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Following the granting of a stay until ‘a decision is rendered on the appeal, New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz gecured a temporary injune- tion preventing the ACPFB from all activities inclilding the disbursingyor ° funds on the grounds that it had committed "fraud" in its solicitation of funds and was violating the law in not registering as a charity. It was this injunction that was partially lifted by Justice Botein. : Why is this venerable Party front battling so tenaciously? The answer is that the outfit is caught wp on the horns of a pretty dilemma. To comply with the law would mean registering and revealing much about how they operate, who contributed money, how thé funds were disposed of. The Communist Party fears this type of public exposure more than anything else. It would prac- tically put them out of business. At the same time, they cannot afford to simply fold the front up as has been done so often in the past. The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born has been a most effective organiza- tion with an almost unequalled talent for making propaganda, raising money A and sucking in the gullible, til only a few years ago, it had a regular 45 7 contributor in Mrs. Elean < oosevelt. ’ — ITO AMIETTE AA CommiTTEE FOR PROTECIEW OF Apparently the decision has been made to fight this battle out until thefr fe /e/ bitter end. Until forced to capitulate, the American Committee for Protection v of Foreign Born will keep on raising funds and churning out propaganda with- Jo R tt out having to account to anyone for a penny it spends. The entire situation is a grim reminder of how tough and long-drawn out any offense against the Gommunist apparatus becomes. ‘ = ® | oy H i oe /00- 3s0s/a-) im