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OT ce a lll dt leet n mu rs iv . ? + a c Li4 2 | sp cdinel oe oe . . . r - a - oy tea ey ee ee ees © = liters ©. oo aes pres lee ili eee | L The 7/15/63 issue of "The Piain Dealer,” Cleveland daily newspaper, contained an article which revealed that Roy Wilkins was a one of the principal speakers at a rally sponsored by the United Freedom Movement (157-933) (UFM) which was held on 7/14/63 at the Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, — - _ The UFM was reported to be an amalgamation of some thirty organizations interested in desegregation. 157-933-6 (10)° SI 157-933-1 encl. p. 1 (Wilkins ; (10) ech d according" 0] os The 7/16/63 issue of the "New York Journal-American" containe an article entitled "The Negro View: ‘Now or Never’ - Leadership 'Disunity' Grows Graver." This article was the third in a series by Negro author Louis E. Lomax (62-102926) which disclosed the increasing friction among Roy Wilkins, James Farmer and Martin Luther King, leader: of the NAACP, CORE and SCIC respectively. Who would get the credit ‘ for holding mass demonstrations and to whom well-wishers should send : their money, were at the root of the "current" crisis. In a speech in - Vir dinia, Wilkins claimed the NAACP was doing all the work and footing . the bills while other organizations including CORE and King, were maki: . ali the noise and grabbing the headlines. He advised the people not to send money to the CORE and Rev. King but to the NAACP. 62-102926-A "New York Journal (4), American" 7/16/63 od Sew ew eee a - On 8/22/63 AAG, Burke Marshall, Department of Justice, furnished copies of a telegram dated 7/25/63, and a letter dated 8/14/63, received by the Department from Roy Wilkins, Executive : Secretary of the NAACP, regarding the arrest and prosecution of Rev. | Harry Blake (44-23130), NAACP Branch President, in Shreveport, La.,onc : of breach of the peace. Wilkins said that Blake claimed he was warned - by the city officials some months before that he would be held respons : ible for any demonstrations in Shreveport regardless of whether or not | he participated, Wilkins also stated that a warrant was also issued for the arrest of Charles Evers, NAACP Field Secretary for Mississippi because he addressed a public meeting in Shreveport. Wilkins said tha ; Federal presence and action was badly needed in Shreveport. (continued on next page) -9- 7 : Se ree 7 ene ee ert a re SRE ern teeta ner Be oe RUIN STIRS eA gate ong oh art gee mevimiea oe eeN p ee