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—_ fe dnt NY 100-7629 Wieiny "they have confidenec, snd because they hed no §) recson four onposing it--especially in the cnti- Cormunist politics] climete of this period. The . Neer Agwua mat the Raanrdatian weepe npakhekhider mot Ciye ted ATV Lo Wa Line ASGSOCLSGtLON Wope pe wee ey motily echicfly by a desire to hold firm their close relrtions with C,1,0.--cven at the cxosnse of a truly independent volicy for N.A.A.C.P. But it scoms to this onserver that a disput. which srises within the renks of 1: bor and which docs not involve issucs of Negro rights should be fougnt out in the labor movement, not in the orgeniza- tions of the Nerro peopic. The N.A.A.C.P. would be well advised to end its intervention in this intre-lsebor conflict, because such intervention represents only «4 drag on the wnole Negro freidom moverment.rse. "There wes very little discussion at Atlantic City of the Cold ‘er erosion of tne Bill of Rights or of the struggle for pepec; but the Convention did edopt, with little or no debst., © serics of signifieant resolutions on thess questions. The pnolicics esserted + fre, Lor the most part, progressive: but there rre clso important limite tions--rnd they opirats to weaken the Association's advanced position in the fight for Negro aomocratic rights. "There are scvernl notably progrcissive policy stetemnts in the civil lib-rtics field. The resolution on Academic Frecdonu, for oxaupl., opposes Tany and all cfforts to suspress freedom of thought and objective lcarning,!' and particuleriv condemns tthe Gischargc of teacnhcors on tow besis of chirgis by Mnemeless informurs."'! Tho resoluticn on the Federel Sceurity~- Loyalty Program dcmends 'tthnet all persons sccused of boing @ sceurity risk shall herve th. right to imov the nature of the charges against tnem, tur source of the ehrrges and the right to be confrontcd by the accuser and to cross- examine the witnesses *«gcinst thon.! and condemns es ‘odious! the Fudvral Government's use of 'paid professional informers,! "Tho pesolution on Congrussionnl Investigntions asserts that tmany innecent persons have boon chrereed with OIE A é PONCE arg t ™~ | a