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Roy Wilkins — Part 7
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The Ninth Report of the Senate ‘uct Finding Comnittee on Un-
es fren tog n Act tut ttes In California, 1957, set out the following:
~ ' In 1949, the WAACP sponsored a nationwide civil rtghte |
mobilization and many liberal organtsations partictpated, tlltanz
B. Patterson Frecutive Secretary of the CBC, demanded that hts group
be tncluded. Set out ta a letter signed by Roy Wilkins dated 11/22/4:
to Patterson, in which he set out reasons for not tnutting the CRC
to participate. He dtagnosed the CRC as a conmuntat front. 7
Set out ia the testinony of Franklin H. Williams, Adnint str:
Officer of the West Coast Region for the NAACP, tn which he stated
that the NAACP'$ léadera had resiéted communist tnroada. Consequentl.
the comnuntatsa had waged intermittent war on Roy Wilkine and other
NAACP officers. Willians presented a letter dated 11/7/55, stgned by
Roy Wilkina, beginning "Dear Branch President", In this letter
Wilkine advteed that the NAACP should be alert against communist
infiltration of the HAACP.
100-377485-26 p.t
(22)
On 3/8/57 Manning Johnson, self admitted CP member, testifé
at Baton Rouge, regarding Subversion tn Ractal Unrest. Manning
concerning cooperation and work with the NAACP. Abner Berry ezplatne
thts poltcy tn hte column tn the "D¥" on 2/19/57. Roy Wilkins
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and Berry had proceeded to answer him. (astatementa by Berry set out) |”
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