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_ -The following is quoted from a photostatic CO] of a portion of a respmeprepared by the anti-C moun group of the Actors Equity Association ang. fuer Bureau on a confidential basis by (no date specified): "American Russian Institute Russian Institute" (S cmarmmcassumtetoen been affiliated with the- American Russian Imstitute, a Communist front organizati which for 20 years has been engaged in disseminating pro. Soviet propaganda in the United States. ; "The Board of Directors of the ARI is composed — exclusively of persons who have extensive records as_ =: Communist fellow travelers. The record of one of these directors, Samuel J, Novick, has been discussed in some detail in the section of this memorandum which deals with the American Committee for Spanish Freedom. Other directors of the ARI who have especially Jone recordc of | emmun 1s t 2 ation are Robert S. Lynd she, . Mr. Ladd, TB, Sov ‘Re: "Aneriean 7 —_ . Russian Institute." i , mS . oo Ghee =