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Mr, Banister testified that he is convinced that there has been subversion in the racial unrest we have experienced here in Arkansas. It seems evident to this Committee that the Communist Party has used many organizations that cater to the Negro race in order to create racial strife and unrest, Other organizations that are not communist are forced to adopt the same position as the Communist Party by means of infiltration, or by pressure created by communists and communist sympathizers, CONCLUSION _ The basic question presented for determination by this Committee is: "Has there been subversion present in Arkansas which has encouraged racial unrest?" It is a matter of common knowledge that communism thrives where strife, tension, turmoil and chaos is present. Arkansas became a State of the Union in 1836; peace, progress and tran- quility marked the attitude of all our people for the next 122 years, This Committee has found that the incident which occurred at Little Rock on September 2, 1957, was not something that just happened overnight. It was planned, schemed, calculated, and had as its motiving factor the international communist conspiracy of world domination squarely behind the entire shocking episode, The people of Arkansas are basically men of good will. Communism, heretofore, has always been something that happened elsewhere; but the record reflects that for a number of years an almost incredible number of communists, pro-communists, fellow travelers, dupes and those who make a career out of being duped, have flitted in and out of Arkansas, and while here, they sowed the seeds of dissension and discord, The Committee has wondered who sent for Clarence Laws, dis- credited field representative of the NAACP and who was discharged from the Army for security reasons; who sent for Dr. Vernon -29-