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.- . '.. ,- ' . \ - e b e 2 - C M - - e L , S t o m y Dtouk, Ncw Y o r k An upstate New York undcrpround ncwspapcr cntitled "Red . . * Balloon'' has scheduled a nationwide conference at the State University of New York on the a6ove dates to' form a widcly basid'radical left from collectives; caucuses, veteran's groups, .da.yttare centers, w-. p.': . . . organization. A.bpoktsman for the newspaper h a s asked young people - - -communes, coffeehouses, and food rbnspiracies Q attend the 3-day conference for discussions a d workshops from which they hope to build a new organization opened to all'lctels and-strategies to the left c & .. . of electoral politics. &?' I d 9-31/74 y , a J . . l - . '2- 4 L W March, Los A n g d e s * * p+ The Committee of the.&ts to Free Angela Davis will sponsor a - ' fund-raising jazz festival at the S h r i n i Auditprium on the above datc. - *lO-lZ March, Gary, Indiana and civil rights leaders have announced plans to hold the first National Black Political Convention on the above dates. V ' C c i r L - :J*& . /}!CY -; f /. ?LE- ' ,.3 I The Congressional Black Caucus and other clectcd Negro oflicials ll- Y .. ).*. i The caucus has elected Rep. .Louis Stokcs, D-Ohia, as its new chairman, replacing Rcp. Charles C. Diggs, Ji. of Michigan whom s o m e nicmbers considered too conservative as a lcadcr. Diggs stated at a-news covrfcrence that hc had advised thc caucus s c v c i a l weeks ago that he would not acek re-election as caucus chairman bccausc he w a s too busy with foreign affairs duties. - . . v\- h%? - Tie announced purpose of the G a r y Convention is to discuss the political positions blacks should take this year and to "crystallize a black agenda" of needs that will be presented to the Democratic and Rcpublican National Conventions this s u m m e r . not endorsed any presidential candidate, though on; of its-mcmbers Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N. Y.) is a candidate. h E A. ;2dd Thc Black Caucus has /p r~;-. ?-+- - *25 March, *Washington, D. C. liberation groups announced its scheduled T h i l d r c n ' s March for S u r - vival" on thc-abcrvr. date. Dr. Gcatgc A. Wilcy rxccirt.ivc d i r r c t o r of tlic National Wclfarc R iglrts Organizalion said s i m i l a r prolcst marctics wotild bc h>ld that clay in other U.S. citics. offihousands of Fliilrlrcn a p l thcit rcinccrncd parcnls" will participate-. and 20 kcy e a s t e r n cities would be canvassed for supportcrs to attend A national 'coalition' of welfare reform. antiwar and womcn's Wilcy cstiniatrd that v'tcns 0 - the Washington demons&ation. The demonstration will protest the . Nixon administration welfare policies. The coalition opposes the r' I:. ,L 4' ,:.-.:,.(- - * 5 I..&. ") - . .