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AFFAIRS OF ST A TE 1 l(ing Gets Shunting By CHARLES M. mLLS Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer that contributions fell significantly after a CORE officer at Mount Vernon, N. Y., denounced Jews in general at a public meeting in February. Lynch says that about 80 per cent of ·his group's financial support has crune from the white community "and y o u could say th a t Jewish contributions have been predominant." U. S. Sen. James 0. Eastland appearing at the Neshoba County Fair here a few days ago, told a large audience that the Negro leader, Martin Luther King, "has not gone over in the North and they are shunting him back South." The statement came on the heels of announcements t h a t RESIGNATIONS King is bringing his annual convention of the Southern Chris- Former high - ranking natian Leadership Conforence to tional officers of CORE recently resigned but sill in close JaC'kson, Aug. 7 - 8. Sen. Eastland, considered the touch with the situation, say leading anti - liberal in the Con- that contributions to it this gress, cautioned the citizens of year are running only little betthis area to pay as little atten- ter than half of the $810,000 totion to the rabble - rousings tal of the previous fiscal year. Lynch denies such a severe of King as possible. It ,has ,been noted that every- drop but does not disclose the where that the "non - violent" figures. He concedes that the _ King goes up north, death and deficit is bet\yeen $200,000 and $250.000. Former CORE leaders destruction have sprouted. Sen. Eastland told the Nesho- put it as high as $350,000. ba audience that even liberal Ivanhoe Donaldson, new disolons in Washington "s aw rector of the New Yor,k office of through" the shooting incident Snick, which operates primariof James Meredith several ly in the South but has frankly ,weeks ago, and the result was depended on white northern fi. a break-through for the conserv- nancjal help, says ".our contributions are 40 to 45 per cent ative cause. less than we normally have at "The man with the rifle, an this time of year." expert marksman according to He says that the Student Comhis military record, called three times for attention of Meredith mittee is no longer supported in order that the cameramen "by those liberal whites who e could focus," Eastland noted, 1believe in integration in th ·e "Yes, the North even sa w South but not New York or Chithrough that, when an expert cago." marksman used birdshot to Today the organization has the help of.the radicals, he says. 'kill.' So much for the Eastland The Student Committee talks statement ... we are attracted of about $650,000 in ineome in to the Ne~ York Times via the the fiscal year 1965. St. Louis Post Dispatch th i s The S t u d e n t Committee c~arg~s the Northern press with week. .. d1stort10ns about the meaning GIFTS CUT of "black power," causing libThe Post Dispatch, quoting erals to worry about "racism" the New York paper, reprints and "black nationalism." the following which should The Rev. Dr. King's confer- ·• .how a tw-n of affairs up ence says that 70 per cent of ~ North . . . its financial help has c O m e 1 'The Northern Liberals, fear- from white liberals but that fill of extremism, are cutting contributions dropped from $1,· llack sharply on icontributions to 500,000 in the fiscal year 1965 the more militant civil rights to less than $1,000,000 in 1966. organizations. There are indications that The big orop in donations much money from whites is from the liberal community is being shifted from ·CORE and verified by top officers a n d Snick to m o r e conservative former leaders of the Congress rights groups or to -educational of Racial Equality, the Stu- and legal defense organizations dent nonviolent co-ordinating benefiting the Negro. committee, popularly called Snick, and the Rev. Dr. Martin SLACKENING INTER~T Luther King Jr.'s Southern Civil Rights leaders and doChristian Leadership Confer- ~ors. report a general slackenence. Money from white persons mg m Northern interest after , in the past has been the life- ~e enactment of the C i vi I blood of their campaigns. nigh~s Ac~ of . 1964 and last In a series of interviews, of- ye~r s votm~ rights law. . ficers of those organizations and A lo~g • time CORE nat10nal civil rights donors gave three ~ecutive, who wants his name .lV.ithheld. um un that. atti. I �.- .a:1,,--rn57'~ c omer- snow a,- ,,--.--;-;o"'....,........ affaITSllp North . . . The Northern Liberals, fearful of extremism, are cutting lback sharply on ,contributions to the more militant civil rights organizations. The big fuop in donations from the liberal community is verified by top officers a n d former leaders of the Congr ess of Racial Equality, the Student nonviolent co-ordinating committee, popularly called Snick, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership - Conference. Money from white persons in the past has been the lifeiblood of their campaigns. In a series of interviews, officers of those organizations and civil rights donors gave three

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financial support: (1) Concern over CORE and Snick attitudes that are degcrtbed by m n a y persons as " black r acist," _anti-Semitic or "extreme.,, (2) Worry or disgust about bitter attacks , primarily by CORE and Snick, on United States intentions and on "morality" in Viet Nam and on the m ilitary draft. (3) A decline of enthusiasm h now that the Nort erner is beIng jostled by civil r ights militancy in his own backyard. BLACK POWER Both CORE and the Student Committee have recently emphasi'zed demands for "black power" in political and economic life. The Rev. Dr. King d emands a "militant thrust forward lby Negr oes but deplores use of the term "black power" as implying black nationalist ideas. His organization r eports contributions down by more than one third in the fiscal year ending, June 30. . The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, vice pr esident and treasurer of the Leadership Conference, says that " black power " dem ands and allegedly racist attitudes of CORE and Snick have seriously affected the King or ganization because many whites do not differentiate among the organizations . Lincoln Lynch, associate national director of CORE, says

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ence says that 70 per cent of its financial help has c om e from white liberals but that contributions dropped from $1,· 500,000 in the fiscal year 1965 to less than $1,000,000 in 1966. There are indications that much money from whites is being shifted from CORE and Snick to m o r e conservative rights groups or to educational and legal defense organizations benefiting the Negro. SLACKENING INTEREST Civil Rights leaders and donors report a general slackening in Northern interest after th e enactment of the C i v i I Rights Act of 1964 and last , year's voting rights law. t A long · time CORE national 1 executive, who wants his name ~ wi thh eld, sums up that attitude : · " Bull Connor and his police dogs were such easy targets to hate a few years ago." He referred to Eugene Connor, who used dogs to check Ji demonstrators when he w a s 31 Birminghan police commission- tli er . r, Many observer s and leaders · of th e civil rights struggle he- 1 lieve that it is too early to as- c sess the full impact of the new " black power" slogan. But they ~ point to other related fa ctors described as " racist" or "ex~ fo tremi st ," attitudes as having a depressing effect for many ci months. ir. Kivie Kaplan, the retired 1~ white industrialist who is presi- t< dent of the National Association for the Adva ncement of Colored a People, said r ecently: "I know t o~e big contributor who tore up his check when Snick started that 'Black Panter ' political party in Alabama ." '1 He r eferred to a new a ff,black party in one Alabama county. Another, Joseph Willen, executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies has switched his support to th~ National Urban League and to the scholarship, education and de- , fense fund for racial equality i set up friends and staff peopl~ 1 of CORE in 1962, but separate I in operation . E COR~ , he says, has appar ently decided not to be an interracial group any longer, " and the opposite of that is racist." 1 He speaks of a Negro attack "on their neighbors, the Jews." 1 ° I( ' �