March on Washington; Interviews with participants; Music from stage; Part 2 of 17

Malcolm Davis is such a waited at the stage on the Washington Monument Grounds where a lot of this entertainment has to take place in just a few moments to entertain these people as they assemble a crowd so far reported by police to be about 25000 people. Let's switch now to reporter Malcolm Davis there on the stage Miss Ruby Lee is now reading to the mass of people out here and a few moments ago Joan Baez the famous folk singer was singing to them. Let's just for a few moments listen to Miss Ruby Lee as she. And unfortunately the already a portion of this reading is rather difficult to obtain quite clearly at present. Maybe we'll be able to join the entertainment a little later on. The only person that has arrived on the stage at this point is Mr. Austin the market leader. And we do have to be talking to him later. In the meantime let's go back to Georgia. One of the other antagonistic groups expected to show up sometime today is a group called

the prospects there made up of a fluent Negro and white right wingers and reportedly they're sending a caravan a van of cars here to demonstrate in the Washington area. Another possible source of demonstrators is the militant negro sect of Black Muslims although their leader Malcolm Access said that he wants nothing to do with the march today. And the national states rights party members have also announced plans to counter demonstrate with about 40 different groups. However they will not join forces with Rockwell's Nazi Party and their leader has said that he was embarrassed when Rockwell's forces tried to join a past demonstration. So the only one on the scene so far is George Lincoln Rockwell ze American Nazi Party. There east of the Washington Monument and in very close proximity to this assembly area where all the people from out of town are meeting and of course Washington participants are gathering on the Ellipse area. One of our other reporters is situated right on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for broadcasting this afternoon all of the activities which will be

transpiring there. But he has a report right now so let's call him David Eccleston. Since the last time I reported to you about an hour ago a crowd here has grown to. A tremendous 200. This growth has occurred in the past half hour just about doubling itself every 10 minutes. Also that army troop helicopter has made several flights over the area. The second one it made flew from tree top level from here at the Lincoln Memorial. Down to the Capitol building and around and started back on up. But then it stopped off there. The Washington Monument through it crossed the monument grounds between the monument and the Capitol. It started to go back south again and then. All of a sudden it rose almost vertically. It hovered for maybe 10 or 20 seconds above those grounds. Then it came back down a tree top level.

And proceeded on back here to the Lincoln Memorial. Yeah. The National Guard now one contingent of them is standing around on a baseball diamond near the Department of State. The promise not in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Has been set up with metal chairs to seat approximately 2200 but I doubt if many people will want to sit there right away because as metal seats do when they're left in the sun they've gotten quite hot. From this vantage point you can see at least 12 TV cameras focused on the Lincoln Memorial. Five motion picture cameras and to serve the audience here. There are nine. Electrostatic speakers. They look like a plank of wood. Hung on some of the.

Parts of the monument and several other horn type speakers to reach clear back to the. Washington Monument. Speaking of the Washington Monument. From my vantage point now. There are seven buses parked where there were none before. They apparently let passengers all around the monument grounds. And then continued. To park where you are. The cables hear the word of the day. There are 27 cables in back of me. Twenty two in front of me and three under my chair. All types of cables cables for radio circuits. Telephone lines electric cables and television cables. And. Probably the most drastic thing that has happened here that is quieted the place down quite a bit. Is the stoppage of traffic around the Lincoln Memorial. It's stopped for police

patrols and one soft drink truck went by. And now back to door George Jeezy and Radio Central. Another one of our reporters all wholesomeness standing by right beside the stage on the Washington Monument grounds and he has for more of the people who have come here to Washington today to enter in this parade. Alice call us at this time. Now how often at this stage on the Washington Monument Can you hear us and you can anyone who makes the March on Washington has to have arsenals sailing about this and I feel very they play that the time as Certainly. Everybody ought to get a fair shake in jobs and education and housing and trade in the terms of living as a citizen

and public accommodation. Secondly of course I belong to an organization because of that commitment which is devoted to this idea. Has been for a long time. For example the same package of civil rights laws which are being proposed by the president to the Congress of the United States today in New Jersey through the American Jewish Congress drafted legislation like that 15 years ago and had a hand in the state of New Jersey in cooperation with other organizations like NAACP and Urban League and so on. And we'd like to say that the rights that we've been able to win in New Jersey get other people. Lastly of course I'd like to mention that we're so committed that one of the ten national champions in this rabbi Prendes was also from New Jersey and New York is one of the people who will be a speaker.

