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Ala., carried an article by columnists John Temple Graves, branches of the organization. wees nes ot 1 On 3-5-57 the "Birmingham Post - Herald," Birminghan, under the title, "The Miats of Conflict Are Lifting.” The article indicated that Ur. Graves had received a note fron Roy Wilkins of the NAACP, asking for comment on a story, of the distribution by a certain Citizens Counctl group of a faked lecture by a non-eristent Negro professor calling for racial inter-marriage. Comnent was also requested on the statement by an offictal of the Council concerning the story, who aaid "We never clained it to be authentic,” Graves replied to Wilkins by commenting that “it was a stupid and damnable thing to do." He further commented however, that it was "nore stupid ‘but leas damnable" than the NAACP's distribution of the story. f 100-428395-A "Birmingham Post-ferald” 3-5-57 (14) A "Washington City News Service” release dated 3-9-57 at Baton Rouge, La., reported on testimony given by witnesses before a Louisiana Legislative Committee. Sgt. Hubert Badeaux of the New Orleans Police Dept. read sections of a report of a Divisional neeting of the CP, held tin Birningham Ala. in the spring of 1955, He atated the report =e s : ° wos found in a raid on the quarters of Hunter Pitts O'Dell, the top communist in Louisiana. The revort contained a statement that the Party should build up such organizations as the NAACP and should help organize NAACP branches. According to the news release, Roy Wilkins, Erecutive Secretary of the NAACP, stated in reply to the charges, that the communists had failed in all their attenpts to organize Wilkine said "they haven't (continued on next page) ~195—= salah italia cain th mec ana thal dae ammnadietatabataedd tt at eae a ae inl ena: fi