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--. - . c. y © Me Ceara it “iacte, Baite. aati: u 7 Cl Ow ae + bere woertlic:. Cremicict a faverce Ja Keslal Mettecs 7 ae ~ APPENDIX cONRRENTIAL NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," revised and published as of Decewber. 1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un- American Activities, United States House of Represent- atives, Washington, D.C., contains the following concerning the National Lawyers Guild: BTTERARTLIOR TE me TB so wena *. : “oy ‘ a aan "National Lawyers Guild "),. Cited as a Communist front. (Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 1311 on the CIO Political Action Committee, March 20, 1944, p. 14S.) "2, Cited as a Communist front which ‘is the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and controlled unions! and which 'since its inception has never failed to rally to the lezal defense of the Communist Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage agents.' (Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 3123 on the National Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950, originally related September 17, 1950.) "3, ‘To defend the cases of Communist lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. Among these organizations are the * * # National Lawyers Guild. When the Communist Party itself is under fire these offer a bulwark of protection.! (Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91.)" Ba et, a 1 wee COMER ER a ae ba AI Tate on to rk a ee a ee oe a cc pM iy ce ett pet tenet