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IC0 00 18 18 5 - . c - '. - - =A .-'.e. . , ... - .- - .. - 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. , . ? I 1.1 ,I rd. 3 A ;r. as* / I 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 . The articulate spokesman f o r the ,.fC / f '8, :i;*. ,;'/Id 3 / ' Ai.,.. 71 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, Orcpim. ~ ~ : ~ i t ) r t c d l y , l I i i s mccting proclt1cc:d nothing but a drug- ins piri*fI euphoria among the participants and thc open-ended clccis i t n that sonle 0 The Milwaukce meeting decided on the activities listed below. It should be emphasized that a t this point their schcduled plans should not 0 . . 2