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Roy Wilkins — Part 5
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The "Daily Worker" on 1-18-50, carried on page 1,
an article by Abner Berry entitled: "Truman Admits FEPC in
Danger." The article waa an account of a meeting of a Civil
Rights delegation with President Truman on 1-17-50 as part
of the proceedings of the National Emergency Civil Rights
Hobtlization. According to Roy Wilkins, who led the 26 - man
delegation, the President promised the Erecutive branch of
the government would do everything posstble to facilitate
passage of his civil rights program but admitted that a Dirte-
GOP threat to prevent passage of FEPC legislation was serious,
Filkins’ conments on the neeting and excerpts from a statement
read by Wilkins to the President, are get out in the article.
61-3179-4 "DY", 1-18-50
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