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Memorandum for Mr. Belmont This informant also advised on 1/3/56 that the CP in connection with its exploitation of the Negro question, the Till case, et cetera, as well as its work within the NAACP attempted to expand the original purpose of tne conference or “March on Washington" and to give it a new and broader character by bringing into sponsorship or endorsement other “mass organizations" thus generally guiding and expanding the original purposes of the 1 conference. Accordingly it s eeded thro CP people NAACF and n organ TZk tions Rating i @ conti erence 8. civil Charlies Diges of ? @a é Mississippi delegation in the current Congress, et cetera. In short, according to this informant what is being done now in reference to the conference is being done to a great extent by CF, people in NAACP and non~Party people in NAACP who knowingly or unknowingly are carrying the flag for the Civil Rights Program of the CP under the name of the NAACP, A reliable confidential informant of the Dallas Office advised on 1/22/55 that Ed Strong previously mentioned had been in contact with Mrs. Juanita Craft, Texas State Organizer for the NAACP. Strong said he checked with Craft regarding integration problems and indicated he would write an article for "Political Affiars" om the information he received concerning Mitegration in the South. ——— Stpeng also indicated he had been in contact with a Dr. Flemming yread of the NAACP in Fort Worth, Texas. (100--3- 75-1093) On 1/16/56 a reliable informant in Houston, Texas, advised that Strong had been in that city and had proceeded to McNair, Texas, to contact Cephus Debose who according to the informant is a current member of the CF of Texas and is also secretary of the McNair Branch of the NAACP. — nt Informant further advised Strong indicated to him that he, Strong, planned to contact Lulu White at Houston who is Director of Branches for the NAACP in Texas. In line with Strong's desire to contact NAACP leaders informant advised Strong indicated that after leaving Houston he would proceed to Dallas where he intended to contact 2 individuals who allegedly are NAACP leaders in Dallas. (100~-3-75-1087)