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"The New York Times" dated 3/3/68 set out | ‘an article captioned "Both Sides in Riot Inquiry Weighed Separate Report" by Steven V. Robert ~ datelined 3/2/68, Washington, D.C, According to the article, in the ' last weeks of the life of the National Advisory Commission on Civil _— - Disorders (62-111730) the six-member liberal group, which includ Roy Wilkens, won several key victories, The Commission's report, | >~’ issued the previous Thursday, stated that our country was moving towards twp socteties - one white and one black, and slaced on the white aneiaty =e ee ee ge ey ee enw Wasee Swe eS e FF awe § —_—eeu ee Sea ee ey the responsibility of the riots and the necessity for it to make “hard ” choices" to reverse the trend towards racial separation. ‘ 62-111730-A "The New York Times!"” ; (18) 3/3/68 HP _ A “souree Wi Wie 240 SUES Q@Quac ii rmation in the pasa t further identified) advised that o ° a 3/11/68. it was announced at sanitation strike strategy meeting held at Clayborn Temple in Memphis, Tenn., that Roy Wilkins would address a strike support rally in Centenar Methodist Church, Memphis, on 3/14/68, Venwbl iter - 2 i a On 3/12/68 SAs and the Memphis Police Department observed about 200 Negroes at City Hall where Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr., Spoke to them. He stated that he would bring a wave of national civil rights leaders to Memphis to aid in the struggle, beginning with Roy Wilkins on 3/14/68. Sanitation Workers Strike is the subject of this file. 157-9 46-X37 p.1,3 1 "The Atlanta Constitution" of 4/9/68 disclosed that Roy Wilkins stated at a press conference (date and place not given) that « despite the extremists’ "talk about ‘get whitey,’ kill ten white for eve : Negro killed, the people who lose their lives are Negroes." He also é : had harsh words for Stokely Carmichael, the black power extremist, : implying that he might be a provocateur. - Beas a “Add. info. | a 157 -9342-2 encl.p.2 (137