Thursday, March 28, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Thurday Mach 2, 168 HE MCHIAN AIL KING'S MARCH ON THE CAPITAL: Making the World of the Poor Visible FREE MOVIE "Lilies of the Field" 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 29 Bursley Dining Room WASHINGTON OP)-Although faded with age, the newspaper photograph fills a prominent * space on the wall at Poor Peo- ple's Campaign headquarters, a constant reminder of the two worlds Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hopes to force into confron- tation. It shows President Johnson smiling behind a table piled M high with food at an LBJ Ranch barbecue. Across the yel- lowing newsprint one word is writen in large, red capital let- ters: "POVERTY." To some, this is also a re- minder of just how difficult a task King has staked out for his nonviolent, Southern based and nearly broke Southern Christian Leadership Confer- ence-SLLC. Millions The Johnson administration's own figures show 11.5 million American families of all colors live in the cheerless, often hopeless world of poverty. The fact that their world is usually invisible to those who don't live in it has brought King to the nation's capital for a summer long "camp in." He Intends to make the invisible, visible and do it with a campaign far larger and more massive than any he has run before. The spring campaign will not be another good natured, one day march on Washington like the one in 1963, King told a meeting of 100 Washington Ne- gro leaders last month. It will be a "militant" camp- in, where people will stay "un- til we get a response. Nonvio- lence, he said, "must go all out at this stage," for some way King and Humphrey: Washington Was Once Friendlier must be found to "transmute the inchoate rage of the ghetto into constructive, channels or we're going to have darker nights of frustration and vio- lence." With only a month to go be- fore the April 22 starting date, it's hard to find many people in Washington, Negro or white, politicians, civil servants or laborers, who feel confident that King will get anything re- motely close to the estimated 10 billion a year "bill of rights for the poor" he is demanding. Many, particularly in the Ne- gro community and the church- es, are outspokenly in favor of what King is trying to do. But they believe Congress is in any- thing but a receptive mood, af- ter the 1967 summer riots. National civil rights leaders have been decidedly cool to King's campaign giving him no visible support. Baynard Rustin, organizer of the 1963 march, said he con- sidered King's campaign a waste of time, and recently told a Florida news conference he had failed in attempts to per-. suade King that the program was futile because of Congress attitude. A similarly gloomy, atmos- phere had been felt at times at King's Washington headquar- ters. Confidence But the gloom has lifted in recent weeks, replaced by an air of quiet confidence. Top organizers said the new con- fidence was triggered by several factors, including the report of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders with its em- phasis on jobs and a minimum family income, and a sudden increase in support from local organizations. The demands King is making are enormous: A guaranteed minimum income for all cit- izens, meaningful jobs for every one, adequate education for all children and adults, adequate job training programs, adequate medical care, housing and legal aid for all. King's organizers want to keep things flexible, so that major changes in strategy can be made even at the last min- ute, if circumstances dictate. A general outline was readied at a toplevel staff meeting in Atlanta last week. Plead Anthony Henry, King's de- puty coordinator, said King plans to spend the first few days after April 22°with about 100 Negro community leaders :vialting congressional leaders 'to plead for action. They may stage sit-ins if several days of this bring no favorable re- sponse. Poor people won't begin rid- ing and marching on Washing- ton until King has decided he and the 100 leaders are getting nowhere. The organizers esti- mated it would take four days or more for an estimated 3,000 poor to ride and walk to Wash- ington. Field staffs holding work- shops in a dozen major cities- King is well aware of the need to make sure everyone adheres to nonviolence-report no trou- ble getting enough volunteers. After a couple more days to set up the tent city, to be called "New City of Hope," all volun- teers will visit congressman andI -if there are still no results -stage sit-ins in their offices. King is also considering large weekend marches for people who work but want to partici- pate. These