Helped organize this march today will have any effect on the passage of the civil rights. I really hope so and I thank this great people here today will certainly give heart to those members of Congress who stand for the president's civil rights legislation. I hope it will do much to convince those who are opposed or those who have the Nutro that a tremendous number of Americans from all parts of the United States business on this subject and want to ask. Now tell us how your trip to Washington. Well we always taken a broad view. It's responsibilities invited every one of its members gathering in order to implement

World War 2. Remember the four freedoms and I think it's a crying shame that after all these years that the Negro has such a deprivation of jobs of security of good. And I'm very happy to see the Congress help to dramatize democracy as rich and comfortable as the United States is. Well there are a lot of the population. I really do feel. They don't have. I think it's heartening to see these tens of thousands of people that are here at this early hour. And I think that it is

encouragement to the Jeffersonian here at midnight by car from New Jersey and we got here about 4:00 in the morning and we've been up since. Yes yes. Jewish Congress. Also with a report from the Washington Monument Grounds Let's go now to reporter Malcolm Davis on the same grounds. Right there on the files once again going before the microphones on the podium and is now beginning to entertain the audience by the

way. That was who was singing here from the stage at the base of the Washington

Monument. The Aryan reporter was able to interview Miss Biles here is that interview. Allison is talking by recording with the singer that you just heard you and Baez

and because of technical problems Evidently it's not too clear recording. We'll try to get that cleared up and give it to you again she is one of the Hollywood entertainers one of the folk singers who is on the stage now in the Washington Monument Grounds entertaining the assembled people which police estimate now to be 25000 people. The normal busy pace of the Washington business world has pretty well stopped today. All nonessential workers have been urged to take annual leave than a policeman or a check show that at least half of all of the government employees would not report at all today. And parking has been virtually banned in the downtown area. Bus service during rush hour will be rather sketchy this morning. Most of the downtown stores will be open in hopes that the visitors will take time to shop. Restaurant owners are varied in their expectations many plan to serve only one item so that they could have a fast accommodation of people as they come in and out of the restaurant. And as one restaurant owner put it if the chef is too busy I want something that the busboy can prepare and serve.

And that might be the case in restaurants downtown today surprising factor is that local hotels reported rather a drop off in business as the day approached. They say that non marchers are avoiding Washington this weekend. Most of the marchers do not plan to stay overnight because a lot of the busses will be going back. In the Washington area. Leaving by Central Station and going home before night so they don't have to stay here. We had a report from the train station they say the concourse is clear around Union Station where about 80 shuttle buses have been carrying the people back and forth to 15th Street and Constitution Avenue where they've been dropping them off so that they can get into the assembly area. People have been taken from the train station to the family area so it's relatively clear at this time that although there are extra police in the area Evidently the traffic is not a problem. And as the police say the situation is very well in hand.

Sightseeing attractions will be for the most part operate normally today. The White House will be open longer than usual to accommodate extra tourists. And a spokesman said Washington Monument will open until the crush of the crowd becomes too much to handle. This mass march on Washington has certainly brought a massive influx of people into this area by airplane and by train and of course the big problem are those who are coming by automobile police plan to park about 20 100 buses but they have made no plans for parking a private automobile. And although there are some large fringe area parking lots around Washington the largest only handles about 500 cars so you can soon see that would fill up and the other two have even less space available to park cars so there might be massive park cars around Washington not being able to get in by automobile and walking in that will have several marches on Washington taking on part of this and live your own coverage is being heard in Philadelphia by educational station

