arsonists burned
part of Cambridge after his
speech.

Riot Bill Passed

Congress, reacting to what it
considered the riot potential of
Black Power, killed a rat con-
trol bill and passed one aimed
at rioters./

But, [as the summer pro-
gressed, incident by flaming in-

Continued on Page 5, Col. 1

Parking Is

No Worry,
Police Say

But Violators Warned

Towing Starts Soon

Col. F. C. Dempsey, director
of Safety and Security, Tuesday
said the parking situation on
campus is much improved this
year but added a warning that
enforcement of all parking regu-
lations-and that includes tow-
ing away violators' cars—will
begin soon.

Mr. Dempsey said that UK
has over 800 new spaces since
last year in various lots, the
largest being at the new dorm
complex, and ”I doubt we'll have
to turn away any student whode—
serves a C parking sticker.”

Mr. Dempsey stressed that
there was space in the dorm lots
for those living near the campus.
C, or student, stickers are avail-
able to those who live some dis-
tance from the campus.

Sept. 5 is the date Campus
Police have set to begin towing
in cars without a valid sticker
or illegally parked. C-stickered
cars may park only in C lots,
B, or staff, cars only in B lots,
and those with A, or faculty,
stickers must use either an A or
a B lot.

Last year, Col. Dempsey said,
most of the many cars towed in
were found to be illegally parked
in fire zones at night. “We tow
cars in so that those who have

valid stickers can find a place to
park,” he said.

Mr. Dempsey also issued a
reminder that the campus lost-
and-found office, also operated
by Campus Police, is located in
the basemefit‘ of Kincaid Hall.

In a memo circulated this
week to all administrative and
faculty offices, Col. Dempsey
noted that Campus Police are
responsible for collecting all lost
items and attempting to return
them to the rightful owner if
that is possible.

Lines, Lines, Lines, Moans Elise, Typical F rosh

By JO WARREN
”Lines, lines, all Ive done
is stand in line," moaned Elise
Parsons after her fifth day on
the campus.
”Blisters" are her most vivid
image of the University after her
short time here.

Elise perhaps is typical of the
more than 6,000 freshmen who
waded into the multiversity this
week and tried to find out what
was going on.

She has few complaints. Reg-
istration, a formerly traumatic
experience for the newcomer, was
”no ordeal really" for Elise. She
breezed right through and said
it was simple “after you got out
of line."

Of her orientation, Elise ad-
mitted ”you learn a lot," but ”it
comes so fast it's hard to keep
up with it all," the pretty brown-
ette from Louisville added.

Rush Best Introduction
For her, sorority rush has been
the best introduction to the Uni-

versity.
”You meet a lot of people

 

one of the many lines on campus h I , one wrnds' ‘gh the Stu-

dent Center as students wait to get their ID cards. Freshmm are

not likely to forget their first experience with this university phenom
enon.

during rush," she said, ”and that
helps you find out what's going
on.

Something of the pragrnatist
showed through, however, when
she added, ”It also helps you
break in that new pair of shoes
before classes start.

One of Elise's most confound-
ing experiences came when she
tried to find where a class was
going to meet. One of hers had
been scheduled for recently-de-
strayed Splinter Hall and Elise
wanted to know the new meeting

place.

”But a newcomer finds out
that when you don t know some-
thing, you often don't know where
to get. the information either,"
she said.

Discovered Bull Session

Telling her tale of woe to oth-
ers, Elise quickly discovered one
of the most interesting parts of
campus life—the dorm bull ses-
sion.

She had other difficulties to
share with her dorm chums, too.

' 'I went to treakfast one mom-
ing," she said, “gotabowlofcer-
cal and then went to the milk
machine. I pressed the button
and watched while the milk and
cereal overflowed. You see," she
added with a twinkle in her eye,
”you can't turn the machine off.
You have to take all it gives you."

She has found people very
friendly, especially the freshmen.
Of upperclassmen, she had but
one comment:

”They look at you and you
can almost hear them say,
‘There s a freshmanl' You try not
to look like one, but they always
seem to know. '

 

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Although students havemo into the new dorm complex, a lot
of work still remains to be due.

