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Karte tlk ee wr ea Ee RR ae a Oats Ré- Communist Party, United States of America Negro Question Comminist Influence In Racial Matters Internal Security - ¢ a! ATI AL lL APPENDIX Re Cat rr NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," revised and publishece as of December 1, 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: "National Lawyers Guild "1, Cited as a Communist front. (Special Committee on Un-American ; Activities, House Report 1311 on the CIO Political Action Committee, March 29, 1944, p. 146.) "Od, Cited as a Communist front which ‘is the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and controlled wnions' 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, fo defend the cases of Communist lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in behaif 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.)" -~ 10 = ah *™ COPRIENTIAL ee Me es oe ee ae