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£7B _. cooperating with Mr. american Committes for the Defense of LEGON TROTSKY NY 1200-98810 ° On March 18, 1940, 17 prominent Liberals anong whom was Profeasor ROBERT S. LYND of Columbia Universit signed an open letter to the ACLU urging it to rescind the purge resolutions. Cee o Records of Confidential Informan anothe Government Agency which conducts security ! vyestigati, reflected on February 10, 1950 that Professor ROBERTS: LYED was a member of the National Committes of the ACLU. . The records 1D: 120 reflected on June 16, | 1950 that ROBERT 5. IYND was a committee member of the > ACLU. The American Civil Liberties Union, 170 5th Ayenue, New York City, was cited by the California Com- mittee of Un-American Activities Report of 19.8 as being heavily infiltrated with Communist and fellow travellers and frequently following the Communist Party line. fhe February 1, 1937 issue of the "New York Mmes™,.... a del ly newspaper published in New York City, under the headline "Trotsky Backers Act To Clear Hina", and sub-.: heading "Liberal Group Here Seeke An Impartial Inquiry Into The Recent Moscow Trials" said in parts “wo moves designated to help clear LEON TROTSKY of the charges against him in. the recent political triaia in Moscow and expose the trials as ‘'frame-ups' were. announced yesterday by the American Go tee forthe Defense of Trotaky. eee a i "Tt oe. was announced that the Committee was ope ne wi ‘TROTSKY in studying the possibility. of bringing @ libel suit in New York* against-certain: Cemmunist leaders in this country. sere. "yrSkgCHACHTMAN, who has just returned fr Mexico City, where he conferred with TROTSKY, said the former Soviet chieftan was eager for an impartial in vestigations... ©... 3 Stok Mb et oy BAL TEE!