Students ,, In Complex
Dodge Men At Work

Last-minute activity by the contractor readied the 23-story Com-
plex Towers for occupancy. But due to delays in construction during
the summer-principally laba trouble-the dorms were not fully
ready for the students' return last weekend.

University officials asked the
contractor to “ready the rooms
before anything else" when it was
learned the Towers were still far
from completion. Frantic con-
struction and obliging coopera-
tion between students and ad-
ministrators enabled residents to
move in anyway, one official said
this week.

There is still a lot of work
to be done in the Complex, the
administration sopkesrnan said.
Of the three elevators in Tower
A, only two are fully operative.
Only one of theelevators in To-
wer B has been fully activated.

While the individual rooms in
the Towers are completed, auxil-
ary facilities are still in the build-
ing stage. The various lounges in
the buildings, chiefly on the top
and bottom floors, lack carpeting
and fixtures, and laundry rooms
in the buildings are not as yet
in use.

Miss Rosemary Pond, asso-
ciate dean of students for resi-
dence halls programming, ex-
plained how the arrival of in-
coming students was staggered
to avoid the cmsh of a great
number of students arriving at
the sameiime. But these meas-
ures were planned before the de-
lay in completion of the Towers
was seen.

Cooperation Is ‘Fine'
When it was learned that

there were no blinds in the vari-
ous rooms, said Miss Pond, at
Cincinnati linen service cooper-
ated in fumishing sheets for the
windows. "We really regret this
situation," said Miss Pond, “but

the cooperation we've received
has been just fine."

No preparations were made to
house the incoming students in
other facilities, as was done last
year when the University used a
downtown hotel as a temporary
residence hall. '

james King, a spokesman for
Auxiliary Services, said he ex-
pected the elevators would be
fully operative within the week,
and that ,the contractors were
”laying carpet at the rate of two
floors a day."

Security precautions were fin-
ished for the Towers well in ad—
vance of the opening date, accord-
ing to Security Director F. C.
Dempsey. Water pressure in the
standpipes, the water lines run-
ning up the building to the top
floors, were checked to maintain
full pressure.

Miss Pond said some of the
students were dissatisfied with
the temporary inconveniences,
but the majority didn't mind the
delays. :‘There are always things
to work out," said Miss Pond,
”like moving into a new home.”

Sociologists Connect Pot
With Heroin Addiction

The Asseeiated Press

SAN FRANCISCO—Both marijuana use and delinquency are
positive links in the chain to heroin addiction, say sociologists
who studied 2,212 addicts at the Lexington and Fort Worth, Tex,

federal hospitals.

On the reporting team were
Mrs. Marion Ball, an instructor
at the Medical Center, and John
C. Ball and Carl D. Chambers,
both of the Federal Addiction
Research Center, LexingtOn.

”Among metropolitian resi-
dents from the high addiction
eastern and western states, 0p-
iate herion use was commonly
preceded by the smoking ofmari—
juana cigarettes and arrest," the
study team reported Tuesday at
the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Sociological Association.

They said marijuana is used
because it produces a “high”
sensation and like heroin it is
available only from underworld
sources of supply. Both are
illegal.

 

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NAMES in the NEWS

Prof. Ford Cites Lack
Of Demographic Theory

Addressing the American So-
ciological Association in San
Francisco Monday, Dr. Thomas
Ford, chairman of the Depart-
ment of Sociology, said that so-
ciologists have failed to pinpoint
the efiect of society 0n th num-
ber of births, deaths, mam es
and the health of the people.

Such study is called “social
dernoyaphy” but the descipline,
Dr. ,Ford said, has sufiered from
the lack of an adequate body of
theory.

Author Says Teens
Unprepared For Life

Today's teenagers lack prep-
aredness for parenthood and dem-
onstrate a considerable lack of
interest, according to Theodore
Irwin, autha' of a study of teen—
agers which appears in the Sep-
tember issue of Today's Health.

The article adds that while
today’s teens are outwardly so-
phisticated, their parents have
not properly prepared them to
cope with practical and emotion-
al problems (1 family life.

    

JOE NICKELL

A 1967 graduate of UK, Joe
Nickell of West Liberty, has just
completed training at the VISTA
training center for urban volun-
teers in Atlanta.

