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NY 100-7629 Sub C The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Pub- lications", revised and published as of January 2, 1957, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities, United States House of Representatives, Wash- ington, D.C., contains the following concerning the National Lawyers! Guild: "1, to) Cited as a Communist front, (Special Committee on UnfjAmerican Activities, House Report 1311 on the CIO Political Action Committee, March 29, 1944, p, 149.) Cited as a Communist front which ‘tis the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and con- trolled unions' and which 'tsince its inception has never failed to rally to the legal defense of the Communist Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage agents.! (Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 3123 on the National Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950, originally released September 17, 1950.) ‘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 itseif. Among these organizations are * * * National Lawyers! Guild. When 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. 91.)"