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wat . oa - -« a “ . ‘- . i . ( : ‘ Honorable P. Kenneth 0'Donnell Oo 7 . Ss dinner of the American Youth for Democracy (AYD) at eT San Francisco, California. This letterhead listed fins Edmund Gerald Brown as a member of the Committee in Formation. A confidential informant, who has furnished reliable infor- mation in the past, advised that Edmund Gerald Brown was being considered by the Communist Party in San Francisco as a speaker for this Committee but could furnish no other details in this regard. So _ oo . In March, 1946, this Bureau was furnished a copy of a letter dated Janua 1h, 1946, written by a veterans group at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, which criticized Mr. Brown for permitting his name to be used as a _sponsor_of a banguet held on Noveaber 10,1986, 06-the . -—~ Saint Francis Hotel, San Francisco, in honor of the AYD. In ~*~ reply, Mr. Brown by letter dated February 1, 1946, stated that ~ he knew that the Youngs Communist League (vc) or some similar organization had participated in the formation of the AYD. He stated that he then called an official of the AYD to determine if the organization was either communistic in origin or intent. According to Mr. Brown, the official of the AYD informed him that that organization “was not in any manner, shape or forn communistic although some members of the Young Communist League had at one time belonged." Mr. Brown added, "I have refused at all times to become a sponsor of any organization or any meetings until I first investigated its. background." The AYD and the YCL have been designated pursuant to Executive rder .. . The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army, advised the FBI that on June 14, 1946, the Mobilization for Democracy sponsored a meeting at the _ Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, at wh ch meeting Mr. Brown was a speaker. The Mobilization for Democracy has ‘been cited by the California Committee on Un-American Activities in its Report 1947 as one of the “key communist fronts in California." By letter dated July 5, 1956, Mr. Brown advised this Bureau that he was opposed to any provision giving the individual states the right to prosecute subversives. Mr. Brown stated that he felt the individual states were incapable and inadequately equipped to handle such a job. He added, "I assure you that I recognize the menace 0