could continue all summer. To house and feed such an army King is counting heavily on Washington's Negro and white communities. Both donations and offers of help have picked up in the past couple of weeks, and the six Washington organizers are kept busy meeting with groups who want to know what King has planned. The American Federation of Teachers promised to set up "freedom schools" for the chil- dren who will be coming. The Medical Committee for Human Rights, which has worked with King on previous campaigns, is planning medical care. King said he has pledges from various militant groups, including the Student Non- violent Coordinating Commit- tee, that will not interfere with his plans. SNCC has not officially endorsed the cam- paign, but individual members keep dropping by to help. Save Trouble Stokeley Carmichael said last month he did not believe in King's nonviolent approach, but was willing to see it through because "if it works, it'll save uk a lot of trouble." Before the Poor People's cam- paign organizers had rounded out their committee structure, government officials said fed- eral and city authorities will be better and more massively pre- pared than at any such protest in history, including King's 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. Conme to my ELECTION VICTORY BALL Saturday eve., March 30 OLD HEIDELBURG 211 N. Main I THIS SPACE GOOD I' I presents I AS ONE COUPON I FOR FREE CIDER . THE PURITAN DILEMMA 8p.m. Tomorrow and Saturday Bodypainting * 8mm F.F. Winners ' t... ..« «... ..r_... ... ... .... ..« f~w « «.« ..W II IL it 11 (following special Sabbath Service) AMERICAN-THAI RELATIONS: Prostitutes Not Appreciated M i//el J t tllatkn '( O ( (aice/' ADDRESS BY DR. MARVIN FELHEIM Professor of English 1968-1969 OFFICERS DAVID MOVSKY ........................................President GIGI GOLDIN ........... .................. Cultural Vice President PEPPY GOLDSTEIN ......................... ..Social Vice President DORIS SELIGSON.......... ..............Religious Vice President MARILYN ZIFF...................................... Secretary BRIAN ZEMACH..................... ...............Treasurer 11 From Wire Service Reports BANGKOK, Thailand-Your wife cooks over an open fire or on an out-moded stove while the foreigner nearby not only has an electric stove but elec- tric canopeners and carving knives as well. Your sister is pregnant by another foreigner and he's leav- ing in two months. That's the relationship many Thais have to Americans, and they are begining to complain. This situation has prompted' Thailand to commission its Na- tional Research Council to con- duct a survey to find out what Thais think of Americans. Outbursts The government - sponsored survey follows several recent outbursts of anti-Americanism, brought about by the buildup of American troops in Thailand. They now number some 45,000. Thais, normally an urbane, polite people who rarely say what they think; have begun to be more outspoken about the 4 Americans. The first thing that shocks them is that many Thai girls turn to prostitution as a way of earning an easy living from the free spending Americans. In the town of Tahkli it is estimated there are 1,000 prosti- tutes registered with an Amer- ican doctor and probably 1,000 more who are not registered. 10 Per Cent This is about 10 per cent of the town's population. The figure for all Thailand, including the towns that have sprung up around the six big airbases used to bomb North Vietnam and Laos, may run to 70,000. The troops and the girls have led to the problem of illegiti- mate; children fathered by American servicemen. This is not a major social problem, but the Thais have expressed con- cernbabout the welfaremof the GI babies and their mothers. Thais are both fascinated and repulsed by Americans. They envy their post ex- change, tax-free cars and modern household gadgets which most Thais will never be able to afford. Thais are repulsed by Amer- icans kissing and cuddling girls in public, and newspapers fre- quently condemn the practice. It continues, nevertheless. I 11 SPAGHETTI DINNER TIME Is Sunday, March 31, at SDT sorority, 1405 Hill St. from 5:00-8:00 P.M. PRICE: $1.25 ALL ARE INVITED! BRING YOUR FRIENDS! Dancing Entertainment No admission charge MAX SHAIN DEMOCRAT City Council Vote April 1 I annOunCeS I THE REPERTORY COMPANY r f TONIGHT at 1421 H 8:30 -fill St. P.M. GUILD HOUSE 802 Monroe Fri., March 29, Noon Luncheon 25c LEN QUENON, Democratic candidate for city council, second ward: "WHAT'S WRONG WITH CITY COUNCIL?" Fri. evening 6 P.M., Guild Dinner for reservations call 662-5189 7:30: PROFESSOR WALTER M. 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