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a i. ee “ Sn ee a Menorandu: for the Director ie ice “3 Such saterial is, of course, circunstantiel but is in no way conclusive. = “The author ascuces, without proving, that the front organizations, wp it ‘ported by certain individuals, are Communist in character. | Substantially all of the information contained in the book bas already appeared in newspaper and magasine articles or in other books. ‘The author has elongated « few facts into a book of 402 paces. Fhenever kr. lyons approached a subject having substance and depth, . he diamissed the facts relating to such a subject matter by pointing ol»... oat that they are too deep to be treated in a book of this character. “ _-* This may be true but it leads to the conclusion that the author has r superficial } owl edge | of Gay-to-day Comomion in the Urited States. This is further torn cut in go Ya as thé suthor refers to events and incidents in order to enable him to enter into a lengthy dis- cussion which coneists only of his opinion or the opinions of others. In so far as documentation or authentication are concerned there is no substantiation beyond public knowledge of the facts which he discusses. The author Las referred to such docunents as the tal- an lowings The Hew Lead * — » _ __. The Daily” Yorker* "The American vercury* "The Kew International" "Soviet Hussia Today®* "The Kation® | "The Congresaional hecord* and others. ey ee Sepa emen te oe These publications or documents, however, ¢G not contesn proof but sre used only in support of the author's thesis. They do lus constitute proof any more than does "The Ped Decade" itself. The_conclusion is inescapable that the object of lr. lyons ted Decade" ie to Le te expose bat not to proves tt.