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Abner J Mikva — Part 2
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most gitted: and devoted civil rights workers xs Chicigo has
ever seen -- in the person of WilloughbyXAbner, This is
what “Boss” Daley wanted and willed. Yet“you fervently,..’,
supported such'a *turncoat® as "Chuck" Davis, Events later
were to indicate that you were only acting'in your: “true TO1E 39 7) a
‘another factor Wes your strong opposition against the.
admission to C,C,C,0, of such organizationss. as The Inde-.
pendent Voters of T1itnois (IVI), Protest At The Polls’ and
Voters For ‘Peace, on the grounds. that they were political
and that the Urban League, by charter, could not. engage or
be in consort or affiliate with any political organization,
You were very vocal and. firm'to this position and thinly-
veiled allusions about withdrawal of the Urban League from
C.C.C.0, seasoned your remarks, You were supported in this
*neutralist" position by The Woodlawn Organization, Catholic
Interracial Council and the N,A,A.C.P, Because of ‘the power
and influence of these organizations, the applications of
the above-named applicants were returned with refusal TOR.
admission.(2K 1, rte
(An Aside: It is interesting to note that, in recent
Bond Issue, of, all things ~-- that precisely the three
organizations that: stocd firmly against admitting. po-
Litically-oriented groups are the same three ‘organiza-
tions that took séparate positions from C, s@yC. 0% in,
a support of the Bond Issue? ??riyat’ af i _
“Another fact’ that’ everyone knows by now is ‘thé very
political role you‘and Albsrt Raby ‘played ‘in* the’ recent
candidates' selection for State Senatorship,. If those acts .
were not political, man, i have: not seen any pol tics ¢ .,
; Sed he USE
"By ‘the ‘way, Bill, : the fact that you ‘aka’ Aa lied and ~
pludgened the I; V, i, into supporting Richard{vewhouse zit
against, their wishes and judgment, with you rascists' threats
to discredit them among ‘Negroes - insured the .defeat:of a .
proved and true liberal fighter for racial causes. in the
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