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. aoe at . a i re ee I es hat a IE ae ne me ate el a a ce he ne td eA ae dell Ahn Malla at pes Learnt codec NA inal eae sae tie oe Nee Gh erate 4 ae by | NY 100-121280 SONFDRNTIAL CM SEE 10/25/66 Source advised that LEVISON and JESSIE JACKSON (SCLC staff member assigned to operation "bread basket" in Chicago) were in contact. JACKSON was concerned as to whether LEVISON was coming to Chicago to help him on the project. LEVISON promised to be there on Tuesday (10/25/66) and agreed to work with JACKSON on Tuesday and Wednesday. Another matter considered was the term “black power" and in this regard, LEVISON told about a discussion with a rabbi from Cleveland, Ohio, whom he described as an apologist for "black power". LEVISON said when he (LEVISON) argued that the term was not a good slogan, but stressing at the same time the need for power and the need for black consciousness, the rabbi argued that the term was a good slogan. During the same contact, LEVISON and JACKSON discussed means by which the SCLC could raise funds. The forementioned was reported in great detail in New York airtel and LHM dated 10/25/66, and captioned "COMINFIL SCLC", Copies were disseminated to the Bureau, Atlanta, Chicago and New York files. 10/29/66 Source advised that STANLEY LEVISON and MARTIN LUTHER KING were in contact on that date. LEVISON commented that in regard to SCLC fund raising, some method should be instituted whereby the name of a contributor could be researched to determine if he has a greater potential for giving and if so, he could be made a regular friend of the organization (SCLC). KING mentioned that he recently met with DICK RUSSELL, whom he characterized as a multi-millionaire, a militant opponent of the war in Vietnam and a former supporter of the Urban League and the SCLC. RUSSELL, according to KING, switched his support from the SCLC to the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), when these organizations became more active in anti-Vietnam activities. RUSSELL has now become disenchanted with these organizations and would like to resume his association with i the SCLC, KING remarked, !