St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-16
Dissension in the NAACP

There is increasing possibility that the
tons result in political
the Negro but rather faoa dageemens which
impair the activities Of
and forgotten One organization the NAACP
Recently the national MACE probably feeling political
ties Of Henry Wallace
unWs attempted to curb such practices This has nragd
local officers who claim the national office trying be
Ora They that continues, they will be justified pulling
out from the NAACP form truly
and "cOgnizant Of the need Of times"
Most Of this resentment directed the of Walter
Secretary First it claimed he behind the aempt 70
curb activity Second he is no position to
because he is using his
organization the Americans for Democratic Action To
ubstanae the charge they evidence
Whites published in two daily newspapers.
White inadvertently revealed his political MENTORS they claim
when he first supported Truman then Eisenhower pra
ing him supporter of civil rights and favorng
Of jimcrow in the US Army They believe
honest mistake the espoua of Eisenhower They
he following the leadership of ADA bndy foohy
he willing in behalf of
out assurance, and a result he himself a
subsequently, sawed off by the testimony
ate Committee They also claim that White did
when he said that Eisenhower ordered army
eountermanded by General Marshall are
White is correctly
Further they he Walter White paid official has
the right political activity clevery disguised
walter White paid official write columns Cfo which
presume he is paid epoung political candidates. Justly
attempt to curb the political activity of local they
publicly proclaim in the of such activity
not acting in their capacity as NAACP officials.
Now just what Walter position in regard to this
entire situation is this does not know To what degree
White has attempted to curb political activity by off
Gals do not know To what ADA
we do not know We do know that stated
Whites articles Whether he arrived those
political convictions through the purely
matter Of conjecture Only White himself
The parallel thinking Of White and ADA previous
consultation their parts,
The NAACP composed Of political
pexnsconservatve Republicans the right
left To out the political has
the support it muster regardless the
majority Of members officers sincerely
mtted to the principles Of the organization they
people who entered the NAACP with political principles
issues which do directly only natural
therefore, that they seek within the support political
principles which not the direct of the NAACP
ton inevitably leads the which tend
to defeat the goal of the NAACP itself.
The situation become If clarity
the positions Of both national and local officials
have the right political activity write columns
NAACP?
Do not local officials have right? paper should
think but the both of these questions
evaluate the existing situation.
Do the political activities newspaper columns Of Walter
White have authority position as National
Secretary Of NAACP despite his expressing
his personal political beliefs.
Does local official NAACP takes political position
WELD greater authority because he NAACP his
assurance that he is acting his political Again the
answer is yes.
Whether Walter White wrong opponents are
wrong is not the main The main
OF the MACE difficult question he
faced squarey fractional strife end The NAACP
important function perform permit dnegration the
Of partisan politics.