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(COO0 182 13 0 . 2. ; 4 * . * , -4 .. SI'KJATIOM I1?FORMATIOi\J REPORT 5 1 2 Arntrican Civil Libsrtiss Union has r.szet?tly p:ctitior.-?d %-,a high3st court in t k l a a on bshalf of VLxen', L. hlarch-?ttt. a ior=n* Cer;tral 1r.tslliqo::cs fkrenq official warn wants to publish a b o k exp;2q past 2nd cwrect classified CU' opsratims. The rac!!llcatior.s ixxi con- sequences of an ACLU victory in this case could be adverse to thz security interests of the Tntolligence Community.. Union (ACLU) was founded in 1920 by Rogar Ralciwin, a formsr co.?scicn- tious objcctar and 'ex- convict. The organizstion's national headqartcys cstablighed in New York City and has remained thqrs since its crca- tioti. Ealdwin's philosophy set the stagz €0:. f u t t m develop-mcr,t o l the .. . a s - ' For the Informatim of the Seader, .th3 American Civil Liberties - ' . d - ACLU organization. When EaldvAn first organized the Union, he \vas k a d o! the civil liberties bureau o f ths American Unim Against ?.4:1!- tarism, a pacifist organijiation which oppsed U. S. cntrf irtto Vtorld War 1. I$? believsd it? civil liberties, not as an cad in thzwAves, but as a means to an end. In a letter to t k Nsvr Sorl: 'Ti I ~ S ' i r i 1933, Baldwin clarilicd his viwpoint on the above issue--Tivil liberties like democ- racy are useful ody as tools ior social c h q e . I@ Mr. Ealdvrin ramained as Executive Director or' ACLU from 1920 until 1950. During its first few years the organization consisted of a coqlom- cration of lawyers, social workers, libwal refmmers and radicals. Among them were Jim Addams, John Dswey, Pdix Frankicr ter, Normw Thmnas and W illiam 2. Foster, later chairman oi the American Commu- nist Party. ' From the start, the ACLU constitution declared that its p?upose ' mas to llmaintain 'and advance civil liberties, including the 'freedoms of associations, press, religion, and spech . without political partisaa- ship. \ .. . . .