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NY 100-7629 from the Conferoenca 1a art report on Nogro Work deliv of the CP, one HUGH BRADLEY, Th og ELIZ..BETH GURLEY FLYNN, testifying in the ense a "U.S, vs, ELIZ BETH GURIEY FLYNN, et al", on Octobor | 20, 1952, stated thet "Political affairs" has beon 4 the theorctical organ of the CP since the publicntion'ts beginning in 191.5. The article pays tribute to the NaiCP as the most important Negro organiznetion dedicated to the fight for Nogro equality. In the pest, states the article, the NAACP has witnessed a consistent and stendy growth in the influenco not. only among the Nogro people, but in the lInbor movement and amonm other pogressive strata of americans, It is increasingly becoming a coordinating center for all mejor organizations among the Negro people and the pivot for the furtherance. of tho Negro-sbor «liience, The NaiCP hes over 200,000 members, reflecting all classes among Negrocs and ropresont ing the strugele toweards unity of the Negro peopte, At the samo time, it typifics the continucd dominnnee of Negro life by the + Negro petty bourgoisie, according to the articlo, these fnctors were strongly revealed at tho kiith Nationr1 Convention of tho NAACP hold in St, Louis, Misscuri, in Juno of 1953, The convention was hold against the beckground of a new political situation in the country, following closely upon the advont of the Eiscnhower idministration, It convened et o time when the hope for peace was rising in the hearts of humanity everywhoro, but when, at the sem time, th: proeFascist offensive of the Tt Mc Carthyites had aXlrondy marked menacing proportions, = ans than thor Pe ee ea mater at +h Nearmsn wranila C4hahs wnicn brid r cign ol vorsr Or aeoins v bic MG ES le PeVPLU A. eontinuod uncbatod, Manifcstly, the Negro people were looking to this convention for clear leadership on tho vitel issucs facing them, rnd cxpectcd - cnll for united and militent netion in their behrlf, -17= . . =, bet om on NViAL