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Tae oan weed ETL nin et Ale a an 6 . SF .116-52286 The Communist Party, USA, has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pur- suant to Executive Order 10450. An article appearing in the August 9, 1945, issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, page 9, column 2, announced that . District Attorney EDMUND G, BROWN had been elected one of the five Vice Presidents of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers' Guild. A characterization of the National Lawyers’ Guild is appended hereto. In November, 1945, San Francisco Qj, who is unavailable for recontact, furnished a letterhead entitled, "Salute to lp? Young America Committee", which was a committee, according to the letterhead, to sponsor a second anniversary dinner of the pw) American Youth for Democracy in San Francisco, California. The letterhead listed EDMUND G. BROWN as a member of the Committee in Formation. au stated that EDMUND G. BROWN was being considered by the Communist Party in San Francisco as a speaker for this committee. QP furnished no further details. A copy of the above mentioned letterhead is attached, marked “Exhibit D." The American Youth for Democracy has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450. In March, 1946, San Francisco @jadvised that in January, 1946, the Qnicron Epsilon Society, a student veterans society at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, addressed letters to persons whose names appeared as sponsors for the banquet honoring the American Youth for Democracy held Saturday, November 10, 1945, at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, stating they could not believe they knowingly gave their consent to be used in support of the American Youth for 4 Democracy and asking them for a written expression on their stand on the American Youth for Democracy. furnished a copy of the letter written to EDMUND G. BROWN which was dated January 10, 1946. Ge 21s furnished a Photostat of the reply of EDMUND G. OWN dated February 1, 1946, in which he stated he knew that the Young Communist League or some similar organization had participated in the formatien of the American Youth for Democracy and that he had called an official of the American Youth for Democracy and asked her if it was Communistic in either origin or intent. According to BROWN, the official -~3-