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f { 2 f= ri ia a 4 s. a af. #: Ce ae a ow ge eee 100 The Cuamman. You are reading from a paper which has to do with the origination of an investigation coming out of New York, are you not Mr. Anas, Yea. . The Cyarrwan. I am reading from a document that relates to the Women’s Liberation Movement in Baltimore, and the findings con- cerning it in the summer of 1968. My question hasn't to do with whatever original put pose the FBI sought by initiating this kind of surveillance in New York, but with a finding made concerning the Women’s Liberation Movement in Baltimore which I have just read to yor I think you would agree with me that women do have the right to get together to talk about humdrum existence and equal opportunities with men and equal opportunities for work in our s0- ciety, don’t they ? That is not a subversive activity. Mr. Anas. Well, but what you have here is the set up of our in- vestigative activity. We had New York, which was the office of origin of the investigation. You have other offices that were checking to determine what influence there was. In addition, in New York—to the New York office, lay the fact that interwoven with the Women’s Liberation Movement goal for equal rights for women, there was an advocacy certainly of militancy and violence in achieving their goals. Now, Baltimore 15 one office, and I believe that even there in one of the reports—— The Cuarrman. You keep taking me back to New York. Mr. Apa. Right. ‘The CuHamman. And I keep taking you back to Baltimore. And the reason J do that is because if you turn 2 pages back from this particu- | lar report, which has to do with the Baltimore organization, the ques- tion is whether based upon that finding the investigation should con- tinue of the Baltimore group, and the decision is that you will continue to follow and report on the activities of the group. And I just won- dered why? Mr. Aname, This is a problem that we have, that we do have organiza- tions where sometimes the—the Women’s Liberation group is not 1 good example because that was washed out, but we do have organiza- tions where—— . The Cuamsan. What was washed out # Not the Women’s Liberation Movement Mr. Apams, No, the investigation indicated there was no concern or no reason to be concerned about it. But where you do have an or- ganization that has branches in many areas of the country, and you start with one place and it looks like you have a subversive organiza- tion, you do have to see, well, is this carried out throughout the or- ganization or is it just one chapter or one group? In other words, not even an organizational! problem. The Crateuan. But you see, the trouble with that is in this Balti- more organization you say in your own report that it was independent, there was no structure or parent organization, no rules or plans, so it isn’t a part of a nationally controlled and directed organization by your own admission. Mr. Apama. I believe this report had some subsequent pages that eren’t included in here that did show some additional activity or influence. .