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- . * Abbott H. Hoffma ’ - . . . C APPENDIX _ ; 2. . NATTONAIg EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERT _SONMITIEE CONT'D “when he appeared during the Atlanta . & * hearings; * “ILKINSON has since been convicted of “contenpt of Congress and sentenced . to one year in jail.' _'Disputing the non-Communist claim of the organization, the committee finds that a number of other individuals connected can with the ECLC also have been identified under a oath as Communists.* * #! | oe (Committee on Un-American Activities, Annual oe Report for 1956, House Report 187, March 9, 1959, pp. 34 and 35. .) “2,'To defend the cases of Communist law-breakers, fronts have heen devised making special appeals in behalf of elvid: Vicerties and reaching out far beyond tne contin25 of ‘the Communist Party itself. Anicns "nese organizations are the ** * Emeresncy aes miberviles comm’. “bee, -When the Coumunitos 2: wy Jtseli is urder fire . these fronts offer 2 hae wei of protection, ' (Internal Stsuriry Suscemmi shee of the Senate — Judiciary Cominitt2e, Randicok for Americans, S. Doc, 117, Aprii 23, 1956, p. 92.)! "The New York Tics", a New York City daily - newspaper, in its Aprit 1, 968, iscue, page 13, contained an item captioned, L1eft y.ssenters to Get More Help", ¢ which related that at a ne. conference held by the - Emergency Civil Liberties Vommittee (ECLC) on the previous day, it was announced that -cne organization was changing its name | to the Natic:.al Exorgengy Civil Liberties Committee (NECLC) "to reflect cur detzrmination to develop a vital national civil liberties organization in all 50 states as rapidly as possible." iw s located at 25 East 20th Street, New York City.