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LON HMODD IDV EUN HOD DAMN RWNH OOD INN EWN HOWRAH AWN eo ~. A |p NY 2100-25858 "CONE b/ ieaflet entitled, A) "In verona ° Bill of Righta*, was distributed warious sections of the United States in the early part of 1940. The leaflet contained a state _ ment that on December 14, 1939 the contents of the leaflet were sent to press and were re-printed for the purpose of helping bring the statement to the attention of all citizens, It was further indicated that the Communist Party was responsible for the re-printing of the statement which was very radically written and was devoted almost entirely to a defense of the Communist Party and to comiemning the United States Government for indicting EARL BROWDER and SAM DARCY, Among other things, the statement contained the follcs- ings "We point out sharply that this constant campaign to lay the basis for outright supression of the Communist Party is reminiscent of the post-war histeria which culminated in the now universally continued Palmer raids". The statement was signed by 62 prominent Americans, among whom was LILLIAN ATT HELIN. . ) al (c | ES + LILLIAN HELIMAN was one of the rs of a statement oppo continuation of the Special to Comittee on un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Washington ---- - — DeCe The statement with a list of signers was published Jamary 17, 1940 fal ag by the Arerican Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom, which is reportedly a Communist Front organization at work among intellectuals, or @ april li, 1 ted let a bo [) Mantity 40 inom to the Bureau, reported that LILLIA | t ee esesigned by the Communist Party to devote her activities to “smearing FEI*® ‘.. 4n connection with the new publication "PL", which was scheduled to | | ite appearance in May or dune 1940. | 4 5 ‘ e\ : ‘ sntteduc' that was one © C) ne er.) : b | wh reportedly hed a murber of Communist Party fellow traveters and sya- i pathizers as employees, It also appeared that HELIVAN was a close associate of RALPH INGERSCLL, publishar of Pa, and it was reported that she . are eae eR le le ee Seine =» was one of the Comunists he had hired for Time Magazine when he was publisher of Time Iocorporateds ih CONUENTIAY _—— - 13 =