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am. — _ se ee we eee eee cee eee ~ . és ” - ." “ - ft : _— ! * te, . 7 : ) BLAS PANTHER PARTY (BPP) ao. Dr. Abernathy stated SCLC is now organizing a _ gour:seling se ce for boys draftec into the Armed Forces seyicg "it wilk be a department of ze2ce, to counsel them “to sey no when ithey are asked-to go- mre miles away to fient in that enseless, godless war. Mie als the SCLC is still committed to the phil- osop71y of non-violence on Which it wes based thirteen years .. ago. It wili work with other black ~rzanizations toward their comhon goal--a better life. for all black citizens. jf. He rledged his Support to the BPP ans plans to fly to Chicego this week to “say in perscn “rat the United States is seeking to suppress the Panthers <nd we don't like it. TR =ne natinn vxan fat he ufith eave sting ane eram i+ a, wide SAGA UUWLA We Se | hd wv wy Fem Wli oo he ae we oe UL a —] " e+ Wh tALS g aw on't be long before they suppress e.2ther". Roy Innis of CORE charged <7at there is a national conspiracy against the Panthers an? ciated this is "the first phese of what might become a Benoescs* campaign against biacks"™. Raymond "Masai" Hewitt, wns represented the BPP lace of David Hilliard, equatec =°.o black problem in Anesies with genocide. ‘He claimed that Black” péople under- Stand what's happening to them. He claimed that rioting in Los Angeles, Detroit, and other citi:s was "the most eloquent atatement" of the black position. Hewitt he said "Don't When the audience applauce. Huzy Newton and Bobby Seale." Cla> for me unless you'd clap for Hu "T clap for Weathermen because the Weathermen shot pies and pigs shoot niggers". _Roy Wilkins of (NAACP said =2at two- speakers referred to the United States as "your counts" at but "I consider it iy country and ‘I! 'm not giving up on zt He feels biacks heve struggled too many years for racial equality to turn tc2ir backs now or go the way of visicnce or separatisn. On December 9, 1969 iii ~ § _ stated that he was present at Roberts te v ve pane scussion mentioned above and confirmed in suistance the veracity of . the newspaper account set out above. .