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LI b3 e | @ a An article appearing in the 8/9/45 issue of the "San Francisco Chronicle" announced that Brown had been elected vice president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). The NLG has been cited as a communist front by the House Committee on Un-American I Activities. (100-7321-879) { Memorandum to The Director Re: Edmund Gerald Brown This Bureau is in possession of a letterhead entitled "Salute } to Young America Committee," which was a committee, according to the ! letterhead, to sponsor a second anniversary dinner of the American Youth i for Democracy (AYD) at San Francisco. This letterhead lists Brown as : a member of the Committee in Formation. The informant who made the j letterhead available to this Bureau stated that Brown was being considered by the Communist Party (CP) in San Francisco as a speaker for this com- ; mittee (no further details available). QD 2782497 9) \ 2 7 In 3/46, this Bureau was furnished a copy of a letter dated 1/10/46, written by a veterans group at the University of San Francisco, i which criticized Brown for permitting his name to be listed as a sponsor. of a banquet on 11/10/45, at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, in honor of the AYD. In reply, Brown by letter dated 2/1/46 stated that he knew that the Young Communist League (YCL) or some similar organization had participated in the formation of the AYD. He then called an official of the AYD to detexmine if it was communistic in either origin or intent. According to Brown, the official advised him tiat the AYD "was not in any Manner, shape or form communistic altnough some members of the Young Communist League had at one time belonged." Brown added, "I have refused at all times to become a sponsor of any organization or any meeting until I first investigated its background." The AYD and the YCL have been designated by the AG of the U. S. pursuant to E.O. 10450. (62-76249-1% The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, U. S. Army, has advised this Bureau that on 6/14/46, the Mobilization for Democracy sponsored a public meeting at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, at which Brown spoke. The Mobilization for Democracy has i been cited as one of the "key communist fronts in California," by the California Committee on Un~American Activities, Report 1947. (106-343748-9) \ ! Hy i ‘ Brown advised this Bureau, on 7/5/56 that he was opposed to any provision giving the individual states the right to prosecute subversives. He felt that they were incapable and inadequately equipped to handle such | a job. He added, "I assure you that I recognize the menace of subversive , activities aud I desire to do all in my power to aid and assist you as : well as other security agencies of our Government." (62-76249-32) Tt is not believed the following information should be dis- seminated ati.this time to AEC because while it constitutes intelligence informatio elates for the most part to "fringe" activity on (Ss) the part of BroWn many years ago; namely, the efforts of the commurists to use Brown for their purposes and to enlist his aid on behalf of we Se ee nme ee nee