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Detroit Michigan In Reply Pi=se Refer to June 8 1 197 0 File No ---~-~---------------------~------------------

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Title National Environnental Actions i~pri 1 22 1970

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Reference Detroit Letterhead l1e mora nduU dated and captioned as above

All sources (except any listed below) whose identities are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable information in the past

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Detroit~ Michigan June 8 1970

Re National Environmental Actions Ppri1 22 1970

DE T-1 advised on April 9 1970 that in regard middot to captioned demonstrations in the Detroit area an environ~

mental Teach-In will be held at the lfayne State University (WSU) Center Building on llpril 22-23 1970 This Teach-In whicll is a part of National Earth Day is a joint effoimiddott of t10 groups ~rhe Commit tee on Environmenta 1 Plmiddoteserva t ion (CEP) for med by graduate students in the School of Social

middot Wo-1- at SU and WSU s Depart n en t of Biology with the program put together by graduate students in biology

DE T-1 made available a circular regarding the Teach-In which reflected that CEP from the outset has been more liberal than the biology students who have gone for a strictly educational program CEP has proposed walks ~ong the Detroit and Rouge Rivers to dramatize pollution and picketing at the General~ lv1otors middot Building Iii rost cases the programs have biended together and simultaneous meetings are to be held

Featured speakers at the Teach-In are to be - Senator Phi lip Hart and lla lph Nader

DE T-2 furnished substantially the same informati6n concerning WSUs reach-In and additionfilly indicated that the demonstrations at the General Motors Building would involve p2ceful picJ(eting by students with signs and the handing out of appropriate literature

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DE T-4 related U18t a Teach-In is planned for April 22 1970 at ~he Fl~nt Michigan Branch of the Unive1middotsity of Michigan (Ul-1) in support of National Enshyvironmen ta 1 Actions plan ned nat ion ally for that date No final plans are set for this Teach-In but no known extremist activity is involved

The Apri 1 20 1970 middot issue of the Detroit Free Press a daj_l y newspaper carried an article on p3ge 3A captioned Nation To Obserie Earth da y This article stated that on more than 2000 college campuses in more than 10000 public schools and a mong ~ore than 2000 c6mmunity groups Wednesday is Ertrth Day across the country--a day of politjcs and nature love desighed to teach people how life ought to be

The article mentioned some of the ~ctivities

which would take place thr6ugho~t the country Included in l-iLc l1iga n ac tivi ties was Wayne State University where Sena to1middot Phi lip Hart was to give the keynote address on Wednes~ay followed on Jhursday by Ralphmiddot Nader It stated lHchigan State Universitys program began last Tuesday and would run intermittently through May 28 Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall was to appear at MSU on Tuesday th~ day before Na tiona 1 Teach- In Day

Programs were to take place also at Central Michishygan University Mt Pleasant Michigan and Ironwoods Gogebic College in the Upper Peninsula middot according to the article

DE T-1 nde ava i lable on April 22 1970 the middot program middotof Wayne State University concerning Teach- In On middot The ~~aviron men t Instant program was coordinated by the Commjttee for Environmental Preservation and also sponsored by WSUs Department of Biology and Hac Kenzie Union According to the program class~s on the campus were schedul~d on April 22 23 1970 starting at 900 am and ending at 730 ~r 800 pm

This source ~elated th~t the main speak~r on middot April 22 1970 was Senator Philip Hart who spoke at 1130 middotam before a crowd estimated ai 2500 persons middot

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Detroit~ Michigan June 8 1970

Re National Environmental Actions Ppri1 22 1970

DE T-1 advised on April 9 1970 that in regard middot to captioned demonstrations in the Detroit area an environ~

mental Teach-In will be held at the lfayne State University (WSU) Center Building on llpril 22-23 1970 This Teach-In whicll is a part of National Earth Day is a joint effoimiddott of t10 groups ~rhe Commit tee on Environmenta 1 Plmiddoteserva t ion (CEP) for med by graduate students in the School of Social

middot Wo-1- at SU and WSU s Depart n en t of Biology with the program put together by graduate students in biology

DE T-1 made available a circular regarding the Teach-In which reflected that CEP from the outset has been more liberal than the biology students who have gone for a strictly educational program CEP has proposed walks ~ong the Detroit and Rouge Rivers to dramatize pollution and picketing at the General~ lv1otors middot Building Iii rost cases the programs have biended together and simultaneous meetings are to be held

Featured speakers at the Teach-In are to be - Senator Phi lip Hart and lla lph Nader

DE T-2 furnished substantially the same informati6n concerning WSUs reach-In and additionfilly indicated that the demonstrations at the General Motors Building would involve p2ceful picJ(eting by students with signs and the handing out of appropriate literature

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Re National Env1ronmental 4ctions April 22 1970 middot-middot

DE T-4 related U18t a Teach-In is planned for April 22 1970 at ~he Fl~nt Michigan Branch of the Unive1middotsity of Michigan (Ul-1) in support of National Enshyvironmen ta 1 Actions plan ned nat ion ally for that date No final plans are set for this Teach-In but no known extremist activity is involved

The Apri 1 20 1970 middot issue of the Detroit Free Press a daj_l y newspaper carried an article on p3ge 3A captioned Nation To Obserie Earth da y This article stated that on more than 2000 college campuses in more than 10000 public schools and a mong ~ore than 2000 c6mmunity groups Wednesday is Ertrth Day across the country--a day of politjcs and nature love desighed to teach people how life ought to be

