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a ac "ee. te mm rea a a EMERGENCY CIVIL LINERTIVS COMITTER The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications", revised and published as of December 1, 1961, oy the Committee on Un- American Activities, Ue S. House of Representatives, documents - the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee as foliows: "To defend the cases of Communist lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. Among these organi eationa are the 2B H# HH Drerreney Clutt Tikes Lhe TESNLZations are wie = * Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. When the Communist Party itself is under fire, these fronts offer a bulwark of protection." _ (Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doce 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91) A source advised December 21, 1957 and January 6, 1958 that LEONARD BOUDIN, constitutional lauyer and legal counsel for Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, made a spece December 20, 1957, accepting the Phila- delphia Associates as a group tc ‘ork with the national organization. This occurred at a Sill of Rights [T.: :eebration sponsoregl-by the Philaielphia Associates, Emergency Cival Lil riies Committee, at the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. A second source advised on May 23, 1962, that the Philadelphia Associates have not bes active in the past. ten years, have no current active membership ana «. not mainsain a he-cq arters in Philadelphia.