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ica Kenta lis NY 77~3070 the letterhead of the American Committee for Protection of the Foreign Horn, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York City. This letter protests the Hobbs ; Concentration Camp Bill, the denying of jobs to Americans of foreign | _ birth, the activities of the Department of Justice in needlessly arrest— ing and detaining without bail non-citizens whose status the Departme itself pledged itself to remedy, deficiencies in our naturalization | processes, the action of the Department of Justice in acting to secur oS cancellation of naturalization for political attitudes, and inf statements from official quarters tending to connect the foreign born with “Fifth Column activities". Sy see ROBERT S. LYND was listed as one of the sponsorsof a4 meeting held under the auspices of the American Committee for Friendship with the: Soviet Union on November 15, 1940, for "American Soviet understanding", -. in New York City. . ROBERT S. LYND was listed as a member of the "American-Russian — Institute for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union, Inc." This organi~: gation was formerly known as the "American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia (USSR)", organized in the United States on December 12, 1926. This organization has worked, and apparently still works closely with the — Soviet Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Moscow Russia. . The names of ROBERT S. LYND were found in the New York office of the National Federation of Constitutional Liberties. oe Confidential source T-5 further revealed the names of Dr. and Mies. ROBERT S. LYND, of Central Fark, est, New York City, N.Y., were give ag subscribers to the fund known as the McAvoy Fund. This fund was for - Clifford McAvoy, and was sponsored by the New York Conference for Inalien- 5 able Rights. McAvoy is Vice-President of this Conference, which has for its alleged purpose National equality, protection of foreign born, civil right of Communists, rights of labor, etc. Prior to. the Russian invasion by the, German Army on June 22, 1941, this group demanded legislation to safeguard: the rights of men in the Armed Forces, and advocated legislation to protec the peace of the United States. After the invasion it advocated increas defense efforts for the defeat of .Hitlerism. a aie “Helen Merrell Iynd was a signer of the 1939 call of +i Congress of American Rights, an alleged Commnist dominated group. SC signed the call of the Fourth Congress of this group in. 1941, at. New York. i From confidential informant T-6 it was ascertaine E family have the reputation of being "reds and Communists", among the oth individuals in the house:where they live.» Inférmant T-6 stated that altho - ghe has never heard Mrs, Lynd or her husband Professor LYND ay anythix