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Stanley Levison — Part 10
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HE HAD TALKED WITH ABERNATHY TWO HOURS BEFORE AFTER
TALKING TO ANDY YOUNG (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF
SCLC). HE SAID YOUNG TOOK THE POSITION THAT ABERNATHY
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ONLY LISTENS TO PEOPLE WHO FLATTER HIN AND NOT PERSONS
WHO HAVE CRITICISM. LEVISON SAID HE TOLD YOUNG THAT IF
IT IS POINTED OUT TO ABERNATHY THAT CERTAIN WEAKNESSES
CAN KILL HIM, HE IS SMART ENOUGH TO LISTEN. LEVISON
SAID HE SEES RIDICULE ARRISING IN THE PRESS BECAUSE OF Oo
INEFFICIENCY OF THE SCLC WHICH WILL BE A REFLECTION
ON ABERNATHY. HE SAID HE TOLD YOUNG THAT IF HE AND y
YOUNG TALK TO ABERNATHY THAT ABSERNATHY KNOWS THEY ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALWAYS DELIVERED AND WILL LISTEN.
LEVISON STATED HE THEN TALKED TO ABERNATHY AND TOLD HIM |
HE WAS GOING TO BE THE OBJECT OF RIDICULE WHICH
HAD ALREADY BEGUN, THAT THE PRESS HAS BEEN NICE TO .
HIM BUT IF HE DOES NOT ORGANIZE THE MAY THIRTY
(POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN CPPC) MASS GATHERING IN WASHINGTON,
| be» PROPERLY, HE WILL BE ATTACKED. LEVISON SAID HE
RECOMMENDED THAT WYATT (WALKER FORMER SCLC OFFICIAL)
WOULD 3E A KEY MAN TO SET UP APPARATUS IN NEW YORK FOR
THI peo BECAUSE NEW YORK HAS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN
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HALF THE PEOPLE FOR THE WASHINGTON (MAY THIRTY)
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EVEST, AND ABERNATHY AGREED. CORETTA SAID IT IS
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