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r. beg a a wre 100-1608 oof "and illiterate emotional white masses to an urban industrialism and labor untonism where the paramount social struggle will shift from . tnt and nolitianal raclalism to economic, social and political reformism in the interests of higher wages and improved living standards and better government for all citizens, black and white." According to the article, RANDOLPH's speech was well received by the delegates of the convention and it states: wN "Tt must remain a concern of the Left and party orves in the Labor movenent thak we — tend to U j 5 he fight for Negro rights in the recent AFL-CIO merger, The fac 8 a n many areas our forces did not see the realistic opportunity and did not press for the election of one Negro to an AFL-CIO presidency, not to speak of two, There wes a tendency to underestimate the readiness of the white membership of local unions to struggle for Negro rights and therefore to see the placing of the demands of the Negro people in connection with the merger as a divisive rather than a uniting / factor. This represented a Richt opportunist ... .. ,{| weakness which persists in 6ur Negro work nd nm aed eee ep bP a alee eh = \ Lhlal’ac ears," ant past several tb It is noted that here the article refers to 7 ot \’/Afne Negro vice presidents of the AFL-CIO, RANDOLPH and po i WILLARD~QOWNSEND, President of the United Transport ervic oyees,who are also vice présidénts of _the 8 e \Emp1 \s - 18 CoN