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NY 1100-99810 "officials have come to the front.in defense of the Communists recently. . This time the so-called ‘intellect who always seem to need ‘the bugle call, protested against the Federal. Bureau of Investigation arrest and indictm of 16 Communists for violation of a Federal law agains recruiting in the United States for a foreign power. The foreign power involved was the Red Government: of Spain, now out of existencs. ‘he signers of the protest which was sent, to President ROOSEVELT and the new Attorney General, Ri “SACKSON (who has since announced that he will no 4he" Communists and has had them released); and t of Congress included: abe Saer ee t prosecute o members "professor ROBERT LYND (of the Institute of Pro- paganda Analysis and author of. Middletown"), soccer Confidential Informan f known reliability, on August 13, 1942, advised that: the Institute for . Propaganda Analysis was founded -in October.or November 1937, and that its officers and Advisory Board included a list of distinguished scholars and the Institute came to its denise in December 1941. The Informant advised: that the Institute progressed under the able les rship | of editor HAROLD LAVIGNE and gained a very worthy reputa- tion, but that LAVIGNE was replaced after about: 2-3 years” by CLYDE 8, former editor of "Guild Reporter", which | alleged } followed the Communist line. that under the leadership of BEALS "the its downfall and was later labeled as. a‘ tion. °° oi The Jefferson School of Social Science —-- an article entitled "Laud Educators! P Clark List". This article stated tha - School Board of Trustees hailed the” hefled the’ sta meri ca: Educators protesting to President TRUMAN and Attorney. General CLARK the blacklisting o Jeffersm School and other educational institutions.