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wos gh " eee Sie ’ fat Bi ne ue ae . Villiam H_ < posed legislation to outlaw the Communist Party held before the House Un-American Activities Committee on May 3, 1950. Although he stoutly denied being a Communist, he was quoted as say- ing that such a question was “unfair” because itc4 on) “immediately precludes from appearing before this Commiitee many of the people who would be on trial under a bill of this kind.” The transcript fur- ther quoted him as saying that: “Presumably there are peopie who may, for sincere and personal reas- ons, wish to be members of the Communist Party. They may want to come here and object to this bill, but, I suppose, if they had to answer that question, they very likely would not coi * Director of Public Relations Henry TS pfoon, the Association's Propaganda chief, is listed as a member of the “subversive and Communist” Wash- ington Book Shop and the likewise-designated Na- tional Negro Congress which is “the Communist- front movement in the United States among ne- groes.”” His book, “Balance of Power: The Negro Vote,” was praised by the Daily Worker and he was listed in 1949 as a nomince to be commentator for the “subversive and Communist” Voice of Free- dom Committee. Of the NAACP’s 28 Vice Presidents, the follow- I] have records of Un-American activities: / John_Haynes s, Nglmes, 23 citations; A. Philip andolph, 2 20 citasions; the late Mary _ McLeod _ ~~ Beihune (tho sull ig listed as a vice ¢ president) . and William Ling fs 16 citations each; Oscar * “Hammerstein, Il ¢ composer, and ishop W.]. ayne and_L. Pear] Wfitchell, two citations each; and Willard ‘Ss. * “Pech Gc citations each; Ira v/, y : Noose T. CARuter and Grace B. i enddnon,,. one Gtation each. . ag Of the 47 members compnising the Association's Board of Directors, the following 28 have records of the UngAmerican activities: Ear!_B. WDickerson, 25 citgtions; Al lack, ! tions; LewisAGannett! Os Baniee, 13 citations; S. Ralp enn H. Tobias, 10 ert G. weaver, five citations; Buel four citdions; President Arthur 16) ee | Ke a ee, Yaa rfl G, Harrison, Ja xy . ‘ - | { - | -_ we ee en ee ne Ban ne pe Allen Knighy halmers and W. three Gitations each; J. M. Z: Savannah, Ga. Norma ooby, Har: ry ereene and usins, Z. Alexander _ Alfred BakerTewis, ee ieee two citations hs and Rdoson, A. Mace mith, James-Mfinton and codore McBerry, 0 one citation each - woes Two other Vice Presidents and three other es fi. i. noo rectors are well-known apologists for jeit-Wing © cases. two Vice Presidents” Are Senator. orse_of Oregon and Eric{Jéifnston of the”. Mote Picture Industry. The three Directors are Ars. Eleanor dosevelt, C1O™ President Walter — futher and Senator Hecbert Ydefhman of New __ York. fe Other ‘offi icers of ‘the NAACP with, Un. “Ameri- can activity records are: Lioyd Garrison, chairman, National Legal Com- mittee, five citations; Treasurer Allan Knight ter B. Current, three cifations each; Southeast Re- gional Sdcretary RubyfHurley, West Coast Region- al Secretary Franklin A \ Williams, Field Secretary Madison 5. es and, Assistant Special Counsel _ Robert arter, two citations each; and Field Secretary Tarea_Hallf/Pituman, one citation.. - » a Peer fire-—sell ae . we But of all the NAACP officials and policy- ‘makers Jisted in the files of the House Un-Amen- can Activities Committee, none has a record as notorious as that of W. E. B. DuBois to whom I have previously referred as one of the founders and present “Honorary Chairman” of the Association. No Jess than 72 citations of Communist, Commun- ist-front and subversive activity are entered against his “Let all negroes, Jews and foreign-born who have suffered in America from prejudice and intoler- ance, remember Joseph Stalin.” | wast eit ee Yet this same W. E. B. DuBois was one of the “modern scientific authorities” whoee writings were accepted by the United States Supreme Court as the basis for its decision of May 17, 1954, pro- a | rT. Bt hibiting segregation in the public schools. DuBos contributed to 82 different portions of the book, _ “An American Dilemma,” which was cited in its ter BN rs and Branch Department Directo? Glos- name-—the latest of which was the statement * he issued upon the death of Joseph Stalin reading: x - ~ -—