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SECRET which position he he'd until 1949 when he became Acting Secretary. In 1950. he becare Adminisr.ator and, since April, 1955, has been Executive Secretary of th. from is34 to 1949. According to *who's Who in America" his home address is ?147-15 Village Road, Jamacia, New York, and his office is located at 20 West 40th Street, New York City. Con:ections with Communist Infiltrated or Dominated Organizations:. Over the years, due to Wilkins' extremely active participation in the. civil rights movement, he has associated with or come into contact with individuals. connected with the Comnunist Party (Cp). There is no definite indication he has ever been a member of the Cp, but in 1939 a source made such an allegation. In his early years (1930's and early 1940's) it appeared that he was adhering to the CP line but since the early 1943's Wilkins has evidenced a very strong and firm anticommunt stand and has given every indication of stearing the NAACP away from any communis infiltration or influence. More details on this will be set forth later. Included among some of the communist influenced organizations he associated with are the following: in September, 1936, a member of the National Com:nittee of the International Juridicial Association (comraunist influenced); in 19s:, active in the Scottsboro Defense Committee; in 1937, associated with the Four Nailonal Congress Against War and Fascism, and described as a *headliner" at the Cc:vention in I937 of the American League Against War and Fascism; in 1939, c.ive in the Workers Alliance (communist influenced) according to "Daily Worker"; i 3339, active in Negro Peoples Comnittee to Aid Spanish Democracy (communist controlled); allegedly active in the American League for Peace and Democracy; in .S44, listed as spaaker before Modern Trend Progressive Youth Group of New York City (group had speakers of divergent views including CP and Socialist Workers Party members); in 1944, a scheduled speaker before a meeting of the National Work. Order (some of the other speakers scheduled either known or reliably reported communists). Some of the foregoing organizations have been cited by either the House Comnittee on Un-American Activities or the Department of Justice pursuant t Executive Order 10450.. The 12-8-4 issue of the "Daily Worker" revealed that American Civil $Lcerties Unioa charged that Westchester County Police permitted the assauits on ths aul Robeson concert near Peekskill, New York. Among those who signed the re ort was Roy Wilkins as Acting Secretary of the NAACP.. In November, 1943, Benjamin Davis, Jr., Negro comraunist. f.mctionary,was elected on the Communist Party ticket to the New York City Council.. The *Daily Worker" for November 23, 1943, ce.rried an article to the effect that RET