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Roy D.C., on 4/3/68, warned that black militants who called for violence - te . eT . * * - Py x * = rn Pag’ . . . + 4 thoy “| A 241.2. = fn ee ee ee ee Ten = _— Den tne Wilkins, in a speech before the National Press Ci lub in Washington, According to the "Evening Star" dated 4/3/68, Washington, D.C., nam mM and separatism were actually playing into the hands of white racists and were causing officials in some cities to give police departments wt ot. pt atatt 2. Lense aoe ahi. AT ee ee ee ee "‘DLank CnecKs" to heav; weaporis,. He Lie di Lay ed SEveLtalL SLiItpel. 6 Spiay being passed out by the NAACP, whose slogans pertained to nonviolence. The "Washington Afro- American" dated 5/7/68, Washington, D.C., newspaper, reported that Wilkins, after a visit to the White House in early May, stated that he saw "no immediate danger of the whole colored American population going off on a violence kick." The following serials in the f a i Christian Leadership Conference" made reference to Roy Wilkins and Whitn Young, of the National Urban League, as being of the conservative Negro faction. Discussion among SCLC members disclosed that these two individ were.considered by President Johnson as his men which was just what they wanted, thus placing Martin Luther King, Jr., head of SCLC, in a less advantageous position. King differed somewhat in his ideas and seemingl had no desire to be identified with them. It did not appear that Wilkins endorsed the SCLC; on the occasion of a civil rights rally in Cleveland, Ohio, he failed to mention a forthcoming SCLC campaign. Also set out was a scheduled meeting in NYC with Senator Eugene McCarthy who was publicly endorsing the Poor People's Campaign on that date. Informa i FrAni*fr 2. ia tion covered the period 4/23/66 to 5/19/66. CE SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER eae . PY a ;, 100-438794-1614 p.8,9 C6) eke -1838 p.12 (rr fo =1900 p.2 * age ele - -1928 p.2 er -1937 enci. 1 € | -2083 p.12,22 “2 (xT j -2148 p.4 (185, ~2152 encl.p.7 assy an plage. vps ™ a)