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following is quoted in part from this letter "A letter to Mr. Isaacs, signed by them and rele through the American Civil Liberties Union, commends’ hi: stand in refusing to dismiss Gerson as 'an example.o justified resistance to a wholly unjustified prej a competent man because of political beliefs'.". "Those signing the letter are: = | '..esProf. Robert Lynd, Columbia University.!" . Page 770 The "Daily Worker" for July 31, 1940, contained. an article stating that the League of American Writers —~ had sent an open letter to Secretary Cordell Hull and the; - Pan American Conference presenting a Five Point Program in. behalf of the anti-Fascist refugees trapped in France. The full text of this letter was set forth in the article. together with a partial list of the individuals who had’... signed it including Dr. Robert S. Lynd, Columbia University, New York. of Page 980 Exhibit number 24 in a section of .this report entitled "Miscellaneous Communist and Communist Fron Organizations" is an invitation issued by. the American.” Russian Institute to attend a dinner dedicated to, Americ | Soviet Post War Relations at the Hotel Commodore on Octobe 19, (year not stated) which lists the members of ‘the of Directors of the American Russian Institute in Robert S. Lynd. ts es Page 109 Exhibit number 58 in this section is a letter dated January 1940, originating from 14 West 9th Street, New. Yor City and signed by Dashiell Hammett, bu’ not otherwise identified. This letter sets forth the text ofa statem purportedly signed by 65 prominent citizens which had be gent to the "American Press" on December 14, 1939. :