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Civil lighters Make Plans To Get 100,000 To March On Washington . .rcsniiinns esti lmay run into millions of do! Editor's Note: The great est racial demonstration in the nation' history. march of 100,000 strong, is planned by Negro civil rights groups for Washington on Aug. 28. The story of how a dozen men and women are mapping out the march, strp-by-step, and of the precautions to keep It peaceful is told In the following dispatch. By JOHN PIERSON United Press International In a little yellow house in Har lem, a doien men and women are making plans to send 100,000 civil rights marchers to Washington late this month. The little house, which usually 6ervcs as a community center for getting children off the streets, has become headquarters for an effort to get an army of adults on the streets of the nation's cap ital Aug. 28. Civil rights leaders call it the "march on Washington for jobs and freedom. They say the marchers will pro vide evidence of t h e need for quick federal action to safeguard civil rights and provide jobs for the unemployed. President Kennedy has en dorsed their effort. At a news conference last month, the President said the march is "in the great tradition" of lawful protest. Unlike some other recent demonstrations, Ken nedy said, this one gives "every evidence it is going to be peace ful." "I look forward to being here," Kennedy said. "I am sure mem bers of Congress will be here." The President's distinction be tween peaceful and violent dem onstrations was not lost on those who era planning for Aug. M. The Hcv. Martin Luther King predicted It would, be "the great est non-violent demonstration ever to take place" in Washington. But all leaves have been can celed Aug. 28 for the District of Columbia's 2,900-man police force. They will be supported by 500 re serves, 250 National Park police men and the district's 2,000 Na tional Guardsmen. If serious trouble developed, au thorities in the federal city could call in the Army. As an additional-precaution no parade permits will be issued that day except to the six groups sponsoring the parade and those they designate. The six sponsors are the Con gress of Racial Equality, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Non-Vio lent Coordinating Committee, the Negro American Labor Council, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Urban League. The American Nazi party asked permission to stage a "counter demonstration" but was refused. Despite these precautions, the marchers intend to police their own ranks. They are acutely aware that any outbreak of vio lence might prejudice their cause not only in Congress but in the eyes of the American people. They have asked the Guardians, a private group of off-duty New York policemen, to train 1.000 men who will circulate through the crowd and watch for trouble Five hundred more men, in teams of 10. will be stationed along the line of march and equipped with walkie talkies and bull horns. No one will be per mitted to march who is not wear ing an arm band issued by the national headquarters. The national headquarters will also supply all placards. No oth er slogans will be allowed. At 10 a.m., on the morning of the 28th. marchers will assemble at 51 different spots around the city. Congressmen will be invited to come to tiie assembly points to receive petitions and address their constituents. A congressman who fails to show up will be visited by a small delegation in his of fice on Capitol Hill. But there will be no sit-in on Congress. Early in June, one of King's aides, the Rev. George Lawrence, announced plans for a "massive, militant and monumental sit-in" in the halls and galleries of the rights program. Congress was shocked. Sen. Lis ter Hill, D-Ala., called Lawrence's plan a "blatant attempt to club Congress into submission." Even some of the strongest backers of civil rights bridled at the idea. Tliey said a sit-in would alienate many liberals. Hep. Emanuel Ccller, D-N.Y., who has charge of the adminis tration's rights profcram in the House, said it would cause tre mendously deep resentment, which undoubtedly would prejudice the cause of the Negro." Negro leaders canceled plans for a sit-in. One of them, the Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy of the SCLC, said, "after all, when you want legis lation, why tie up the legislative process?" But plans still are afoot, in case of a filibuster before or after the 28th. to send 1.000 persons a day to Washington to stage a "counter 'are supposed to be over and thel filibuster" somewhere near the marchers will go to lunch. .stration, Capitol grounds. The leaders also hope that while the marchers are meeting their congressmen, a small delegation can present demands to President Kennedy. The delegation would in clude at least one Negro and one white person who are out of work. Their demands will be: Passage of an "effective" civ il rights program during the cur rent session ot Congress. Immediate desegregation the nation's schools. An end to police brutality against demonstrators all over the country. A massive federal public works program to provide jobs, bolstered by legislation to pro mote an expanding economy. A federal fair employment practices act to bar job discrim ination by federal, state and local governments, private employers or unions. fair labor standards act that covers low-paying jobs not now covered. A national minimum wage of $2 an hour. By noon, the "confrontations" At 12:30 p.m., they Hill start converging on the Ellipse, a big open park just south of the White House. There they will form up, state by state, in preparation for the march. At 2 p.m., tiie parade will be gin, its destination the Lincoln .Memorial. The marchers are supposed to be assembled in the open spaces around the memorial by 3 p.m. Integration leaders will climb of the steps of the memorial and there, under the eyes of the Great Emancipator, will report on the mornings confrontations witn Congress and tiie President. The speeches are scheduled to last two and a half hours. The six sponsors hope frater nal, labor, religious and other groups will join the march. The National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice says it is go ing to send "many delegations." The leaders want white march ers as well as Negroes. of;' Fauntroy said Dlanned as a demonstration Americans. There are just as many wlule people as .icgiu mient occur laier. Th effort to involve tiie "folks back home" will go farther still. -., nrnnc ara heinp ureed to de- who want to see the record of , , w Freedom Day." America changed. , . d employers are called upon to If all goes as planned, the jve their men a holiday with crowd will break up at 5:30 p.m.,pay ,,,.1 uhen Government offices are ' letting out. Police pian 10 uiui off a large part ol the city near the memorial to try to prevent a massive traflic jam. I Within two hours, the organiz-j ers hope, all of the demonstra tors will be back on their buses, trains and planes and on their way borne. ' The national organizations esti lmay run into millions of dollars le march will cost them but the local groups a Transportation for lOO.OOOlhave to payjorjhat. This is not a Negro demon-rights ana to orara k "Yu . , ,.h will cost them but the local groups are going to ti;. ;.IODDOSItlon to any ui'" . : ,.... (., ihat 11113 ' '-' . . Jtio.000 Negro leaders hope the march ers will not lay down their ban ners as soon as they quit Wash ington. The hope is thev will "go home inspired" to wurk for civil 1800 FREE STEAKS AT STAKE ! It. ' i YVotch for - V SNOWBALLS IN AOGUST!. PAC1E 8 UK HALO AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. DEADLY BICYCLE RIDE BASKING RIDE, N.J. (UPH- Mrs. Clarissa Harris, 68. South Orange, was killed and her hus band, William, 70, was injured Sunday when their bicycle-built-; (or-two slipped on loose gravel and fell over. Monday, August 5, 1963 PREDICTS CANDIDATES WASHINGTON H"PI Sen. Jacob. 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