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Roy Wilkins — Part 4
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a By meme dated 9-10-31] the Department of Justice
_ referred to the Bureau a letter from Roy Wilkins, Assistant
= Secretary of the NAACP, together with correspondence furnished
by Wilkins, concerning alleged peonage conditions existing in
Lincoln County, Georgia. The enclosures transnitted by the
Department included the following correspondences
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A letter from Wilkins, dated 9-9-31 ddressed to the
Hon. W. D. Mitchell, U.S. Attorney General, iniohich Wilkins
requested an investigation of the allegations;
_ A letter addressed to Walter White of the NAACP,
dated 8-31-31] from the Rev. J. L. Bates of Georgia;
A letter from Rev. J. L. Bates to the Governor of
Georgia, dated 8-10-31, in which Bates made his ortginal
charges concerning the nistreatment of Negro sharelcroppers
in Lincoln County, Georgia. ,
The name "Roy Wilkins, NAACP" appeared on a list
captioned as follows: "'The High School Student', put out by
high school section of National Student League, 45 NW. 30th
St., NYC. Call to Action by the Committee on Negro Student
Problems on April 3, 2933, Number signed by." The list was
contained in miscellaneous material on the Nation den
a — was made available to the WFO fron bic.
.
Photostats of above described
material enclosed with
Bureau meno, 10-5-42
Re: Natjonal Student League
61-7497~305
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