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of the American Student Union with reference to the Reserve . “officers Training Corps declering thet “Our criticism bas been .. _ A@lpected, not at the membership of the ROTC but at the antl- 0 = =. Os... _iebor, anti-democratic bias which the ROTC manuals inatructors = = #8888 ==. .-osag@ exercises have democrated at times. In our effort to safe. ae guend democracy we believe that the members of the ROTC will a - accept their responsibility along with that of the whole campus". - Joseph P. Lash hea been described as the former National Secretery . of the Student League for industrial Democracy and a member of the — National Student Strike Committee. He has aiso been described as = «. @ member of the Administrétive Comulttee of the American Youth - Congress end as a member of the Hoard of Directors of the American « ~ Leegue for Industrial Democracy. He reportedly authored a ; ke publication entitled "Towar@ A ‘Close Shop' On the Campus". aoe Reportedly too, he was a meuber of the Advisory Committee of the . North American *"Comalttee to Aid Spanish Democracy. He has also 4 been described as a member of the Loard of Directors of the ; Publication entitled "New Frontiers" which was issued by the League for industrial Democracy (61~7497-8) The American Student Union has been cited as a Communist _ front by the Special Comittee on Un-American Activities. Oe eee moma! 5a 9ts6: me) 2 1200 OM Meenas ere Ee om ames Stes <2 zygote t of Spe 2 Ap hASTSC Gelli) o New rork; “Now The American Student Union was cited as a “Comnunist front by the Special Comittee on Un-American Activities in its reports of * January 3, 1939, at pege 803; January 3, 1940, at pege 93 June 25, 192, at page 16; end March 29, 194, at page 159, tt has also been cited by the California Comuitgee on Un-American Activities . in its report of 1943, at pege 115, by the Tobe ek pene pee ona! tt on Un-American Activities, in its feport of 1938, at pages //( an 539, and by the RappeCoudert Comnittee in its report of Decceben ly 1941, at pages 1h end 107, end by the Special Sub-Committee of the House Committee on A>propriations in its report of April 21, | 193, at pege 3, the aforementioned North American Committee to aid Spanish Democracy hase also been cited as a Comnunist front by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities in its reports of Jenuary 3, 1940, at page 9; and March 29, 19h), at page 146. It has likewise been cited by the California Comnittee on UneAmerican Activities in its report of 198, at page 3103 and by the Massachusetts House Comnittee on Un-American Activities in its report of 1938, at peges 395, 562 end 563. Arfurther review of the records of this Fett ‘