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Dave Meggyesy, representative of the National Football Association, speaking at April 20 press conference in San Francisco CHICAGO-More than 150 people gathered here for a planning conference to launch a local coalition to build the April 20 demonstration in Washington, D.C. The meeting, held on Feb. S, was attended by representatives of nearly all the major Central America solidarity groups and nuclear-freeze forces as well as a wide cross-section of religious and peace activists.
The meeting heard keynote speeches on the four main themes of the Spring Mobilization given by Monsignor John Egan of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Carol Larson, co-pastor of the Wheadon United Methodist Church; Joe Mariano of the National Peoples Action; and Allan Howe, director of the North Shore Peace Initiative.
Endorsers of the action include such groups as the Free South Africa Movement, Committee for a Sane Nuclear Socialist Action/Joe Rvan Policy, Chicago CISPES, and Clergy and Laity Concerned.
The coalition can be reached at the following temporary address: 17 North State, Rm 908, Chicago, Il 606( 2. Tel. (312) 346-9671 or 227-2720. -CARRIE HEWITT Cleveland CLEVELAND-Last November, representatives from trade unions, religious groups, community organizations, and peace groups met to form the Peace Action Coalition of Northeast Ohio.
Several coalition meetings have been held, with the participation of groups and individuals from Akron, Cleveland, and Youngstown. Plans are underway to send a chartered plane and several buses to the April 20 demonstration in Washington, D.C.
To help build the national demonstration, a town meeting will be held on March 3. The featured speakers include USWA International Vice President Leon Lynch, Minister Counselor of the Nicaraguan Embassy Francisco Campbell, and Ohio Freeze Field Coordinator Helen Seidman.
The Labor Task Force sent a letter signed by USWA Local 2265 President Joe Lindenmuth and UAW Local -122 President Bill Bon to local unions urging them to invite speakers to union meetings, endorse, and send people to the demonstration.
The religious, youth, women's, and Black task forces have also been heavily involved in outreach activities. On Feb. 22 members of the Peace Action Coalition will picket outside the South African consulate.
In Toledo, a letter signed by prominent figures in the peace and labor