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mb ea eee dae ce eo eee a ee ee te ae > & @ & Washington Spring Project "from them" was that they would not attempt to divide the community. He said "they" were honest, that "they" stated that if the SCLC fails in Washington, "we're going to get a lot of new recruits" but if the SCLC is successful "we are going to be in trouble". He recalled that at this moment King made a point, that if "they" should denounce the government, denounce the SCLC campaign and criticize it, this would create an atmosphere within which non-violence would heave a better chance of succeeding, He added that Stokely responded that they have enough Problems, that there is enough confusion and division in tne black community, and that, if they should speak out against Kinz or wnat he is doing, people will not know which way to turn. Levison commented that he agreed with Carmicheel and disasreed with King on this point. He inquired as to Rutherford stated that King said the enemy was violence and began to preach on how violence begets violence. Levison related that the key is that King states the enemy is violence which is not true. The enemy are the forces preventing them from getting rignts and violence is one of the metnods. He said that, tnerefore, they are trying to develop a counter technique to violence, "The Worker", an East Coast Communist newspaper, in its issue dated February 11, 1968, pase one, contains an article on the protest against United States involvement in the war in Vietnam in Washington, D,C, on February 5,6, 1968, sponsored by the Clerzy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, It states that Kins addressed the gethering of clersymen and laymen and told them that "it was imperative that the freedom and peace movements be joined, Describing the worsening economic conditions, he appealed to the relizious leaders to join and support the demonstrations his organization has planned for Washington in April". The article also notes that King made it clear that the tarsets of the demonstrations would be the Vietnam war and Congress.’ a ~3- ¥ - SEGRST ror | h ib