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Hie eX ove eee = oo emma ge, Abbott Howard . >fman : ) APPENDIX 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D) when he appeared during the Atlanta hearings. * * # VILKINSON has since been eonvicted of contempt of Congress and sentenced ee ele We Me waa wis Wweegs Cre to one year in jail. 'Disputing the non-Communist claim of the organization, the committee finds that a number of other individuals connected with the ECIC also have been identified ynder oath as Communists.* * *! © (Committee on Un-American Activities, Annual RPennrk Far 1065 Unian Danognnt 1h7 Mamnnh a Mel y L060 apy GOUSoS NEPCLly aj, MiaiCsi Bs 1959, pp. 34 and 35.) '2,'To defend the cases of Communist law-breakers, fronts have heen devised raking special appeals in behalf of civil 2is2arties anc reaching out far beyond tne corntinss of “he Communist Party itself, Arcus “nese organizations are the +e _ Emery Sey anes Habe * 0 ioe Jonmistee. when the Cosmunisy Pasty dtsclf is uncer fire these fronts cefor a cae of 2 tor. ction, ! (Internal Securiy seomnishee & the Senate Judiciary Conmistso,. hand cok for: “Amecteans, S. Doc, 117, Apri 23, 1956, p. gl.)" "The New York Tiazs", a New York City daily newspaper, in its Apri? 2, > 968, issue, page 13, contained an item captioned, “Lratt T.sgseaters to Get More Help", which related that at @ ne.in conference held by the Emergency Civil Liberties vommittee (ECLC) on the previous day, it was announced that “he organization vas changing its name to the Naticr.al Exorgency Civil Liberties Committee (NECIC) "to reflect our detzrmination to develop a vital national civil liberties organization in all 50 states as rapidly as possible." $? NECLC is located at 25 East 2oth SUreste Ney York City. i * a Nr ee eget ee Seon Be Neem em eee mms mmnn eters meee oe