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eee | - . . . 2 . sant ‘. . toe} - eae? SF 116-52286 EOR/Jr ~ NATIONAL LAWYERS. GUILD The Special Committee on Un-American Activities in House Report No, 1311 on the CIO Political Action Committce dated March 29, 1944, page 149, cited tne Wational Lawyers! Guild as a communist front. The Committee on Un-American Activities in House Report No. 3123 on the National Lawyers'Guild dated September el, 1950 (originally released September 17, 1950} cited the National Lawyers’ Guild as a communist front which ‘4s the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and. controlled unions" and. which "since its inception has never failed to rally to the legal defense of the Communist Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage agents". The Internal Security Subeommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in its Handbook for Americans, Senate Document Ne, 117, dated April 23, 1955, page 91, stated that "To defend the cases of communist lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in pehalf of civil liberties and reaching out far peyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. Among these organizations are the * * * National Lawyers! Guild. When the Communist Party itself.is under fire these offer a bulwark of protection". APPENDIX PAGE -~ 21*- pceclats nee upne o pupaee eutieses ues mene ce ne cmuenenmme game tere ere anaes nara Femmnament tes otaee oo age 3 am penne a tae @ RS ABER enc g eeene aeceneeee 2 eter ecene tectee me een nated RRO HRA TIM SEE