w h y FM where Jim Cuellar a regular on the far end has a report for it. The March on Washington. We'll be checking in little while with the editorial page in the early editions of the Philadelphia Bulletin. In the bulletin last night under the byline of Thomas O'Neill the following article appeared. To a remarkable extent. Tomorrow's massing in the capital of negroes demanding a redress of grievances is the creature of a single man. And perhaps equally equally remarkable their Creator alone appears to be without qualm at the demonstration could possibly get out of hand and turn disastrously back upon its makers. The inspiration for the march was provided by Ace of Philip Randolph a man of stately courtesy. That was never shaken while he stood off discouragements from the White House and from congressional well-wishers who saw militants among the demonstrators turning to violence with chilling effect upon civil rights legislation. Mr. Randolph was serene in the

conviction to which he subscribes more fully than others that the protest movement against discrimination includes no lunatic fringe. Randolph age 74. Is president of the small and withering brotherhood of sleeping car porters and among the phalanx of AFL CIO vice presidents is the only Negro. The AFLCIO given to talking racial equality and practicing segregation. Thomas O'Neal continues with held its seal of approval from the Randolph plan for what the prospectus picture is as the biggest showing of discontent ever presented in Washington but Mr. Randolph appears to have anticipated that out of long experience with his brothers in a labor movement outside the ranks of the organizers the feeling expressed from the beginning has been that such a demonstration has a small capacity for advancing the president's civil rights package of legislation against an unlimited capacity for damage to that program by falling into a display of violence or other acts of recklessness. Only recently did the apprehension begin to ease beyond the acknowledgment that the right to petition includes properly controlled demonstration.

The change that attitude was prompted most part by the recruitment among the marchers of ranking clergy and numbers and by the cooperation of the march leaders with the stringent regulations intended to keep the demonstrations together in a body well removed from Capitol Hill. The presidents of the church hierarchy is counted upon to exert a restraining influence upon Wilder spirits among the marchers. The policing arrangements to keep wilful troublemakers and hand in the good will induced by white participation to temper orators who might otherwise make personal attacks upon congressman that would provoke resentment among the legislators. Mr O'Neill concludes boos at the mention of individual legislators that would be passed over when delivered at meetings. Other cities would become intolerable attempts at intimidation within the District of Columbia. Under the byline of Thomas O'Neill This article appeared in last evening's Philadelphia Bulletin. This is Jim Keeler in Philadelphia returning in now to George W. a in an effort to keep an account of what's happening on the stage area on the Washington Monument where some more of the.

Current trend of folk music singers are entertaining the assembled group let's go to reporter Malcolm Davis in an area. Over here on the stage where I'm right up on the stage right now the celebrities are beginning to arrive at present. Peter Paul and Mary are just approaching the microphones they're about to sing to the crowd. Let's go now and join that. I am.

That was part of the entertainment that has just started here on the stage. We hope to be back here shortly again with other entertainers Now back to George DC. Thank you Malcolm. That's just some of the many entertainers that will be here today in town. Early reports from Hollywood said that producer Cheryl Crawford will be here Judy Garland Kirk Douglas and Harry Belafonte as members of a delegation led by Marlon Brando. And

not all these are expected to march but perhaps just participate silently to join the marchers in support of equal rights for all. The man behind the organization of today's march on Washington is a Philip Randolph. For more than 40 years he's been known to his own people as Negro laborers champion. He's 74 years old and he's had a history of prate organization. For instance in 1041 he was behind the march on the Washington movement to protest armed forces segregation and to demand more jobs for fellow negroes in industry. He formed and is now the president of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. He describes the march today as an attempt to pressure Congress for fast action on pending the civil rights legislation. Let's go now to another Yoran station participating in this live coverage from Washington and bringing this program to listeners in Washington and in New York City. Let's call him Bill price at WNYC.

