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(2) = FHILADETFHIA PRIENDS OF THE NATICNAL GIARDILIN aka Guards cinn associates On Hay 31, 1960, a source advised that the Paila delphia Prienés of the National Guardian was orpaniced in the spring of 1959 through a Planning Committees of ipproccmately ten members, Another source advised on September 27, 1940, May 2h, 1942 and May 22, 1963, that the Prilideiphia Friends of the Netioncl Guardian was not activated by tre Communist Party of Exs tern Pennsylvania anc Deleware (CPEPD), but is made up ¢ former CP mezbers now known as the "right winr." Tne CP does not direct or cont rol the _organizétion, but the former CP renbers do follew the CP line in their thinking. The organization's aim is to promote the "National Guerdian™ and ite policies; however, it is not a memberchip orgimization. "The "Guide to Subversive Organizations ond Publicationsn » revised and published as of December 1, 1961, by the Comaitice on Un-American Activities, U.S. House 6f Representatives, documents the organizetion iatdonel Guardianil as follows: * NEstablished by the American Lzbor Party in 1947 as a progress- “dive weelcdly. though it denies having any effiliction with the CP, it has manifested itself from the beginning as . virtual official propapenda arm of Soviet Russia." . (Comittes on Un-American Activities, Report "Trial by Treason: The National Committee to Secure Justice for fo ee oe eee tho F Ros SuBERGS and MORTON SOBELLY, August 25, 1956, p.12) “a