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unten STATES DEPARTMENT OF Qsrice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Knoxville, Tennessee In Reply, Plates Refer April 13, 1965 File No. ‘st 4 t ree 2 STUDENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON, APRIL 17, 1965 INFORMATION CONCERNING = (INTERNAL SECURITY) On ‘April 13, 1965, a cont sdentiae source who reliable information in the t has furnished Source stated The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, a local, daily newspaper, in issue of 3/9/65, reported that the Highlander Research and Education Center and the Student Non-violent Co- ordinating Committee were sponsors of the organization. This news release states that it was reported by AEPAC that the organization was formed to "help organize jobless and under-paid white and Negroes in Appalachia. The Appalachian Economic and Political Conference wil? work in ten Southern States which lies partly in Appalachia. This mountainous region has been harder hit by unemployment and poverty than most other greas of the nation." It was reported that AEPAC feels “that Government program to meet these problems are inadequate «nd temporary and do not get at the basic causes of poverty. We hope to give the people of Appalachia a persuasive voice in economic and political decisions affecting their lives". HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED Z sus HSLRCIN IS UNCLASSIFIED ENCLOSURE of ie