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jee dm ber ret ae -—— ER NY 100-7629 "But now everything is changed again. C0 NTIAL Amorica is in a cold war with Russia, The American Communists are busy stirring disaffection, dissensicn, end unrest in every sogmont of Amorican lifc they can ponctrate, such as labor unions, church bodies, youth gereups, college campusos, community organizations, end Nogro greups, including tho NA.CP. "Tho purpose in all this is not to build a- better NALCP to fight more effectively for civil rights for Negroes under the Americcn Constitution, vsing lcgitimete jmerican methods, but to operate one more front group tc confuse and ombarrass Amcricans and the American government in the present contest of idcologics. "There is no mystery, except to the unthink- ing and uninitiatod, abcut the Communists! program on - the Negro, Their charactcrization of the NA.CP as 'reformist! reveals the linc: they do. not believe American democracy can be improved or reformed, hence anyone who does, who keeps alive a faith in the American way of life, is a criminal and a 'botrayer cf tho _ peoplo,! As long as the NAACP and similar groups oxist end push programs of reform, the Communist doctrine takes root slowly, if at all, in the naticn's largest minority group, Hence the NAACP must cither be captured or destroyed, "Wo are not alarmed, In 1931 we were bewildcored by the uttorly unscrupulous and vitriolic attacks which had no relation to truth. Wo know now that everyone who says he is fighting for Nogro rights is not necessarily doing so and if Scottsboro left any doubts, they were dispclled by the scll-out during the war. The truth is that tho American Communists fight only for the Soviet Russia ‘linet and for nothing else. 4ny other contests in which they soem to be engaged ere mercly side efforts which have beon (send wiil be) Played up, played down, or abandoned altogether, according to the party line of thc hour, "Our NAACP membership, therefore, should be on guard against this campaign, It should remember thet the Communists de not hesitate to-lie when lies will serve their purpose, that they are masters of a Cae