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Lk Qi -) b> — -aee L7 DL f-16635 “YC, GEIGER: 20 2y210b1 0 & copy e Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc,, (SCEF) letter dated July 19, 1961 ich reflects officer: of the SCEF, which includes of Arkansas as a member of the board of directors, An amendment to the charter of the Southern Conferen: for Human Welfare (SCHW), which has been cited by the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities as a Communist front, changed the name of the organization to ° Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., (SCEF), and listed its purposes as being to improve the educational and cultural standards of the southern people in accordan with the highest American democratic institutions, tradit and ideals. The amendment was dated April 26, 1946. that during the time the SCHW was in existence, Communist Party members were members of and worked actively in the SCHW. However, since the form: tion of the SCEF, Inc., rank and file Communist Party members have not been encouraged to work in the SCEF, Source stated that the SCEF is a progressive liberal organization because it has gone along with the Communist Party on certain issues, particularly on the racial question, and through the years certain Communist Party members in the New Orleans area have been assigned to work in the organization to further Communist Party principles. b This sou nsiders PTR PES RRO src err as a Communist Party member cause e follows Communist principles, but he i5 not under Communist Party discipline. Many prominent people who ar officials and members of the organization, while liberal eee oa their views, are By no means Communists. The source advised that the status of the Southern Conferenc ucational Fund, Inc., remain unchanged. advise - F = G0