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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 26
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The "New York Times', a New York City
daily newspaper, issue of april 2, 1961, on page 66,
contained an article captioned "3,500 Picket U.N.; Beek
A-Bor “.
The article stated that about 3,500 persons,
mostly teen-agers and college students, gathered near
the United Nations yeaterday in an Easter March for
es PT ee ee nucl ee ae ee ee oF
reavce Bhar calisd for a ban On MUGLGar VOOR VosiuG.
According to the article, the meting was
sponsored by the Grudter New York Council of the National
Committee for a Sars Nuclear Policy, and that participants
ware led by persons carrying the American flag and the
United Nationa flag.
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ain Ovation Was given to PET ‘SEEGER, @ £0214 82 er wry
was recently convicted in ral Be ate or eentene t.
of Congress for refusing * answer questions about elleged
Communist affiliations.
The article stated that Dr. HUGH WOLFE,
Chairman of the Greater New York Co:'3c1l, told reporters,
including four press representatives from Tass and Pravda,
that the only object of the march and rally was peace.
On April 2, 1961, Special Agents of the FBI
observed the procession from Bryant Park, New York City,
to the site of the rally in front of the World Council
Building, 47th Street and First Avenue, New York City.
Signs were observed that represented
Many marchers from greater New York City area schools,
including Queens College, Brooklyn College, the Bronx
Hizn School of Science, and Roosevelt High School in
Youkers, New York. Speahers at the rally were as follows:
- 10 -
100 -Y¥32S9 b- Ba.
The article further wélated that at the rally 2-2.
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