VISTA, the domestic Peace
Corps, places volunteers in all
parts of the US Nickell will
spend his year as a volunteer
with the Carroll Service Coun-
cil in Carrolton, Ca. The council
sponsors several community de-
velopment projects in the Car-
rolton area. ‘

Capt. Levy Waits
For October Appeal

Army Capt. Howard B. Levy
who was convicted this summer
on charges of disloyality and dis-
obedience in refusing to train
Vietnam-bound medics, will have
to wait until October for a hear-
ing on an appeal asking that he
be released on bail.

Capt. Levy was spirited from
the .courtroom after his convic-
tion and even his attorney was
refused permission to speak with
him. Although an appeal is un-
derway, Capt. Levy remains con-
fined without bail. The US. Cir-
cuit Court of Appeals in Rich-
mond, Va., has denied his re-
quest for bail.

Prof. Crane Dead At 82

One of the founders: of the
so-called “Chicago School" of
literary criticism, Ronald S.
Gane, died Sunday at the age
of 81. He was professor emeri-
tus of English at the University
of Chicago at the time of his
death. Earlier this year the Uni-
versity of Chicago Press pub-
lished Prof. Crane’s two-volume
collection of essays titled “The
Idea of the Humanities."

Editorial Dispute In “Alabama

Prevents Student’s Registration

cum Press Internatio-l
TROY, Ala.—Cary Dickey,
Prattville, was again refused re-
admission to Troy State College
Tuesday but was told he could

apply again in nine months.
The decision refusing the 24-

year-old Vietnam veteran for his .

senior year was taken by the
Student Affairs Committee after
a closed-door hearing Friday.

Dickey became embroiled in
a dispute with college officials
last spring over censorship of an
editorial he wrote supporting aca—
demic freedom at the University
of Alabama. Dickey was a mem-
ber of the campus newspaper's
editorial board.

Rather than mn another edi-
torial, Dickey ran the word”cen-
sored" and blank ,space where
the editorial was to have ap-
peared.

     
    

      
  
 
    
 

 
 

  
 
    
     

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He was notified by the com-
mittee earlier this month that he
could not return. He gained the
hearing under a federal court
ultimatum to the college to grant
the re‘view of face court proceed-
rngs.

In a formal statement, the Stu-
dent Affairs Committee, com-
posed of students, faculty and ad-
ministrators, said Dickey '5 're-
quest for reinstatement was givbn
every consideration. The commit-
tee said it went beyond the point
"normally required by the courts
in such college hearings."

Charges (I Insubordination

The ommittee said'Dickey
was denied readmission on
charges of insubordination grow-
ing out of the editorial dispute.

The censored editorial had
supported Dr. Frank Rose, presi-
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bama, in a dispute with the legis-
Iature about academic freedom.

The legislature had criticized
a magazine published at the uni-
versity which included articles
by Stokely Carmichael and per-
sons considered radical by the
lawmakers.

The editorial said the legisla-
ture ”sadly misinterpreted" the
magazine, which was part of a
program at Alabama giving a
forum to varying viewpoints.

Troy State President Dr.
Ralph Adams, 3 close friend of
the Wallace administration, said
he censored the editorial because
”I feel that, generally, the editor
of a paper should not criticize
its owner. "

He said by the owner he
meant the legislature and the
college board of trustees.

  

 

 

 

 

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AV’s And Political Odor

Something doesn’t smell quite
right about the purging of Appa-
lachian Volunteers in deep Eastern
Kentucky and West Virginia. For
instance:

> AV’s have apparently gotten
down to¢the nitty-gritty of com-
munity organization, emphasizing
concern about taxation, election
reform and community government.

bWest Virginia AV President
Chester Workman claims com-
plaints have emanated from poli-
ticians within the state and local
power structures. ‘

) Three AV’s were arrested on a
sedition charge at Pikeville where
supposed communist literature was
uncovered including the Commu-
nist Manifesto, Catch 22, and some
Russian short stories.

> Governor Edward Breathitt has
apparently acted upon a consequent
anti—AV movement by announcing
withdrawal of all Office of Eco-
nomic Opportunity support to the
workers by Sept. 1. a as;

Not even considering a some.—
what contradictory note from OEO
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able orev'en likely based solely on
the aforementioned events.

