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Mr, and Mrs. e Roy Wilkins otf) ° 0. MRoy Witking, MAACY J Administrator, was the mais “¥.= oat a man ‘ter the State Department's disastrous |. The article criticlued Wiking for (he manger ia x _ te convention. Bug FS . Pee ey ght 4 y . e. . se tive Secretary” of the NAACP, would not 5° nged by the communists; that Wilkins had fought com- ° r. munism for "many years” and that he was then openly. anticommunist. ge A National Conference of the NAACP was held during a the wookend of April 6, 1957, {n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At this S ~.. @onference, Roy Wilkins, Nationa! Secretary, NAACP, announced that all delegates to the March on Washington to be held in May, 1987, would be closely screened in order that all “leftists be definitely omitted: ww WED acrises that Roy Wilkins was one of the speakers who spoke at oT the olin Memorial, Washington, D. C., on May 17, 1957, in connec- . - vy fon with the above-mentioned March on Washington, Mr. Wilkins stated cas that the CP was an evil force, that it attempted to use the NAACP as a _ & front for CP activities, and Gust the CP can only mean Perera ot SCO Stain ant slavery HR ak date te Tea, Vo fogs = ee, ta recent years Wiking has bees itive inthe sotabithe oe ee hoe ment and promotion of demonstrations of a peaceful satare an and has “ic > seemingly taken a moderate stand on civil rights issues. His speeches | yt. °° . have dealt primarily with voter registration, school segregation and - ~~.’ @ivil rights legislation in Congress. He has been observed at rallies, ". _ mainly as a speaker, and at memorial services for, r lvl rine “rent a , Participants who have met with violence, ' ates ‘ , an TO et en > eee ih tettr e ne age ere ene SS oe TT.