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    "ocrText": "July 3, 1963\nMr. Jack H. O'Dell\n488 St. Nicholas Avenue\nApartment 5-S\nNew York, New York\nDear Jack:\nSeveral months ago you submitted your resignation pending an\ninvestigation of your alleged affiliation with the Communist\nparty, as was suggested by an article to this effect in the\nBirmingham and New Orleans newspapers. We accepted this\ntemporary resignation because of SCLC's firm policy that no\nCommunist nor Communist sympathizer can be on our staff or\nin our membership. We felt that it was imperative to conduct\nan immediate investigation. As you know, we conducted what we\nfelt to be a thorough inquiry into these charges and were unable\nto discover any present connections with the Communist party on\nyour part.\nThe situation in our country is such, however, that any allusion\nto the left brings forth an emotional response which would seem\nto indicate that SCLC and the Southern Freedom Movement are\nY\nCommunist inspired. In these critical times we cannot afford to\nrisk any such impressions. We, therefore, have decided in our\nAdministrative Committee, that we should request you to make\nyour temporary resignation permanent.\nWe certainly appreciate the years of unselfish service which you\nhave put into our New York Office, and regret the necessity of\nyour departure. Certainly, yours is a significant sacrifice com-\nmensurate with the sufferings in jail and through loss of jobs\nunder racist intimidation. We all pray for the day when our\nnation may be truly the land of the free."
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