Bill Price Are you ready with a report in New York. So 21 years ago a demonstration was held in Washington it would never do anything about it. But we contacted dad Mr. George W. Goodman who is now a public affairs director at one of the negro stations here in New York City will I be. And he wants to reminisce about demonstrations and marches on the telephone. Yes truly. Hello there. Well march out of Washington now they call the mine a great many things that happened 21 years ago when we were in much the same five job opportunities to contend that they are right today is less than the beginning of war effort really. And they were just radically from certain orthopathy because they couldn't get training that was really what made a

fillip brand off the wall Don't lie in that doctored up by the National Urban League. They gathered to talk about what could happen and to sort of stir them into it and came to that was basically the thing that got it brought up this whole idea because. Their brand often wanted to get some kind of dramatic impact that with me you know there were demonstrations today it was just 21 years ago. That's very dramatic song to stick it in. There goes approximately what was it about 1941 1941 it was during the Second World War. That's right and actually what happened out of it came before the March actually occurred. President rather issued his proclamation which brought the first FPP fam private practice commission.

Yes that's right. And since that time in these intervening Is it bread over a different state than in a city ordinance so that the whole limpet back Carmen a day and the mad rush out like a brand and it goes. Must be quite excited about it. That tour right here in Washington and New York City. You know you have Frank Hahn who used to be with the city could make that heel in the face of the right. Yes and you have friend who is director of the United Negro College. You have public relations man at the office at the end. Now all of the person and then by the way to post a post with the New York Post he was in Washington at the time the men were members of the black cabinet. That

was Frank and Bill Press. As long as I have you on the phone and we're going to sing a little bit let's get up to date. I take it that's Crow. That's right and I was out early this morning about three o'clock. But the broad individual liking again. What are some of the reactions you think of some of them were most enthusiastic perhaps the most thrilling thing that happened to the people in their life to actually have and demonstrating civil rights and that was the current feeling. The little man of the so-called uncorking mass to have a personal individual part and asking for civil rights that's right but the next thing that stood out in their mind is the weather and their expression of the fact that they included them in

white and black people. Now a democratic principle and I think that's wonderful. Thank you very much we've been speaking with joy extending a good many public affairs director negotiation that you would like. And we've been talking about some of the actions up in Harlem and we were talking also about an original demonstration 21 years ago in the Washington D.C. Thank you get bang bang bang on the ground marching here in Washington today is demonstrating the need for jobs and freedom of the colored person. And strong support of churches and organized labor for the demonstration shows according to a fillip brand off director of this National Committee coordinating the march plans. The moral significance of the march of whites and blacks and of church leaders and labor groups marching together to stress the great struggle for human dignity taking place in America today. We talked of Washington participation too these people are meeting on the Ellipse in a group so far hasn't grown too large but

there's been a committee formed to encourage participation of at least 50000 Washingtonians in the march today. The group was organized by local civic and religious leaders and called the District of Columbia Mobilization Committee that includes subcommittees for government employee participation religious participation organization participation and also publicity. The group had hopes to contact every church in the Washington area in an attempt to get mass participation groups agreeing to march or being allowed to carry signs identifying themselves and as this group leaves the Washington Monument Grounds and proceeds west on Constitution Avenue along the march route and also along Independence Avenue. We'll have reporters along this group and we'll have live coverage of what's happening and will be able to read some of these signs to you to see just what groups are participating in this march. There been many changes in the plans for today's march which certainly has complicated the broadcast and

television media and trying to bring you this live coverage. Many of the changes were the result of time and logistical problems as the size of the expected number of marchers grew. One change that was given was the meeting in the morning of some 51 assembly places mainly churches and of course they did away with that before the demonstrations took place here because there just aren't that many large groups for 51 people to meet in and so they change their plans and are now moving the people from the train station and the buses are reporting to 15th and constitution and dumping the people right on to the Washington Monument grounds where they are being entertained as you've heard so far by Peter Paul and Mary and some of the other entertainers that we hope to be able to interview for you. Odetta is on the stage now let's go back down to the Washington Monument stage where Porter Malcom Davis I think and bring us some of this entertainment right from the stage. Oh this is David Edwards on the stage filling in for Malcolm Davis

where presently being entertained by Odette of the world renowned Negro folk singers she's been singing oh freedom one of the traditional songs of the movement. Let's go to Odessa now on the stage. Yeah I

