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  • will not 'willingly' yield to the democratic concept . of 'majority rule'." lJ)e
  • leadership that counseled moderation and a legalistic, non-violent approach was challenged to demonstrate how that approach had led to social and economic improvement for the Negro. In the South, non-violent action frequently engendered a violent response
  • self­ defense wu.s to attack. Many· speakers, however, ·warned that N~groes were not yet ready to confront the 11 \•1hi te power structur~." - Even _Rap Brown warned that it would be"self­ genocide" to challenge whitci America to physical
  • . advises just enough ·moderate violence to get twenty million niggers the hell .out of America." CONNIELYNCHthen S?Oke. In opening his remarks he greeted everyone· in the name of JESUS CHRIST. He said "We want to briefly introduce ourselves to you, well
  • often than not by some quite ordi11ary and proper action by a policeman. Thry were dclihcralc in the sense that they were dirceted, lo an extent that varied From city to city, against specific targets." J. Edgar Hoo,·cr, director or the Federal Bureau
  • DEWEY REPORTS ON MEETING WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, OFFERS TO EDIT HOOVER'S REPORT ON RIOTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEDERAL ACTION; FBI; DEWEY'S EXPERIENCE WITH HARLEM RIOTS, WISH TO KEEP HIS WORK ON REPORT SECRET; WALTER JENKINS AS WH LIAISON
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE HAS ASKED J. EDGAR HOOVER FOR COMPILATION OF FBI REPORTS ON URBAN RIOTS FOR USE BY LBJ, POSSIBLE USE BY SMALL GROUP INCLUDING KATZENBACH, FOR FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION; LBJ EXPRESSES COMPLETE CONFIDENCE
  • LBJ TELLS BALTIMORE MAYOR MCKELDIN HE HAS RECEIVED WIRE FROM MCKELDIN AND MARYLAND GOV. MILLARD TAWES CONCERNING POSSIBLE RIOTING IN BALTIMORE, HAS REFERRED IT TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND FBI FOR ACTION
  • LBJ TELLS MARYLAND GOV. TAWES HE HAS RECEIVED WIRE FROM TAWES AND BALTIMORE MAYOR MCKELDIN CONCERNING POSSIBLE RIOTING IN BALTIMORE, HAS REFERRED IT TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND FBI FOR ACTION
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
  • FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS
  • that, if the disorder followed the pattern of p st disturbances in Elizabeth and elsewhere, the following day ld see an i ntensification of action on the part of the youths. patrolled» the 36 square blocks with more than 100 , some of them stationed o n rooftops