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O QE TS) 4. & & E i : Mrs. Alberta Ahearn, 23i1 Payne Street, Louisviile, Kentucky, a self-2dmitted former member of the Communist Party (CP) Louisviiie, Kentucky. testified cr December 11, 1954, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Criminal Court in a State sediticn prosecution against Carl James Braden. Sne identified Carl James Braden and his wife, Anre McCarty Braden, as having been known to her as members of CP from January, 1951, to December, 1954. A source advised on March 2, 1961, that Claude Lightfoot, a Communist Party functionary, stated at a meeting of the Communist Party in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 25, 1961, that the Com- munist’ Party has some indirect influence in SCEF. A second source, familiar with some phases of Communist Party activity in the New Orleans area, advised on June 3, 1966, that during the time that the SCHW was in existence, members of the Communist Party were members of and worked actively in the SCHW; however, since the formation of the SCEF, Communist Farty members have not been encouraged to work in SCEF. The source stated that the SCEF is a progressive, Ziberal or ganization because it has gone along with the Communist Party on certain issues, par- ticularly on the racial issue. A third source advised on May 25, i865, that George Meyers, a Communist Party functionary, expressed great admiration for Carl and Anne Braden and SCEF, which they head. He said SCEF is the best organization in the South as far as doing effective work is concerned ard that they have a better idea of what they are doing, where they 2re heading, and they influence other or~ TAnigatinne far tha hetter Sessa tions «05 whe oecier,. The second source also advised cr June 3, 1966, that many people who are officials and supporters of the SCEF, while liberal in their views, are by nc means Cemmunists. The April, 1969, issue of SP iists the editorial and’ business offices of SCEF as 3210 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky; its office of publication 150 Tenth Avenue, North, Nashville, Tennessee; Eastern offices 799 Broadway. New York. =e eS asses Veot wes SDS ead ad oe ss 5 New York; ‘and its Western office 5889 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. he {i SE eer = sa Se RN Naga ee ae - eats, aiele SD ena