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-8 1 i 100018158 . * . . . 9 . - 8 . % .. ' Presidcnt did not nrakc Ar. intcnd. 'I'h Vice President, probably a principal target in last Thursday's nrrcting tctwcen Mr. Nixon and 8 college presidents, has also been oftcn criticized in recent weeks for his biting (tho perhaps accurate) public utterances. In a TV tape recording made Thurrday for exposure next wcck on the David Frost talk show, the Vice President reportcdly tones down his canaid rc- m a r k s of the past 8nd d i r e c b his comments instcad toward the ovcr- reaction ol the Ohia National Gaard for the Kent State affair and labels their action possibly murder--a statement he is likely also to be criticized for, but thir time from thoae on the middle And right of the political spectrum. , The President is spending May 8 at Camp David preparing lor .a 10 p.m. press conference from the White House when he will un- doubtedly be asked questions which will allow him to clarify his Cam- bodia involvement and fully express his feelings on the ~ u r r c n t ~ s e r i o u s rash of campus unrest. - New Mobe leaders and spokesmen meanwhile are urging individ- uals from throughout the nation to 'participate in Saturday's demons tratiun. As of this writing, the New Mobe still desires a demonstration in fro& of the White House but city and Federal officials will probably not back off this time. A speaker's platform with audio equipment, as well as toilet and drinking water facilities, h a w been installcd at the Monument. - Corncll Professor* Douglas Dowd, onc of many New Mobc ca-chairmen, ur@ed in a speech last week that the a n t h a t clcmcnt in America "must make it difficult for Nixon to govern this nation. '' Marshals aye being trained in Washinpton on a crash basis (at a niimbenof lncal churchos mainly). All (including Dcllinger and Spock) arc counciling non -violence believing that violence would be counter-productive both in terms of uniting and decimating the crowd and in opening the New Mobe to criti- cism by the Ldministration backers. .) As for Saturday, many of the radical "big guns" will be on hand in Washington. Signs indicate that.most Negroes will stay out as has bccn their habit for the'past tvpo years whcre white radicals and peace activists are doing heir thing. . *'- Crowd control and othcr *security mcasurcs will be in effect. Planning and prcparrtian is now barcd nn considerable earlier cxpcri- cncc and appropriate sccur4ty forces niost assuredly will bc alcrtctl Estimates of the size' of the crowd havc 'varicd f*m 10 to 10Q thousand, with-the'best guesses being something in the middle. - and availallc. - 2 . a . . - I . . . . 1. - -'. b. i ' 8 . . '-