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Ao Se ae oa aR ae renin rmtinns ari crm cartinin per meaeemann 4 ey EE ES A TTT Memorandum for Mr. Belmont This statement appeared in an article written by Max Weiss, who is presently a member of the National Leadership of the Communist Party, USA. In regard to Negro workers in the labor movement, a statement also appears on page 58 of this issue of "Political Affairs™ that the influence of the NAACP can be brought to bear on the problems facing the trade--union movement. It is pointed out that the significance of the programs adopted by the NAACP have been the subject of close scrutiny by the Communist Party. This is established by the analysis of the NAACP Convention of June, 1953, which was analyzed in the November, 1953, issue of "Political affairs." In this article it was stated that "the NaacP is increasingly becoming a co-ordinating center for all major organisations among the Negro people ...." Also, “..e. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People remains the most important Negro organization dadicated to the fight for Negro equality." In view of the concentrated effort by the Communist Party to infiltrate the NAACP, the Bureau, since February, 1954, has been investigating the Communist infiltration into this organization. Our investigation has shown that the Communist Party, while having some success in infiltrating local branches of the organization, has been unable to control or dominate the NAACP on a national or state level.