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'? . 6 . . , . , SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT 0 I The American Civil Liberties Union has recently petitioned the highest court in theland on behal€ of Vincent L. Marchetti, a former Central Intelligence Aqency official who wants to publish a book exposing past apd current classified CIA operations. The ramifications and con- sequences of an ACLU victory in this case could be adverse to the security interests of the Intelligence Cbmmuni ty . For the information of the reader, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded in 1920 by Roger Ealdwin, a former conscien- tious o6jector and ex- convict. The organization's national headquarters was established in New York City and has remained there since its crea- .' tion. e Ealdwin's philosophy set the stage for future development of the ATLU organization. When Ealdwin first organized t!ie Union, he was hoad of the civil liberties hureau of the American Union Against Mili- tarism, a pacifist organization which opposed U. S. ontrv into World War I. He believed in civil liberties, not a s an'end in thenselves, but as a means to an end. In a letter to the New York Tiincs in 1933, Baldwin clarified his viewpoint on the above issue--"Civil liberties like democ- racy are useful only as tools for social change. as Executive Director of ACLU from 1920 until 1950. . Mr. Baldwin remained ship. _. . c During its first few years the organization consisted of a conglom- eration of lawyers, social workers, liberal reformers and radicals. Among them were Jim Addams, John Dewey, Felix Frankfurter, Norman Thomas and William Z. Foster, later chairman of the American Commu- nist Party.. From the start, thr, ACLU constit~it.ion dw:lar*ed that. i t s purpcrsc? was to llniaintain and advance civil liborkies, incliidinq thv ft-wloms of associations, press, rcliyion, and spwch . . . withoiit. plitical part,isnn-