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Roy Wilkins — Part 1
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ee “yiabinn $s alleged te eve been | nend d
or the Eresutson So of the Peoples Connt thee, «a Fegre:
organization tn Barlen. fThte organtzation was reper ted
On Maroh i4, 1943, riikine teotssied befere the
Subeemmittee of the Senete Labor end Blueation Com ttee whteh
uae carat hear tage on the permanent F Fatr Fapleynes t*Ppreetice
dtl, Filkine wae very ertsteal of Sens tor ers ta Ate p Seatineny.
Accorétag te 6 news Sten ta the eu York fines pr
Mmroh 30, 1948, Roy Vilkine, 6s spokesman for the NAACP repudiated |
| gretenenvs that the organization would assist Heary vallcce ta
his presidential campaign and the orgon tration reaffirned tts
Rompartisan poltoy. (61-3176-A)
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vot
The Boston Herald fer June 34, 1950, earrted r “tory
headlined "Reds fTeld Te Cease Attenpte To Sabotage NAACP Prograa.*
The newe item tadicated that the delegates at the forty-first
annual convention then convened in Boston had voted 309 te Sf in
favor of @ spectal board te be appeinted for the purpose ef uproetia
Communist tafiltration, The news item satd that Roy Filkins Bifered
the followtng statenent, "The decisive vote ef almost 6 te 1 db
whitch the de elege tes declared the oppesttion of thie sssoa tation te.
Communian is formal recognition of the oft-dencnstrated fact that
~&Jiberal ergantzations seektag reforze under the Ameritoan systen
cannot work effectively vith Comuuntete,” (61-3176-563) |
fhe New Leader for February 4, 1950, iz oo luaa ‘ent ttled
"Heard On The Left" stated, “The Conmntese tn the NAACP are guantag
fer Roy Filkins, tte Geterninediy ¢ antt-stel tatet seoretarye”
(61-3176-4) wet ee
4 meme etary appearing tn the vou Yerk vorld relegran- oe
Sun for February 16, 1950, end ng, in, the "NAACP Backes Wilkine Under:
Fire By Rede” stated that the first nove tn a Conmmuatet inches drive .
te oust Roy Vilktna, Aoting Secretary of the NAACP, wae decisively
desected by the. WAACP Board ri Directors e? e ene the. pr evteus
dey by « © vote of 14 te 8 (€1-8176-4) : eu. z
rhe Burecs te ourrently conteotteg ‘tnve atig s ta 6s
oasé entitled "rhe Cittzene Counctls (ef Misstesipps “ak BR TE
Asecctation of Citizens Counctls of Missisetppt" uader an” "internal
Seourtty-X caption. By memorandum te the Director dated March S, _
1955, Warren Olney III of the Departuent enclosed three Photostate
of a news article watoh appeared tn the Los Angeles fribune on. AS
_ anuery 28, 1955, regarding the subject. Pak leetroecbah dt oid Olney. a
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