But in the context of AV Field
Worker David Biesemeyer and some
sources at UK close to the >Ap‘
palachian Volunteers, a great deal
more may be at stake than a pro-
vincial, unfounded sedition charge.
What. may really be happening in
these Appalachian communities is
a strengthening challenge to local
power structures. For if the poor are
really beginning to organize in a
direct, powerful way toafiect com-

munity government, the chances
are not high they will choose to
leave power and decision making
in the hands of the entrenched

power structure.

Yet as the govemor’s race draws
closer, political’ties with mountain

. power cliques cannot be neglected.

All the more so for Breathitt’s
chosen successor Henry Ward
whose Republican opponent should
already have a slight advantage
since his running mate, Thomas
Ratliff, comes from Pikeville. And
ignoring AV opposition would hard-
ly be a way to win the mountain
people over to the Democratic
ticket.

That the governor of the state
should act so drastically upon a
movement stemming from a ques-
tionable sedition case is an act
he is not likely to have com-
mitted—were that the only influe-
nce pressuring him.

The suggestion that election
considerations may have motivated
Breathitt’s action is echoed by the
13 Community Action Program di—
rectors who sent vociferous objec-
tions to’ the governor. If the dis-
continuance of the summer pro—
gram stems from a power play by
locally entrenched politicians, then
it can only be assumed that the
Appalachian Vblunteers are sucs
cessfully altering the poverty cul-
ture of the mountains.

Student Center

Grill Technology:
Learning Hurdle

Mastering Student Center’s new
scramble grill promises all sorts
of challenges and intrigue which
may really prove a new learning
experience.

Aesthetically, the wood panel-
ing encasing the scramble bin is
reminiscent of fifteenth century
nunnery arches and 1967 wire-cur—
tain night club. It is, shall we
say, “contrasty” with the corri-
gated plastic divider which at the
push of a button marches invinci-
bly across the room to segregate
the grillites from the dinner takers.

There is, of course, no ques-
tion that the new outlay should
reduce long lines, and tiresOme
waiting. The real hangup, though,
may be a matter of becoming so-
cialized into the grill’s new tech-
nology, be it regulating the amount
of chocolate milkshake pouring
from the nozzle, avoiding a glacial
avalanche of ice cubes for your
coke, or even the seemingly simple
task of being prepared for the
gronka-gronka gurglings that come
with each spurt of coffee.

 

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New Loan Plan Suggests

Smaller Repayrhent Burden

The costs of a college education
in the United States are high and
going higher. Some students from
well-to-do families have the neces—
sary fimds. The more exceptional
have recourse to various scholar-

ships and fellowships. Some man- ‘

age by taking part-time jobs. But
others could not get a college ed-
ucation if it were not for various
loan programs.

Under present arrangements,
students generally are expected to
pay back federal government loans
in full and within 10 years follow-
ing graduation. Now a presidential

' panel reportedly will recommend

that students pay on such loans
at the rate of 1 percent of their
income over a period of 40 years.
Thus those students who have high-
er earnings would repay more than
those with smaller earnings. With
loans based ona percentage of in-
come and with such low interest
rates and long-term repayment pro-
visions, college loans should not
prove a burden to anyone, regard-
less of the success of his subse—
quent career.

The White House panel, before
suggesting the revised loan system,
considered but rejected the pos-
sibility of free tuition for all. The
Committee on Education of New
York State’s Consititutional Con-

vention decided to go all the way.
It has approved a proposal to re—
quire the Legislature to provide
free higher education” for all state
residents. Its proposal would "en-
compass both public and private
institutions," thereby raising the
highly controversial question of
state aid to church-related insti-
tutions.

Michigan State University trus-
tees have tried yet another ap-
proach. By a close vote they chose
to peg tuition to family income.
Those whose parents earn less
would be required to pay less. The
plan has met with considerable op-
position. It raises difficult ques-
tions of fairness in unusual family
situations and also carries the stig-
ma of a means test. .

The presidential panel, the New
York convention, and the Michigan
State trustees all believe that more
should be done to aid students
who would be deprived of a col-
lege education purely for financial
reasons. But they differ on just
how the added financial burden
should be distributed. The Ameri-
can people should begin to think
this thing through and come up
with means that fairly balance the
interests and that truly promote
the‘ good of both individual and
society. ' ..

