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! | ws) ’ i { ( aa a NY 100-8044 §e Temgyor York ‘Jorld Telegram" of May 28, 1948, stated that Attorney jen- ES eral TOM CLARK had on the previous date released a new list of organizations which bet -he had declared to be within the purview of gxecutive Order 9835. Among the or— : nil ganizations on the new list appeared The ,nerican Connittee for Yugoslav Relief, pe i "Tresent: MR. and MiSs, 2LATKO BALOKOVIC, MRS, LIONEL ¢. PERERA, Irs, : V MICHsEL M. NISSELSON, DR. ZHIVKO ANGELUSCHEFF, GEQKGE ‘PINSEY, HARRY M. JUSTIZ , ‘LEO BaCICH, C. I.) ToWalit and PETER VUKCEVICH, SL | ‘ Samii al ™m,. BALOKOYIC opened the meeting with a review of the origin of the con- mittee, its work and its purpose. He said that MR, STRUT had been invited to - attend the meeting in order to aid the committee in answering the charge made by the jttorney General that the committee was 'subversive!. MR. BALOKOVIC then read a letter addressed to MiS, ROOSEVELT on the charge made by the ittorney General, t a a a * Peer eo) yy fh cai ad “ "WR. NISSULSCN said that there were two points to be coisidered, Pirst, what dmmediate action to take, and secondly, whether there was any legal recourse open to the committee. He suggested the following action be taken, To seni letters to all the Board of Direetors, Sponsors and State Senators, a letter to the Treasury Depart- ment informing thom that the Bureau of Internal Revenue had examined the books in Fetruary and found nothing irregular and that they so informed the attornéy Gen- ; eral, Write to the advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign aic asking if they _ have ever found anything irregular in the activities of the committee. Invite the , public and the newspapers, » it, STEVART suggested that this release be sent to all sponsors and, in adjition, that they be asked to join with the directors in asking the Attorney Gen-— 2 eral to send a celegation to explain the why and wherefore of this attack. The i following formal steps were decided upon for actinn by the cormittee on the charge . mace by Tom Clark: 1A : Ml) To ask the attorney General to give us an opportunity to present the acts. athe , 2) To invite the publishers of New York City newspapers to name a com . mittee to examine into the affairs of the committee. 3) To write to all Senators asking them to call for a Senate investiga tion, a: 1 r aa yr ot hid