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Roy Wilkins — Part 6
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ne The "New York Tines" on 1-8-57 page 19, columns,
3,4, and 5, carried an article entitled "NAACP Income Rises
to Million." According to the article Roy Wilkins, Executive
Secretary, had commented regarding the NAACP income for
1956, that it could not be determined whether increased financial
support had come about despite bitter opposition to the
Association or because of it.
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61- 3776-1849, pp.3, 11
(5)
The "New York Journal American” on 18-57 page 3,
Latest News Edition, carried an article entitled: "Bias
Fight Boosts NAACP Cash Aid." The article contained state-
ments made by Roy Wilkins, WAACP Executive Secretary, at
the Annual neeting of the Association at 20 W, 40th St.,
N.Y.C. Wilkins reported that Southern dafiance of desegre-
gation had increased contributions to the NAACP to a record
peak of more than a million dollars in 1956. Wilkins also
discussed civil rights legislation and criticized Senators
. Everett Dirksen and Lyndon Johnson for thetr attitude on
; certain issues,
61-3176-A "NY Journal American”
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