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SECRET Wilkins, in his column, "The Watch Tower, " in the "New York Amsterdam News, " made the following statements after condemning the "New York World Telegram" on publishing articles on how communists used racial and religious issues to win pla. In the election: :.... or based on hatred, whereas the Governorship battle was the slimiest waged here in many a decade....As our system of government is so weak that two Communists out of a council of 17 members constitute danger, then we had better be. looking into our foundations....As a matter of fact, the. presence of two declared Communists in our council probably will benefit everyone. Communists stimulate activity. They stimulate progressive measures more often than they voice the aspirations of the plain people, even though these plain people would not go so far as to espouse Communism itself.... As for Ben Davis himself...it is to be doubted whether there is a single Council member of any higher caliber. Davis is a graduate of Amherst and the Harvard Law School...Needless to say, with this background and with the graduate course he has received in the Communist Party, Davis is far from being a greenhorn..." (100-149163-A) At the 39th Annual Conference of the NAACP held in Kansas City in Jur.s, 1948, wilkins, as the keynote speaker, stated, "Anyone who speaks up for his rights or who does not follow the beaten path is likely to be called a communist.. Hs urged the delegates not to be intimidated by the cry of communism. He pointed cut that Negroes do not want a totalitarian state either of the right or of the left and further stated that they want democracy and that they would speak and work for it with every weapon at their command. Indications of Anticommunist Attitude: Sinca the early 1940's, as indicated previously, Wilkins' attitude has been strongly anticommunist. In 194?, stated t the Party was greatly concerned about the election of Roy Wilkins to fill the vacancy. Walter White of the NAACP during a year's leave of absence. According to Wilkins had been openly opposed to the tactics of the CP and had been one Of ths leaders in the NAACP responsible for the defeat of the communists in their ef to take over the organization on a national scale. further stated that 1 CP was and had been attempting to infiltrate the local branches of the NAACP and wi. the election of Roy Wilkins they expected a great deal of opposition. SECKET