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It h a s been recently reported that the MDC has purchased-a
t r a c t of land somewhere in the Carolinas w h e r e they will establish
a rcvolutionary comniune. It is reasonably certain that thc MDC will
be hcard frurii again, but thcy will probably a l t e r their disruptive
tactics of the past in an effort to increase thcir potcntial for s u c c e s s .
It should bc anticipated that Lhcir future disruptivc activities a t Waslr-
ington and elsewhere will probably be planned in increasing confidential
c i r c l e s in an effort lo catch those responsible for l a w enforcemqnt off
guard.
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L a s t weekend's conference a t Milwaukee from c a r l y r e p o r t s
a p p e a r s to have been better organitcd and m o r e tightly controllcd than
past confcrcnces staged by this group and its p r e d e c e s s o r o rganizatiotis.
Approximately 400 persons reportedly w e r e ih attendance (although
conference o r g a n i z e r s claimed between 800 and 1,000 registrants), and
reportedly policy decisions w e r e made by the lcadership without con-
sulting the delegates.
organizations w e r e represented, thc m o s t prominent ones as in the past
w e r e the May Day Collective, the National Welfare Rights Organization,
the Vietnam Veterans Against thc War and the Southern Christian
Lcadirsltip Conference; The s a m e faces ,, loo, doniinatcd activities:
and thosc prominent figures in attendance w e r e David Dcllinger, Sidney
P e c k , F a t h e r James Groppi and otllcrs (allhough it has not yet been
confirmed, Rennic Davis, leader of the MDC, probably yas p r e s e n t at
Milwaukee).
Black comedian Dick G r e g o r y spoke to thc gathering,
promoting a consumer boycott a t Thanksgiving and C h r i s tirias time this
y e a r . The mother o f Angela Davis and A1 Hubbard who represcnted the
VVAW a l s o addressed the group.
Vietnam veterans, cx-licutenant John F o r b c s K e r r y , w a s not reported
in attcndance and probably was not there. K e r r y ' s popularity during
spring antiwar activities and his willingness to e m b r a c e t h e publicity
afford& him by national television has been criticized by m e m b e r s of
his organization, and he is reportedly on his way out of his leadership
role with llie veteran's group for the crime of "elitism.
O r g a n i z e r s reported that approximately 100
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At ttic s a m e time tlrc Milwaukee confcrencc was in s e s s i o n , 175
pcople' attnndcd lhc Northwest May Day Collcclivc confcrcncc a t Eug:I:nc,
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mccting proclt1cc:d nothing but a drug- ins piri*fI
euphoria among the participants and thc open-ended clccis i t n that sonle
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The Milwaukce meeting decided on the activities listed below.
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should be emphasized that a t this point their schcduled plans should not
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