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NY 100-25857 , C: as advised that on May 26, 1954, a rally was held by the Committee to Restore PAUL a ROBESON's Passport at the Renaissance Ballroom, New York |. City. Acecrding to the program consisted of a drama- hh | tization of the events which brought ROBESON into conflict ._ © /[> with the State Department over his passport. continued © that a collection was taken up, but the amount was undetermined, no On QE 2cyicea that as of April 20, 1955, the Committee to Restore PAUL ROBESON's Passport still eceupte! office space at 139 West 126th Street, New York . City, but had not been active for approximately ten months, thet dete CEE 2201503 that as of —————— that date, the Committee to Restore PAUL ROBESON's Passport was located in Suite 6, 139 West 126th Street, New York City, in the same office espace occupied by Freedom Associates, — Freedom Associates has been previously described. _ Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (ECLC) The "Daily Worker" issue of Octoter 8, 1951, .- page 1, columns 4 and 5, in an article entitlea, "150 Notables Form Emergency Civil Liberties Committee", reflected tha the formation of the ECLC had been announced on October 7, 1951. This article pointed out that the purposes of the . organization would be to mobilize public opinion in support of the traditional American Constitutional guarantees of civil ane liberties and to render aid to victims of abridgement of these ~ iiberties in politics, education and professions, a — . Writing in "Political Affiars" issue of August .-.. . 19, 1954, ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN, convicted Communist Party 9" functionary, referred to the ECLC as one of the "forces ee carrying on the defense of the Bill of Rights today." _ ~