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Stokely Carmichael APPENDIX ~ dL, ! EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE - The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," revised and published as of December 1, 1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un- American Activities, United States House of Represent~- atives, Washington, D.C.,; contains the following concerning the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee: ‘Emergency Civil Liberties Committee ty. tthe Emergency Civil Liberties Committee 4s an organization with headguarters in New York, whose avowed purpces® is to abolisn the House Committee or. Un-American Activities and discredit the FBI. * * * Tre comuittee finds that the Snergency Civil Liberties Committ2c, esteblishned in 1¢51, although representing jtself as 4 non-Communist group, actuaily operates as a front for the Communist Party. It has repeatedly assisted, by means of funds and legal aid, Commnists dnvolveda in Smith Act violations and similar legal proceedings. Gne of its chief activities has been and still is the dissemination of voluminous Communist propaganda material.’ - ‘FRANK WILKINSON was called as a witness when he appeared in Atlanta as @ represent- ative of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee to propagandize against the Committee on Un-American Activities and to protest its hearings. In 1956 WILKINSON was identified as 4 Communist Party member by 4 Former FBI undercover agent within the Party. Summoned at that time to answer the allegation, his reply to all questions was, "TJ am. - _..... answering no questions of this committee." This also became his stock reply to questions _ when he appeared during the Atlanta. hearings. * * * WILKINSON has since peen convicged of = contempt of Congress and sentenced to one year in jail. “ : : -2- . f] . / : ‘ tae ee gpm een te nee f