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2 wrioo-r6isus «=O APPENDIX © 2 NATIONAL oi@huEZNCY CIVIL S EC, LIBERTIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D) when he appeared during the Atlanta . hearings. * * * \;ILKINSON has since been convicted of contempt of Congress and sentenced to one year in jail.' 1 wares Tea PSS 3 'Disputing the non-Communist claim of the organication, the committee finds that a number of other individuals connected with the ECIC also have been identified under oath as Communists.* * #' (Committee on Un-American Activities, Annual Report for 1956, House Report 167, March 9, 1959, pp. 34 and 35.) “2.'To defend the cases of Communist law-breakers, 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 * * * Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. — when the Communist Party itself is under fire these fronts offer a bulwark of protection.' (Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91.)" "The New York Times", a New York City daily newspaper, in its April 1, 1965, issue, page 13, contained an item captioned, “Draft Dissenters to Get More Help”, which related. that at a news conference held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee {ECLC) on the previous day, it was announced that the organization was changing its name to the National Em2rgency Civil Liberties Committee (NECIC) "to reflect our determination to develop a vital ~ national civil liberties organization in all 50 states as rapidly as possible," _ 90 SNES». 67 NECLC is s reet, Nev York City. .