Letter ito Atlanta Re: . MARTIN LOTEER KING, dR. : 100105670 - - - v support of Martin Litther King, Jr., and according to this source ok the CP leaders considered this meeting to be of the wimest < impertance and that it was to the Party's advantage ™ assign outstanding Party menbers to work with the King group. Pry fo ain ANTS ~ . LA 4138.8, 1a 47d60S,~JA-4028-S_and_LhnAL25<$, ali of whom have iusaished reliable information in the past, advised on 6-20-60, . 6415460, 6-13-60 and 6-14-66, respectively, that Reverend Martin - “Zuther King was the reéipient of an award presented at the annual - installation awards luucheon of the Women for Legislative Action (WLA) Council held 6-11-60 in Los Angeles. King was unable te be present te receive his award which was given te him for the werk he was doing in southern Ynited States te abolish segregation, King sent = recorded talk in acceptance of the award. . oe A IR oa Rad A 3779-S.ehe has furnished reliable information in the nat advised on 5-S9$l that the WLA was forned in 1952, claiming to be ar independent organization dedicated to nonpartisan participa- tien in legislative and civic activities. However, uccording to the informaut Its position in favoring or opposing legislation usually parallels the position of the CP and related groups. The WLA aise supperts legislation te abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA). An article from "The Worker" dated 5-14-61, page 12, reveals that 17 Negroes and white Southern ieaders have initiated a petition to President John F. Kennedy cenouncing the HCUA and Senator dames Eastlund's Senate group as instruments of destroying the forces working fa@ integration in the South. This denunciation was included in a plea te free Carl Braden, Southern integration leader who was convicted of comtenpt of Cengress. One of the initiators. of the * petition was Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Atlanta's attention is directed to the report of Special Agent Ernest E. Wall, dr., dated 8-28-61 at New Grleans enti- tied "Southern Conference Educational Fund, Incorporated, Internal Security ~ €; Eyternal Security act of 1959." In this report it is noted NO T-2 masa aveiighle on 3-18-41 a copy of a news release from the. Caryl Braden Clemency Appeal Committee (CBCAC) which was. being dustyibuted by the Southern Conference Educaticnal Fund, Incorporated. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Atlanta, ae
Letter to Atlanta . ‘RE: MARTIN LUTHER KING,- ER. - os 100-106678 . , Georgia, was listed as one of the initial sponsors of the CBCcaCs This matter should be handled immediately and the Bureaw promptly furnished reperts suitable for dissemination. Jn the future all subversive infermation showld be reported under . ; Security Matter ~ C caption and all information relative to racial <. .:, Batters shoulé be reported aS it has been heretefor under Racial : Matters. While it is realizec in many instances these matters will overlap, every effort should be made to put the infermation in the proper place, ’ NOTE. ON YELLOW: The subject is the noted integration leader. Referenced airtel indicates the subject is a wholeh€arted Marxist. _ - HW 55091 DBocld:32989547 Page 124
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™ i at * * _ 4 i * Yak ~ : ‘ ran ; a?” ; 1 ~ Mr, Rampton ‘SAC, Hew York (160-149194) August 29, 1962 5 _~REC- 134 d Pireactor; FRY €100-438794}3 — " a * Soap we ee ; - COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF TEE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ENTSRNAL SECURITY - ¢ ReBulet tc Atlanta, copies to New York, 7/20/62 and Hew York letter to the Bureau, copies to Atlanta, 8/21/62, both in captioned matter. fhe Bureau will render a decision con-=- \ cerning the recommendation of the New York Office ; contained in reN¥Yiet that a communist infiltrazvion investigation cf the New York Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is Warranted upon receipt of Atlanta reply to reBulet. Atianta is instructed to submit its reply to reBulet by return mail with copies being furnished to the New York Office. woe ents on 2 Atlanta (100-5718) slON CONTAINED ALL INFORMA SsiF} HEREIN | BY pare 12 SMAILED 30 Jue . - K:mar. : AUG 2 9 1989 (6) ; COMM.-FBi \ . : ‘ 4 , your request and is not for dissemt- - Tolson "your Conumittee and the conter! may nut be “sslosed to unauthorized person- eae nal without the express approval of the FBI . Callahan DeLoach . i A = ee NL | Semmens Evans . - i4 ne Malone Op getbY ; o ' Pe sulliven oN wad - \ wa bs” Tpvel sen 4 . ey, fs ones 301962 » 4" \\ § Gone MAIL ROOM TELETYPE unit L_] ” Docld:3 S547 Page 1276, |