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eens hee hi. _ t TO DIRECTCR, FSI DATE - & , 1950 al FROM : GUY FCTIEL, SAC, Washington Field S| r- ; 4 a ane, Le SUBJECT: AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION. + * > 7 oe fr: INFORMATION CONCERNING . i \ a ' “ a = iN COPIES RO4auc 34° 1962 | \ t . tee ad On. Vasch 22, 1950 wes intervierea concerning the-Nuticnal Civil Liberties Clearing House. He had previously advised telephonically that he had some information concerning this organization. In addition to the information concerning | the Nationsl Civil Liberties a Clearing House which is being furnished to the Bureau in &@ separate Sete GEMMREMEY Purnisned the following information concerning Anericans for Democratic Action: GUMMY stated thet he wss ite a ra emplcyed in the CSS on a pertetimne basis, He suid that b concerned about whether ATA. wes a subversive orgenization. ad was advised that it would not be possible to furnish such information, and he said that +.. he was concerned about it because he did not wish to risk being i essociated with the organization if it were subversive in nature. 2°. a student He ~ who had previously spent, efter his service in the Army; asserted thet he did not believe ADA was as harmless or innocuous as it seemed. He said that he could not - cite any specific instances or reasons for that atatement except that the tone of the conversstion in tho office was such that me bhn tori eIN~ . . had reason to be Suspicious of it. Hye aaserted tha SEY {OUR EI will» listed on an ADA Study Trips Abroed pamphlet as a Student for — ue lemocratic Action, talked glibdly of Marxism and other topics which —— associated with the fellovers of Communism. He said that 6 general tenor of conversation in the office was highly critic F.F.I. He also said thet conversation was generally pro When interviered, brought with him 8 list of wmoK rece. Ahem A fe fra Gataman af 1440 eT ees in ADA Study Laps Abroad in the Sumer of is4ay,. liat of. those who had inyuired about trips being, conducted for 1950, and literature put out by ADA Study Trips Abroed concern: these 1950 trips. In addition he brought a copy of a letter «hic he said he had obtained for his own information, because thlz muca. ’ 10D-14388 | XN \st RS oer a 4 3 . ; (Ap. Regence” RECORDED « 83 Ke # INDEXED - BL we, oS