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APPENDIX 1 RATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD , ‘ CHICAGO CHAPTER , rn , A source advised on May 14, 1964, that it was his under- standing that the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) was formed around 1936 in New York City and that the Chicago Chapter of the NLG (CCNLG), which is affiliated with the natimal group in New York, was formed shortly thereafter, possibly in 1937, by a group of liberal progressive lawyers in protest against activities of the American Bar Association which tha@ claimed was a non-liberal, non~-progressive organization. The CCNLG has no established head- quarters but occasionally uses the return address of its officials on literature, The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," revised and published December 1, 1961, by the Committee on Un- American Activities, U.S, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., states as follows on page 121 concerning the NLG: "1. ‘Cited as a Communist front. (Bpecial Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 1311 on the CIO Political Action Committee, March 29, 1944, p. 149.) _¢ “2. Cited as a Communist front which ‘is the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and antrolled unions’ and which ‘since its inception has never failed to rally to the legal defense of the Communist Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage agents.' + (Committee on Un-American Activities, House ' Report 3123 on the National Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950, originally related September 17, 1950.) "3. ‘To defend the casss of Communist lawbreakers, fronts have been Gevised making epecial appeais im behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. Among these organczaticns are the * * * National ' Lawyers Guild. When the Communist Party itself is under fire these offer a bulwark of protection. (Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, 8. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956. PB. 91, "- APPENDIX - 15 - a