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Communist Influence in Racial Matters; Mississippi Freedom-Democratic Party., Challenge.. Ad...Hoc CemmiTTe Recording.Secretary. Administrative Secre-. Re Ednan$lotkin Treasurer Thelma* Johnsor. The organizations which have authorized the use ~of their names as of December 8, 1964 as being in. support of the MFdp Challenge are as follows: Iarlem Parents Committee Northern Student Movement. SNCC St. Nicholas Park Community Center Downtown Council on Housing Metropolitan Council on Civil Rights Action West Side Civil Rights Communi.ty Council on Housing Episcopal Society for Race Relations Upper Manhattan Committee on Civil Rights Harlem Unemployment Center Tina Lawrence volunteered to act as organizer for the Ad Hoc Committee in Support of MFDP Challenge. The Nsm office is to be the temporary headquarters of the Ad Hoc Committee at 54l West l26th Street, New York City. Selection ofCommittee Chairmen was made with the following. results: Manhattan Committee b6 Land b7C Josh Lawrence (Co-chairmen) Public Relations Committee Rudy Jones and Stanley Aronowitz (Co-chairmen) CONFIDENTIAL An article in the New York "Amsterdam News", December 19, 1964, page 53, entitled " Harlem Rally To. Help Mississippi Freedom Party" , reported that the above New York City, and identified william Strickland as Chairman. of the New York Ad Hoc Committee For Support of the MFDP Challenge: Confidential source number three on January 4 1965 furnished a mimeographed sheet entitled "organization Objectives For The Freedom Democratic Party Chalienge",. which set forth the objectives as follows: 1. To disseminate to as wide an audience as. possible the real issues and conditions that. are at issue in the challenge. CONFIDENTIAL ENTIA! CONFIE CONH CONFIDENTIA