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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION / =aEe | REPORTING OFF IGE | orice GF OSs CBICASO CHICAGO TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY mare MVNA TIVE FENOD 33/8 Q-1Y-So_|26-30;12/3/56 _ 30;12/3/56 “GEIGAGO JOINT DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO DEFEAT THE SMITH ACT SrYNOFEIS: Tue Chicago Joint Defense Committee to Defeat the Smith Act_(CIDC) main-. teine offices in Room O02, 189 W. Madison Street, Chicago. Officers are LEON KATZEN, Chairman, JOHN T. BERNARD, Vice Chairman, GERALDYNE LIGHTFOOT, Projects Director, and RICHARD CRILEY, Publicity and Research. Portions of funds used to run Committee are from Commnist Party (CP) budget. Aims and purposes of CJDC contime to center around fund-raising for Smith Act defendants and publicity to defeat the Smith Act. CP line in defense of Smith Act defendants compared with CJDC line. : ee aiid Shae "Cod “ | | a . |