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ICOOOi8156 * . .. *-. . . . , I Motors, and Standard Oil and dircctcd toward perennial war villains such as &w Chemical (Dow reportcdly has contrihutcd thousands of dollars to Tnvironmental Action for Survival" at the University of Michigan). Radical activities stemming from the antiwar week of 13 to 18 April staged across the country by the New Mobe, the V M C and the Student Mobc may take same steam out of confrontation pro- tests that.might otherwise hav8 occurred. At a recent meeting at Ann Arbor, teach-in planners m e t opposition from Mamists who believe tAat thc pollution elimination and environmental control is a n evasion of nccded social and political revolution. Militant Negro leaders charged that the preoccupation with pollution was a "white middle-crass cop-out" from attending to t h e problems of Negroes and poor people. . Why April 22 was sclectcd (and by whom) for "Earth-Day" Denis A. Hayes, national observancea has caused some concern. coordinator of student environmental action,was recently asked why by Kentucky's Congressman Tim Lee Carter. Hayes answered that the date was probably picked by Senator Gaylord NcIson who al1egedl)r originated the teach-in idea. Lcnin's birthday and Hayes responded "It's also the birthday of Oucen Elizabeth, William Shakespeare, Mary Ann Kaufman (a member of Hayes' staff) and her Aunt Alice." Carter pointed out. that the 22nd was e Sampling of Activitics for 22 April: Ashtabula. Ohio--Students at Kent Statc Univcrsity Dlan a mock . # funeral for the "children of tomorrow" with a horse-drawn hearse leading a cortege of mourners through the streets. - Berkeley, California--The University of California Ecology .Action group, one of several groups on the Berkeley campus, are continuing their "survival walk" from Sacramento to Lo6 Angcles. Boston, Massachusctts--Area collcgc cnvironmantal action groups have discrtsscd the blocking of major traffic: arteries instho city, including the Callahan Tunncle linking the city to Logan lntcrnational I Airport. - Detroit, MichiganAVJaync Statc University stuclcnls plm to picket the Gener-d Motors building and m a y attempt' to halt traffic. .. . . I2 * . I . .