3100 Protest War, Unemployment In Washington March Saturday

Ten busloads of Boston area residents were among an estimated 3100 people who marched on the White House Saturday to demand an end to unemployment and the Indochina war.

The march, organized by a number of radical groups, including Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Progressive Labor Party (PL), attracted contingents from as far away as Minnesota and Iowa. The bulk of the marchers came from the big cities on the East Coast.

There were three arrests, two for disorderly conduct and one for breaking through a police line.

Chanting

Chanting, "Same Enemy. Same Fight, Workers of the World Unite," the protesters marched from Howard University to the Ellipse behind the White House. They carried signs saying, "Power to the Workers," "Fight for Socialism," "Smash Racism," and "Let's All Eat at Nixon's House."

About 300 demonstrators left the main march at the last minute and at-tempted to picket the White House. Fifty policemen turned them back.

Protesters from Boston, including members of SDS, PL and the Welfare Mothers' Committee to Smash the Flat Grant, planned the break-away attempt on the bus trip down to Washington, Tom Antenucci '72, a march participant, said yesterday.

About 30 metropolitan policemen on motor scooters escorted the marchers to the Ellipse, a large grassy area across the street from grounds behind the White House. There the protesters sang the "Internationale," and listened to speakers denounce capitalism, racism, sexism, President Nixon and the Indochina war.

The march route ran through Washington's black ghetto. "There were a lot of raised fists and 'Right-Ons' in the black area," Antenucci said. However, he added, very few spectators joined the march.