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APPENDIX - NY 77-26395 NATIONAL LAWYERS! GUILD The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and ' ~, - Publications,’ revised and published as of January 2, 1957, prepared and released by the Committee on Un- American Activities, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., contains the following concerning the "National Lawyers' Guild": "National Lawyers! Guild "1. Cited as a Communist front. (Speciai Committee on Un-American Activities, Ecuse Report 1311 on the CIO Polit teal Action Committee, March 29, 1944, p. 149.) "2, Cited as a Communist front which '4is the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and controlled unions! and which 'since its inception has never failec to rally wis FOR le Oe Sd ee ee Tt to the legal Gefense of the Conmunist Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage afents.' (Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 3123 on the retaonat Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950 originally released September 17, "1950. ) "3. 'To defend the cases of Communist lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. Among these organizations are the * * * National Latryers' Guild. Wwnen the Communist Party itself is under fire these offer a bulwark of protection.! (Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. Gl.)" AV