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On March 18, 19h0s liberals, headed by Rober of the Virgin Islands, signed an open letter to the Anerican Civil Liberties Union~urging it to resetne a rescélution to purge the organization of Communists. The open letter waa signed by a number of’ persons including Professor Robert S. Lyn : letter stated in parts; "In the past loyalty 0. the Bill of Rights in America had been the sole require= ment imposed by the Civil Liberties Union on tts members and its offtcers;" and that the phrasing of the resolution wos 80 wide ag to make the organi- zation seem “a fellow traveler of the Dies Committees” fhe letter concluded by stating: "fhe Ciuil Liberties — Union wos formed tn 1920 to fight post-war Ayeteria. — It would be a great pity if tt were now to become vietin af pre-war hysteria." | Milwaukee reports 1loxG«d2 Res Defense Comnittes for | ‘Ctuil Rightes American Ctutl. Libertiea Union, Internal Seourtty (ayo Reee page i9