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You just heard Josh White Satin and assorted other people we've been hearing various people and now they're being called back here comes here comes back to the hall they're back he's going to sing another number and we will bring that to you immediately here's here's a here's our data. That was an on call with that's coming to our listeners from the

stage at the base of the Washington Monument. And now we have an interview that was obtained for us if I can put this on the air right now George. That's all right from our house and I'm speaking at the moment with Mr. Atkins of staleness. He's here representing the Clarksdale chapter of the. Is that right. Have you come to Washington. What specifically do you have. We have we want to have. The same guy in the White House I would like to help. The same school that they would have just as good if they were I would like to have a much better job but if the job just that the same they don't want the

same sound for the person who has never lived in the south how would you describe the difference between your life as a negro and the life of your neighboring white man. Now yeah yeah but a person is never a little ass out there doesn't really know what landed Charlie Sheen I would you know sadly all difference between us like oh you know I live in Washington. When it is we proudly show off at it. Now Gomer having trouble again with that particular tape machine. I suggest that al get the facts a little bit it was a very interesting interview I hope you can get that corrected because I'd like to hear the gentleman's answer to the question that Al just posed to him. You know in decades past Washington has been viewed as sort of a southern city that nevertheless provided a rather comfortable home for the Negro. Since 1950 the city has made tremendous progress in removing racial barriers really far surpassing other southern cities. One fundamental reason is

that Washington has changed from the label of a Southern city to a Northern oriented city in the area of handling its racial relations. This process of desegregation is over really for the city. But he still faces the Negro still faces the problems of integration in a complex way which excludes him from full participation really in the mainstream of American life. He's excluded from the suburbs and parts of the city which would allow him to escape the jam slums that he now lives in. And in 1953 public accommodations in Washington were open to Negroes and in 1054 the schools were desegregated just to give you a few dates in relationship to the process of desegregation here in the Washington area in comparative terms negroes in Washington are generally better educated they're better paid and they live in better housing than they in many other major cities in the in the nation. This live coverage on the

march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom today is being furnished to you by Member Stations of the educational radio network. One of our you know our n reporters at police headquarters to keep tapping the information that is available there on the crowd movements back and forth. We have reporter Mike Rice and he has a report for us now reporting from Washington police headquarters. This is Michael Wright. Comprehensive planning has paid off so far for Washington probably with over 40000 persons already assembled on the grounds of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial at last report and more arriving in droves according to ops on the scene the various forces in the field have yet to encounter any major problems. Traffic is moving smoothly even around Union Station where 17 special trains have disgorged. Thirteen thousand people 80 shuttle buses are picking up new arrivals and taking them to the march area bases research professors coming into the city are far from failed though several hundred are

here and. The presence of Lincoln Rockwell and 50 of his co heart hearts has led to no incident. Police are successfully containing them in a small area at the Washington Monument. The health officers report no casualties so the story from police headquarters in separate falls well in Washington. This is Michael Rice 40 are you and return you to George the police report now that about 50000 people are in this assembly area that's about 25000 more than we had and certainly it's far from the expected total of perhaps 200000 but we're still an hour away from when the march begins and the monument ceremonies will then be over and will be moving down to the Lincoln Memorial and of course some people are already gathering down there some people are coming directly to that point. So perhaps we will swell this crowd today to the expected 200000 down in the area of the Lincoln Memorial standing by where the march leaders have set up a press tent to carry out information to the media

covering this today. We have reporter Arnold Shaw. Let's switch to him at this time. From the news headquarters of the Lincoln Memorial this is Arnold's press representatives are increasing in number here at the Lincoln Memorial. But most are waiting for the planned activities to begin. As you can probably hear some music is being fed over the public address system for the enjoyment of those assembled at the southern front of the mall. Such a beautiful day that walking is most enjoyable and informative and chatting with the people sitting on the grassy slopes of this park like area. Some interesting observations can be made. Yes there are people already here from the nation's capital itself. One gentleman stated that he was mainly impressed with the amount of police patrolling the area appears provisions of the made for any emergency. Now the native Washingtonian said that she felt she was spending a morning in Athens Greece. Many hundred years ago not just because of the architecture of the Lincoln Memorial but the fact that hundreds and thousands of people would be gathered around the shrine in a

