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gr am NO OM -1AW AWN HOW OD IDNR UN EH EO DIMMU NH OORDINNVEWN EU ew eH wre * + oa =. oa : , . NY 100025858 COND RENTIAL According to information received in February 1937 wise HELIMAN was a member of the National Coomittee for the Defense of Politisal Prisoners, & letterhead of the National Committee for People's Rights, dated December 3, 1938, reflects that LILLIAN HELIMAN was @ member of this organization, which was formerly the National Coamittes for the Defense of Political Prisonsre, ' & pamphlet concerning the National Comittee for Peoplets Rights, 100 Fifth Aveme, Mew York City, maintained in this office, lists LILLIAN HELIMAN as one of the sponsors and a prominent members Literature maintained by the Alien Squad of the New York City Police Departament, 400 Broose Street, New York City, reveals that LILLIAN Seer a 68 eee eh oO Me bd feet bbe Boe Bene tafe Dinhéde fe TH TRLAMAN 285 & EET VA 6 REVAL LALO 2 POPUPS DE A AAG ) ry . mimeogrephed sheet captioned "National Comittee for Peoplets Rights, 1207, 100 Fifth Averme, Wew York City,* wherein was listed members of the Z-wcutive and National Committees of the organization, Among the 76 persons - -- listed as “members of the National Committee in or near New York City, eligible for election to the Executive Committee", was LILLIAN HELLMAN, a2 Redden ti ne Bede Reh 1 338 Peet eben SD 6b Pewee oe B AF VUSCTIPSG UU PER USTy ay 4770 LUMA We OeoaU indicates that Miss HELIVAN was a member of the Theatre Arts Comittee of the Medical Bureau and the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, which reportedly is a Communist controlled organization, On April 8, 1938 the American Friends of Spanish Democracy made public an appeal to President Roosevelt to end the irms Enbargo, placed againet Spain, This statement was signed by 92 persons, among whom was LILLIAN RELIMAN, (iio. isan tn one 1938 wes ponsor of « drive of the Friends of the Lincoln Brigade to bring home several hundred wounded Americans from France and Spains According to letterheads of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, dated July 9, 1937 and February 14, 1939 Miss HELLMAN was @ sponsor of that organi~ sationg The letterheads also indicated that the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the abraham Lincoln Battalion and Rehabilitation Fund Incorporaied were a1] associated with the abreham Lincoln Brigades, These organizations are reportedly Communist controlleds A News item appearing in the New York Times for October 19, 1936 stated that 14 American volunteers who had been captured by the Franco Forces during the Spanish Civil War had arrived in New York City from Spaine ~*~ CONE RRNTINY 250