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Black POwer Making Sense, Signs Seem TO Indicate

, Continued From Pogo 1
cident, from Boston and Tampa to Cincinnati and
Dayton, and then to the wild paroxysm that left 27
dead in Newark," 43 in Detroit, there were signs that
Black Power was maturing, shedding some Of the ex-
tremist definitions of its early days. ‘

The riots hastened the process of definition. Negro
leaders spent many sleepless nights trying to think of a
way to cope with a rebellion they could not handle.

Many said they agreed with movement theoretician
Bayard Rustin that the social problems underlying riots
give them "enormous implications for the future of all
Negroes. '

They cannot be dismissed merely as wiLd, inchoate
sprees Of looting and violence, the expressions ofcriminal
greed," Rustin said. Thesocialproblems bringin people
who would ordinarily not be found looting stores. It is
because of this background that snipers and the most
violent elements can feel that their actions are in some
sense heroic."

Black Power Redefined

Last week when the National Urban League, last
major civil rights organization to hold its annual con-
vention, met here, some better-known leaders who
term themselves ”responsible militants" were saying
they thought they had found an answer—Black Power.

Their definitions had been stripped of violent or
antiwhite coQotations. What they retained was an
emphasis on racial pride and community organiration,
rather than integration.

William H. Booth, New York city commissioner of
human rights and a board member of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
went as a delegate to the Black Power Conference in
Newark to plead for his version, even though the
NAACP has condemned the idea as racist and self-
defeating.

Floyd McKissick, whose Congress of Racial Equality
made Black Power a formal part of its constitution in
july, denied that it was racist or antiwhite.

Whitney M. Young jr., executive director of the
Urban League, explained why the league sent several
delegates to the Black Power Conference:

“We felt it was a segment of Negro life and opinion
in this country. It is not true that only hatred and
ridiculous statements came out.

”Several Workshops dealt with things we could
agree with. The need to eliminate feelings of inferiority,
the need to organize Negro communities

”Every other ethnic group has engaged in these
efforts and hasn't gotten 'power until they did these
things. But they didn't shout about it. They just
moved in quietly and took over the police department

U. S. Post Office Bans '+

Chinese Newsletter

United rnu lntornotionol '

WASHINGTON -The Post Office Department Tuesday banned
frqm the U.S. Mail a Peking-published pamphlet which urges

Negro Cl's to kill their white buddies in Vietnam.

Postmaster General Lawrence
F. O'Brien said he had asked
the U.S. Customs Bureau to ”as—
sist the Post Office Department‘
in intercepting the Crusader
Newsletter at points Of entry into
the United States."

The l2—page pamphlet would
be "returned to the sender as
non-mailable," he said. “I am
also asking the Hong Kong Pos-
tal Authority to assist us in cut-

any writing tending

operations" there.

of the U.S. code which ”declares!

arson, murder or assassination
is likewise nonmailable. ' '

The lateSt issue of the pampn-
let urges American Negroes not
to fight in Vietnam at all but,
if they do, to attempt to sabo-
tage what it called "murderous

of New York City, the police department of Boston."

What had happened to the civil rights movement
once characterized by marches and sit-ins for laws to
enforce equal rights?

Old Movement Dead?

If it wasn't dead, as Mr. McKissick had been saying
since January, it certainly wasn't easily recognizable.

Old allies suddenly changed position. The nonvio-
lent Southem Christian Leadership Conference an-
nounced a series of ”Afro-American unity conferences"
with ”every sector of‘the Negro. community, including
Negroes who openly advocate rioting and revolution."

Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP, said
the militants did ”more good than harm;" that they
gave both Negroes and whites a needed shaking up.

A change had to come, some experts said, because
mounting frustrations in big city slums, and a decline
in white support for the civil rights movement, caused
in part by three years of riots, had finally shown the
old ways were no longer adequate.

Insult Alleged

Rights leaders everywhere criticize what they de-
scribe as continual, deliberate slaps at Negro pride,
from harassment by police to the Atomic Energy Corn-
mission's decision to grant a $350-million atom smasher
contract to Weston, “1., even though the Illinois legis-
lature reneged on its promise to pass a fair housing law.

But mo