asked that Jones and Levison, among others, submit five-minute speeches which King could use in accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. King would select the best material from these speeches.
King's Attraction for Communist Advisors
Two previous aides of King were Cordy T. Vivian, who formerly served as Director of Affiliates of the SCLC, and Randolph Blackwell, who at one time acted as SCLC Program Coordinator. Both of these individuals are former members of the CPUSA.
During the early stages of development and formation of the SCLC, the following eight individuals helped shape and mold the policies of this organization, and, as noted, all have had communist affiliations:
| Stanley David Levison | "Assistant Chief" |
| Clarence Jones | Advisory Committee |
| Harry Wachtel | Advisory Committee |
| Cordy T. Vivian | Director of Affiliates |
| Randolph Blackwell | Program Coordinator |
| Hunter Pitts O'Dell | Administrative Assistant |
| Lawrence Reddick | Advisory Committee |
| Bayard Rustin | Advisory Committee |
Of these, Levison, Jones, and Wachtel continued to exert strong influence on King and the SCLC. In addition, at the tenth anniversary convention of SCLC at Atlanta, Georgia, on August 14, 1967, a brochure listed L. D. Reddick as "historian of SCLC."
III. COMMUNIST OBJECTIVES
During the early 1960's, the CPUSA was striving to obtain a Negro-labor coalition to achieve its goals in this country. At that time, the CPUSA "Party Line" was: "Big business attacks on the rights of labor are continuing. In order to defeat this offensive, organized labor, assisted by communists, must launch a countercrusade, which can succeed only if it is based on the united action of the entire trade-union movement."
