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Fage 2 aA > a ens Your Committee also examined files of the Daily Worker and the New York Times from the date of the organization of AYD to the present time, and read numerous reports of congressional committees and of others engaged in investigating so-called un-American activities. In addition, your Committee sent letters of inquiry to the following | persons and organizations: ke 5 National Headcuarters, AYD, National Association of Vanufacturers, :; Wational Chamber of Commerce, Naval Intelligence Service, Army Inte ligence Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, The New Republic, The Nation, Christian Science Fonitor, Py, Colurbia University, Frooklyn College, Queens College, University of Utah, Wichigan State 7 College, University of Vichigan, University of Chicago, University of Bee Wisconsin, Ney York University, University of Washington at Seattle, “ge Life, Fleanor}Reosevelt, and University of California. ana rt re Or S be In each of these letters the addressee was informed of the appoint- : a ment of the Committee and its purroses, and the desire of the ce in cach case wes invited to send to the Committee information con- cerning the origin, motivations, and purposes of AYD. As of the date of this report, the Committee has received replies from all of the letters except those sent to the National Association of Panufacturers, Navel Intelligence, Army Intelligence, The New Republic, Christian Seience Fonitor, University of Celifornia, and Eleanor Roosevelt. i The letter to Prs. Roosevelt was sent only a few days ago. She has 7 oe hardly hed time to respond. In view, however, of your request for a { prompt report, we have decided not to wait for this and other possible replies. Pet, wre s From the hearings, our own investigations, and. the replies to our letters we have accurulated a considerable amount of material regard- ing AYD. Some of the inforration is confidential, and some has been returned to its source, bvt much of the material will be kept in our won files where it will be available if evidence confirratory of our find- ae ings is needed. Certain other evidence has also been micro-filmed - and is available in the files of the University Library. Bott Turning now to your specific questions, our answer to your first ue guestion is that the Colorado Tom Paine Chapter.of AYD is a student organization controlled by regularly enrolled students in the University. In giving this answer, we feel that a distinction must be made between the word "controlled" and the word “influenced". By the terms of Article IV of the Constitution of the national organiza- tion, each club selects its own name, elects its own officers, and is -v+hericed to draw its by-lavs in conforrity with the National Consti- tution of AYD. There is nothing in the National Constitution of AYD militating against democratic operation of the local clubs, which are authorized to conduct such activities as may be decided by the majorit; U-717- 8 F a a es TT rresigent noberu . f oF rns 4 C) 23667 ~ - Committee to make a complete and impartial investigation. The address- Se me ee ee Oe ee ee , 4 itr f*