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ee ee ae 7 i ‘ ; i Nk, . e s i APPEND eng Characterivation of Organizations a : BMERGENCT CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMOITTER _ ‘The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," revised and published as of December 1, 1961, by the Committee on Un—American Activities, way gece Se House. of <Roprasentatives, docucents the.Buergency Civil Liberties Committe as Yollows: Te . ; i) . — -- - —_—— see . "To defend the cases of Commmnist lawbreakers, fronts have been devise making special appeals in behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itselfs- Among these organizations are the #4 Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, When the Commnist Party itself is under fire, these fronts offer a bulwark of protection.* + , . ~t.., (Internal Security Subcotmittee of the Senate ~ If, Vi dudiclary Comittee, Handbook for Americans, 1 5 Se Does 117, April 23, 1956, pe 91) A source advised Decenber 21; 1957 and January 6, 1958, that LEON BOUDIN, constitutional lawyer and legal counsel for Emergency Civil Liberti ’ Se bi = NR EE aE CSILLSss ~ Committee, made a speech Recember 20, 1957 accepting ths Philsdelphia. Aasociaies &s &@ group to work with the national organization. This occurred at a Bill of Rights Day celebration sponsored by the Philadelphia Associates, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, at the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. A second source advised on May 23, 1962 that the Philedelphia Associat have rot been active in the past two years, have no current active membership an . do not maintain a headquarters in Fhiladelphia. ° tr ~s+ ,ErIT v = tec or tmtertc Uns TUT UT a re It -— - - - . * -é6- -