The article mentioned some of the ~ctivities

which would take place thr6ugho~t the country Included in l-iLc l1iga n ac tivi ties was Wayne State University where Sena to1middot Phi lip Hart was to give the keynote address on Wednes~ay followed on Jhursday by Ralphmiddot Nader It stated lHchigan State Universitys program began last Tuesday and would run intermittently through May 28 Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall was to appear at MSU on Tuesday th~ day before Na tiona 1 Teach- In Day

Programs were to take place also at Central Michishygan University Mt Pleasant Michigan and Ironwoods Gogebic College in the Upper Peninsula middot according to the article

DE T-1 nde ava i lable on April 22 1970 the middot program middotof Wayne State University concerning Teach- In On middot The ~~aviron men t Instant program was coordinated by the Commjttee for Environmental Preservation and also sponsored by WSUs Department of Biology and Hac Kenzie Union According to the program class~s on the campus were schedul~d on April 22 23 1970 starting at 900 am and ending at 730 ~r 800 pm

This source ~elated th~t the main speak~r on middot April 22 1970 was Senator Philip Hart who spoke at 1130 middotam before a crowd estimated ai 2500 persons middot

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Re National Env1ronmental 4ctions April 22 1970 middot-middot

DE T-4 related U18t a Teach-In is planned for April 22 1970 at ~he Fl~nt Michigan Branch of the Unive1middotsity of Michigan (Ul-1) in support of National Enshyvironmen ta 1 Actions plan ned nat ion ally for that date No final plans are set for this Teach-In but no known extremist activity is involved

The Apri 1 20 1970 middot issue of the Detroit Free Press a daj_l y newspaper carried an article on p3ge 3A captioned Nation To Obserie Earth da y This article stated that on more than 2000 college campuses in more than 10000 public schools and a mong ~ore than 2000 c6mmunity groups Wednesday is Ertrth Day across the country--a day of politjcs and nature love desighed to teach people how life ought to be

The article mentioned some of the ~ctivities

which would take place thr6ugho~t the country Included in l-iLc l1iga n ac tivi ties was Wayne State University where Sena to1middot Phi lip Hart was to give the keynote address on Wednes~ay followed on Jhursday by Ralphmiddot Nader It stated lHchigan State Universitys program began last Tuesday and would run intermittently through May 28 Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall was to appear at MSU on Tuesday th~ day before Na tiona 1 Teach- In Day

Programs were to take place also at Central Michishygan University Mt Pleasant Michigan and Ironwoods Gogebic College in the Upper Peninsula middot according to the article

DE T-1 nde ava i lable on April 22 1970 the middot program middotof Wayne State University concerning Teach- In On middot The ~~aviron men t Instant program was coordinated by the Commjttee for Environmental Preservation and also sponsored by WSUs Department of Biology and Hac Kenzie Union According to the program class~s on the campus were schedul~d on April 22 23 1970 starting at 900 am and ending at 730 ~r 800 pm

This source ~elated th~t the main speak~r on middot April 22 1970 was Senator Philip Hart who spoke at 1130 middotam before a crowd estimated ai 2500 persons middot

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Re National Environmental Actions ipril 22 1970

Source said the meetings have gone very smoothly and there h~ve been no indication of any extremist activities in connection with the Teach-In

DE T-1 advised that cluri ng Rn lph Naders speech at WSU on April 23 1970 the auditorium was filled and the doors had to be locked Other students attempted to get into the audiiorium and as a result the WSU Department of Public Se1fety was cnlled to maintain order Acconhng to the samptirce there were 2800 to 3000 people present at the meeting and no damage resulted further n6 arrests ~ere necessary

DE T-5 advised on April 20 1970 that a meeting of the Michigan State University (HSU) Conmi ttee to middotDefend The Conspiracy Seven a group whose leaders believe - in Weatherman politics but claim no nation~l Weatherman association was held April 19t 1970 and a decision was made to attempt to disrupt form~r Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udalls speech which will be gj_vetl at lCO pm t~pril 21 1970 at Ivi SU poundlUC5torium in conjuncU_on middotwith Enshyviron~ental Teach-In activities Current plans were to disrupt the speech oistaging a guerrilla middot theater skit bull

DE T-5 stated on A~ril 21 1970 that an ~ddition~l meeting of the above group was held on April 20 1970 and again a discussion was held concerning methods to disrupt

middotudalls forthcoming speech It was decided that approximately 14 persons in costumes would march into the MSU auditorium carrying signs such as Free Bobby 11 and balloons filled with red paint These persons are to chant Free Bobby

_and upon the signa1 Now 11 the balloons wi 11 be th1middotown at Udall and everyone middotwill scatter

TI1is source related that the MSU Department of Public Safety was aware of this plan and would station plain-clothes men in the audience in order to apprehend those who night disrupt Udalls speech

Subsequently DE T-5 advised th~t the above group of about 14 menbers marcheel in to the (-1SU aud i tori urn at about 115 pn on April 21 1970 during Udalls speech 1

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Apri 1 22 1970

They carried signs such as Lives First Profits Second and Hes Not For Rea 1 n The demonstrators paraded throu~h the auditoriu m three times and ma de no attempt to throw any objects There were no arrests

OnApril 22 1970 DE T-5 stated that several balloons filled with paint were located in the mens room at tl1e MSU auditorium following Udalls speech

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They carried signs such as Lives First Profits Second and Hes Not For Rea 1 n The demonstrators paraded throu~h the auditoriu m three times and ma de no attempt to throw any objects There were no arrests

OnApril 22 1970 DE T-5 stated that several balloons filled with paint were located in the mens room at tl1e MSU auditorium following Udalls speech

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