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An anonymous source made available a pamphlet dated June 12, 1940 entitled "Crisis in the Civil Liberties Union, a statement, including the: documents conceimed, giving the minority position in the current controvers in the ACLU". “This pamphlet sets forth a history of the expulsion o from governing bodies of the ACLU. It states that in Jamary 194 é was adopted by the Nominating Committee.of the Union's National “Commi ttes; ing it inappropriate for sponsors or supporters of so called totalitar dicatorships to serve on the governing comnittees and staff of the Union. ‘ National Committee subsequently adopted this resolution and subsequently on. February 5, 1940, a resolution was adopted by the National Committee and the Board of Directors convening at the Town Hall Club in New York City, incorporating above resolutions. . De Be On March 2, 1940, Doctor Harry F. Ward announced his resignation: from the Board of Directors as a protest against the resolution. “On March 18, 1940 seventeen prominent liberals, headed by Robert Morse Lovett, secretary of the Virgin Islands, signed an open letter to the ACLU urging it to rescind the. purge resolutions. This letter was signed by Prof. Robert S. Lynd of Columbi Milwaukee Report 12-6-42 9 .°% Ret “Defense Committee for Civil Rights; American Civil Liberties ° Union, Internal Security-R" 100-7049~129 | (5) ~ co