voice of the people participating in the government of the nation. Two young students just back from Europe said that they just happened to be in Washington D.C. sightseeing they thought it would be interesting to hear the speeches and enjoy the entertainment to be held here later. These students from Alabama made known their interest with a slightly reserved feeling of participation. An elderly woman from New Jersey was most anticipatory about what is actually going to happen and in her words I hope to God that everything remains as friendly and relaxed as it is right now. Friendly and relaxed it is to a couple from Miami Beach it is like a picnic. These two people traveled from Florida on trains specially to hear the hero of the civil rights demonstration. The woman most excited about this day said that she hoped that a year from now thousands of Americans would hold a similar demonstration right here in the nation's capital for peace. Once the day ends the two planned to board a train and head back immediately to Florida.

These are some comments from people I chatted with here at the Lincoln Memorial some five hundred members of the civil rights groups have arrived by train from Cincinnati Ohio under the direction of local NAACP president Bill blow and members of the NAACP core and Elsie the Negro American Labor Council. Many people sitting picnicking along the reflecting pool steps below the monument. A family visiting in DC from Millings Ville Georgia now who plans to join the march when it reaches the monument. People with headbands armbands buttons all around but in a happy holiday atmosphere. Some people said that they had the day off anyway so they came down to see what was happening. Students from Winchester Virginia and others from Warrenton Virginia. We spoke with two ushers part of a group of 3000 members of the interdenominational church officers association of the District of Columbia and the Senate who will collect the pledges to be presented to Congress daily every day after the march. The pledges

will be circulated through the crowd. And this is what the pledge States. Standing before the Lincoln Memorial on the 20th of August in the centennial year of emancipation I affirm my complete personal commitment to the struggle for jobs and freedom for all Americans to fulfill that commitment. I pledge that I will not relax until victory is won. I pledge that I will join and support all actions undertaken in good faith in accord with the time honored democratic tradition of nonviolent protest of peaceful assembly and petition of redress through the courts and the legislative process. I pledge to carry the message of the march to my friends and neighbors back home and to arouse them to an equal commitment and an equal effort. I will march and I will write letters I will demonstrate and I will vote. I will work to make sure that my voice and those of my brother's ring clear and determined from every corner of our land I pledge my heart and my mind and my body unequivocally and without regard to personal sacrifice to the achievement of social peace

through social justice. This is a pledge card being distributed to the thousands of people here in the nation's capital today. And to be mailed daily to Congressman. These are some of the observations and comments from the news headquarters at the Lincoln Memorial here in Washington D.C. This is I don't shop to be educational radio network. Returning you to George DC. Well the place just months now the swelling crowd are up to 50000 As we reported at 9:00 a.m. this morning a very large group arrived at the terminal of the train station and the usual procedure of course as we've explained is to get off the trains go through the concourse and get on shuttle buses which will then go through town and end at 15th and constitution which is right beside the Washington Monument grounds. Well this particular large group went to the busses found out that they had to pay an additional fee to be transported and leaders there told them do not get on the buses but walk over to the monument grounds and so they have. So this is one group

that did not take advantage of the shuttle buses being provided here in the Washington area. A large group of buses has just left Baltimore and this perhaps is the 459 odd buses which are coming from the New York area so they're progressing very good onto the George Washington Parkway. Forty six cars have been impounded so far in the Washington area cars which while a did the no parking after 1:00 a.m. this morning and police have about 12 cranes cruising around the area where busses are to have their reserved parking. And so far. So some current leaders or owners are going to have a little hard time finding their cars but there is a restricted area set aside just for the impounded cars so that's where they'll be 46 have been found so far to be violating what over a large part of Washington is a no parking area today. Martin Luther King and some of the leaders for this march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom have been at the Capitol today. So far they've been talking with some of the congressional leaders

which have been meeting with them. They saw the honorable. Everett Dirksen who was the minority leader of the Senate. They've also talked this morning to the leader of the majority leader of the Senate Mike Mansfield. And now they are going to talk to the speaker of the house Mr. McCormick and just about this time and we're not verified yet as to whether they have left there to leave Capitol Hill and go to the Washington Monument grounds. There are lots of entertainment on the Washington State still Josh White is there right now but rather than go back and bring you this particular coverage we'd like to switch to one of our live remote sites that site being the one beside the reflecting pool where Norman Treves is standing by with an interview. Here at the reflecting pool this is Cal Nossiter speaking with the delegates from Massachusetts. What is your name my name is Roger wouldn't go back in there and you're both clergymen. That's right.

