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wel tke ree oe ‘ The "auide te Subversive Orgéarizations and Publications", revised ant published as of Dececber 1, 1961, by the Comzittee on Un-Anericar Activi- ties, U. S. House of Representatives, Gocuments the Emergency Civil Liberties Comittee as follows: "To ceten , oe a he of Commrnist dawbreakers, frents have been ‘“AS€5 devises making spe appeals in behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far bevond the confine ines “of the Communist Party itself. Among these crganiza- tions ére the * * # Emergency Civil Liberties Comittee. When the Communist Farty itself is uncer fire, these fronts offer a bulwark of protection." es re) 8 a. (Internel Security Subcommittee of the Senate Juciciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91) A source advised December 21, 1957 and Jamary 6, 1958 that LEONARD BOUDIN, constitutional lawyer and legal counsel for Emergency Civil Liberties Comittee, made a speech December 20, 1957, accepting the Philadelphia Associates as & group to work with the national organization. -This occurred at a Bill of Rights Day celebration sponsored by the Philadelphia Associates, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, at the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphis. A second source advised on May 23, 1962 that the Philadelphia Associates have not been active in the past two years, have no current active menbership and do not maintain a headquarters in Philadelphia.