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% Demonstrations Protesting United States Intervention in Vietnam ‘1. APPENDIX EMMA LAZARUS FEDERATION OF JEWISH WOMEN'S CLUBS "The Jewish Fraternalist"” dated October, 1947, self identified as the official publication of the Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO) of the International Workers Order (IWO), on page 6, contained an article which reflected that the Emma Lazarus Division (ELD) of the JPFO was to hold its first national convention in New York City on November 15 and 16, 1947, after having been first established at a National Women's Conference called three years previously by the JPFO. The "Morning Freiheit" on January 25, 1951, contained a report of the National Convention of the ELD of the JPFO which took place in New York City on January 20 and 21, 1951. At this convention it was noted that the ELD changed its name to Emma Lazarus Federation of cewish Women's Clubs (ELF) and adopted a new constitution. On May 14, 1964, a source advised that the ELF is one of several mass organizations comprising the Jewish __ cultural progressive movement. The source stated that the ELF claims to be for peace and interested in protecting the rights of the foreign born. It is against the BEN GURION Government of Israel, bomb testing, anti-Semitism, Negro discrimination, and the rearmament of West Germany. . The source related that the ELF renders support to and receives support from the "Morning Freiheit" and other Jewish progressive organizations. The source also stated that the ELF is recognized by the CP, USA, as an important progressive national organization of women. - 20 —