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Roy Wilkins — Part 6
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The "New York Post" on 12-19-56 carrted on “page 4
of the Night Extra, an article by Irwin Rose entitled: "Where
Do We Go From Here? 3 = Taiks with Wilkins Rose and Rauh"
Photographs of Aler Rose, Joseph Rauh and Roy Wilkins appeared ;
in the article which set out the views of the three individuals
regarding the recent national election. Roy Wilkins, as i
leader of the NAACP, summed up his viewpoint as follows.
"We're in a better bargaining position than in many years, {
as a consequence of the defection of Negro voters from the
Denocratic Party." The immediate objectives of the NAACP in-;
regard to civil rights legislation and other issues were .
stated in the article.
61-9476-A "NY Post," 12-19-56 ~~
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fhe "Daily Worker" on 12-24-56 carried on page 3,
an article entitled "Put Civil Rights in Message to Congress,
NAACP Tells Ike." The article stated that on 12-77-56 Roy
Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, had written a
letter to the President, urging him to include in his State
of the Union message a strong call for enactment of civil
rights legislation. It was indicated that the letter to the
NAACP and sugge ations for obtaining it.
gfe, "DW," 12-24-56
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