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(continued) a coalition of black political leaders, with Chairman Representative John Conyers, of Michigan, who left ajar to Vice President Humphrey the doorway to their endorsement as President. The committee membership included Mrs. Martin Luther King. 100-450753-A "The Washington Post Times Herald," 10/15/68 The following references indicate that Coretta King would speak at the Hemisphere Conference to End the War in Vietnam, Montreal, Canada, 11/28/68-12/1/68 (105-179625), however, 1t was reported on 12/5/68 that she did not speak. , REFERENCE SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER 105-179625-67 ep. 5 | (8987 -97 ep. 50 28y _— "The New York Times" 2/6/69, page 17, carried an article entitled “Opponents of Vietnam War meet with Kissinger." The article . in substance indicated that 4 delegation, including Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Yale University Chaplain, speaking for the leadership of Clergy and Laym about Vietnam, and the Reverend Richard R. Fernandez among others, were given a "very respectful hearing" at the € House by Henry A. Kissinger, Presidential Special Assistant for National Security Affairs on 2/5/69. Reportedly the group presented a proposal calling for a. postwar grant of Presidential amesty to the thousands of young Americans who were in prison for conscientious violation of the draft laws, who were in military stockades for a refusial to fight in Vietnam after induction, or who had exiled themselves to foreign countries to evade military service in Vietnam. : b2 176-1224-14 ep. 4 be (32) b7c . b7D In connection with the Desegregation of Public Schools, Hyde Count orth Carolina (173-5889) on 2/28/69 f——__—_ladvised that in orger to contact. Coretta King. * SCLC Atlanta, Ga. ONE (3; eT bAL. ¢continued) SE