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NAACP — Part 5
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ve had seen no evidence
of Comm ration, an to the fact that
the NAACP, had screened all of the Communists out.
< oe noted no Com
munist influence a e ASS °
(uv the careful manner
in which most or gs issue s to delegates, as well
as the keynote address by ROY WILKINS warning against CP attempts to
influence the Conference, precluded any marked degree of CP control
of the Assembly.
"The Worker*,” issue of March 11, 1956, page 5, in an
article entitled, "Amy of Freedom Marchera Invade Capital, 2000
Demand “ederal Civil Rights Laws," states as follows regarding
ROY WILKISS' position of adhering to the eight point legislative
program: “With discipline, if not enthusiasm, the lobbying teams
repeated their 1952 performance and brought back reports that were
informative and sometimes amusing but hardly comforting to the
embattled Southern Negroes who were victims of illegal acts under
existing laws" It was stated that in answer to a demand for dele-
gations to the Attcrney General WILKINS answered that the Conference
was limited to legislative lobbying.
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