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vlna, ee . £hts reference wae a Bureau meno dated 5-9-56 .. captioned: Conmunist Infiltration of the WAACP, IS-C, It - - was indicated that Mr. Tolson had inatructed that the nero be prepared regarding the remarks nade by Congreasman Gathings of Arkansas as they appeared in the Congressional Record of 2-23-56, concerning the communist connection of the princival officers of the NAACP, It was noted that, Congressnan Gathings inserted into the Congressional Record the comnuntst front associations of the leaders of the NAACP, as obtained from the files of the HCUA. It was noted that the naterial included the past record of Roy Wilkins, the present Erecutive Secretary of the MAACP. which indicated that Filkine wae associated with Jive conmunist front organizations and had voted for Benjanin J. Davis, a convicted Smith Act subject, in the 1940's. The records of Thurgood Marshall, special counsel for the NAACP and Dr. W. EB. B. Dubois, one of the founders of the NAACP were also cited, It was noted that Filkins etated on 10-19-54 that Dubots resigned from the NAACP in 1934 tn a dispute over policy matters, According to Wilkina, Dubots returned to the NAACP in 1944 as director of special research but hia position was terminated tn 1948. It was indicated in the meno that Bureau investigation of communist infiltration of the NAACP had established that the current leadership of the NAACP had repudiated the CP and 7 had strongly resisted comnunist attempts to infiltrate the organization. A copy of the "Congressional Record” of 2-23-56, which was enclosed with this memo, contained on pages 2805 through 2849 the records of NAACP officers whose connunist connection were cited by the HCUA, Infornation concerning the cr of filttations of Roy Wilkins appears on pages 2805 and 2806, . 7 61-317 6-1547 (4)f 7 CN re De cae