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3 - ~ 4 5 5 “ 5 = 3 NK 1000-32996 ae ° VJMsheb ” — a3 coming within the purview of Executive Order 9835. +4 This organization wes also cited by the Congressional Committee 3 on ln-‘mericen /etivities,sRerort ho. 115,9/2/47, Pages 2 and 19 23 as an organizrtion formed in 4/46 2s a merger of tve other * Communist~front organizations, namely, the Internationel Labor ue Nefense and the Nationel Federation for Constitutional Liberties. 29 Furthertore, thet the orgenization was "dediceted not to the on brosder issues of civil Jiberties but specifically to the 21 defense of individuc] Communists and the CP! and’ "controlled < ty individuals whe ere either members of the CF er openly : leval to it." 7 te oe Ubabip tthat litersture 27 was distributed by t jetion: ouncii to Qust BILBO sponsored bv the CRC, 206 best d2nd Street, Mew York City during the pericd 28 ~ Oetober, November, and December, 1946. fecording to the informert, 29 among this literature vas a letter dated 12 /6/46 on the stationery of the Nationsl Council to Oust BILBO «hich set forth a list cf the officers and members of this committee. The name of EINST2IN appeared among the members cf this committee. The Deily worker dated 12/15/48 contained an article entitled "Crusade te Capitcl on 1/18 ‘11 Urge Civil RightsTaws." Aeccrding to this erticle, the CRC had announced on the previcus dzy thet. thousands ef people vould, come to Washington, D.C. on LAé/s9 in a gigantic "freedom crusade to demand peyment of tha election campeign promissory notes on Civil Rights Logislation. The national offics of the CRC anncunced that this conference would be held in Wasningten, D.C, and that sponsers of the conference end the "Freedom trusade” ineluded ET3thIN end ethers, The Daily ‘iorker dated 12/16/48, Page 2 and 12/31/48 Fage 4 stated that EINSTEIN was a sponsor of the "Freedom Crusade" of the CRC The 12/31/48 issue of the Deily ‘orker stated that rallies and block meetings tere schediled to he held in Ne: York City commencing 1,/6/49 to evll on then Atternoy General TOM CL’ to dismiss the indictment ageinst the 12 Communist leaders in New York City. Recording to en article in this issue, meetings which were crg:nized - 33 -