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? I I . b . . . /5 c' e . 1 November 1971 Is3 -: . 0 SITUATION INFORMATION REP.QR "I m - 0 b The National Pcace Action Coalition and the Peoples Coalition for P e a c e and Justice which operate independently and have s e r i o u s disagreements o n many basic issues, reportedly are jointly sponsoring and mobiliGing sup- port for the November 6 demonstrations in m a j o r cities. The cities mentioned so far -are Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa and Washington, D. C. John Tunney (D-Calif. ), and Walter Mondale (D-Minn. ) have endorsed the November 6 demonstration against the war(as well as tRe wage freeze). vists have gained some mi nor additional support from leaders of organized labor(not f r o m rank and file). tions will be disruptive or particularly spectacular in terms of the number of participants. - ' Senators Birch Bayh (D-Lnd. ) Acti- lt is not believed that the scheduled demonstra- . R e c i n t 'events staged in Washington by the CPUSA influenced P C P J under the perennial leadership of Dave Dellinger, Rennie Davis, F a t h e r Groppi, Dr. Spock, and other 'left-wing radicals w e r e a s predicted, disappointing. The antiwar movement i s in rapid r e t r e a t and o b s e r v e r s s e c little chance for a successful showing on Saturday. f r o m s e v e r a l hundred to s e v e r a l thousand with the greatest participation ex- pected in New York, Boston, San Francisco and Washington. Crowds in the various cities will range Although joint sponsorship has been publicized, events scheduled on the sixth a r e clearly bcing staged by the Trotskyite family of organizations ( S W P , YSA, Student Mobilization and the National P e a c e Action Coalition). .This group continucs to adhere to a legal, non-confrontational and non-violent strategy and cven if numbers of demonstrators exceed expectations, no serious or threatening incidcnts are anticipated. m a r c h e s , speeches and slogans but little enthusiasm. coniposition df thc crowd will bc the reduced college studcnt participation. As in the pa'st, blacks will stay away in droves. T h e r e will be the usual Thc only changc in the 0 J No threat to CIA facilities is expected. Violence will be precipitate-d only by small splinter grbups such as the d r e g s of the old May Day Collective, the YIPPIES and the like, if it occurs at all. conventional antiwar demonstrafion. the nation will have to endure for many seasons. and contains a m a p of the route of assembly points in New York City and the schedule of rallies in other cities. November 6 m a y be the last . The attached articlc appeared in the Ncw YorJ T i m e s October 31st *- \ I . . . / ljlll&d J-3 i,c;. 7 / I.','/ 7. < & i B 7 / I . .... .. I 1 -. I