What made you come to Washington. Well we were supporting the civil rights movement I think this I believe in. That's why I'm here. What was the reaction of your parishioners. Mixed very mixed. Do you think any of them will this will be a church crisis in any way. No I don't think so I don't think those two seem to be have a mixed reaction and feel it was the thing to do with a lot of people can now I'm with you. Never mind I don't mind. There's another minister in town came with us his daughter came with him. When you go when you talk about this to your place and do you feel that through the church is a better understanding of civil rights can come about. One of the important thing you can do is work the ministry of reconciliation. Now acting is a pretty small town in Massachusetts. Do you have any civil rights

problem there. Just started when we had a Negro family move in four houses up from us a month ago. That's our now demands of the second family and not too well at first but they're being accepted now. Do you think that will help them in some way indirectly and in the long run. Thank you very much gentlemen we will get back to George W.. I knew that was not Norman drove up and rather reporter Cal Nasr who is at the same site located just at the corner of the reflecting pool and hopefully at 2 o'clock this afternoon they'll be surrounded by people and we should be able to obtain a lot more of the interviews like Cal just furnished us some more figures for you. One of the deputy chiefs today Walter rod of the 1st Division has announced that everything is running peacefully in his own one which is a sector of Washington being covered by these marchers today. And they also announced in the police department that a total of 30 500 box lunches and another thirty five hundred dinners have been

prepared for the policemen who are working almost an 18 hour day today. The only policeman not working are those who were on duty all night guarding a lot of the stand areas and where downtown they went off duty about 5:00 a.m. this morning. They are being allowed to go home to get some sleep so they can come back on duty again tonight. Meanwhile everybody else but all police leaves canceled are on duty in the Washington area there for about 7000 box lunches and dinners have been prepared for the cost of the police department and I guess the government will be of over $5000. Speaking of prices the deputy director of this march committee Ruston has said that his committee's tentative budget for the march activities is over seventy five thousand dollars. Local groups supporting the march were asked to pay their own transportation here to Washington. But Mr. Ruston Committee has allocated fifteen thousand dollars of its budget for bringing the poor and the jobless from the south to the march. Hopefully we can interview some of these people to bring you the flavor of their feelings about coming to the

nation's capital. What they see while they are here and then after this afternoon's ceremonies we hope to be able to bring you a lot of interviews with these people and just how they are moved by what has happened today and how they feel and what will be done by them as they leave the Capitol to go back to their own area. I mentioned the name they yard Ruston he's the organizer of the civil rights demonstration he's about 53 years old and Martin Luther King has called him a very brilliant efficient and dedicated organizer. And one of the best and most persuasive interpreters of nonviolence Ruston organized 1057 prayer a pilgrimage. And then the 1958 and 59 youth marches here in Washington for integrated schools so he has a long background of being able to organize people to get them to march for some sort of peaceful purpose. It's Weston's belief by the way that the white people have a vested interest in seeing that the negro does win full equality. No white man will have complete freedom he says until the Negro has his and that's really why

they're here today marching in Washington. Mr Russell also says that his march is more than a march of negroes it's a march for all of society. And in the area of employment if there are more jobs he feels Negroes and whites will soon be fighting over the few jobs left by automation. And that's why the demonstration will support today measures for full employment and for expanding economy in practical terms they are Boston says negroes must accomplish their goals through nonviolence because we are he says a minority group trying to integrate with a majority. And we can't use guns in his terms. The only weapon according to Ruston is friendly to us and according to police this is a very calm crowd today and police experts say that everything is running peacefully and in their words it looks like a holiday festive mood on everybody's part. It's time for us now to pause in our live coverage from Washington to let the member stations of the

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