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t ¥ 1 1 L t 4 ! é. Pe i. Stanley Levison APPENDIX NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and . Publications," revised and published as of December 1, 1961, prepared and released by tne Com:ittee on Un- Anerican Activities, United States House of Represent- atives, Washington, D,C., contains the following concerning the National Lawyers Guild; "National Lawyers Guild "]. Cited as a Communist front. (Special Conmittee on Un-Arerican Activities, House Report 1311 on the CIO Political Action Committee, March 29, 1944, p. 149.) "2, Cited as a Comrunist front which ‘is the forenost legal bulwark of the Communist Party its front organizations, and controlled unions' and which 'since its inception has never failed to rally tan the legal Aafensa anf the Camooniet hat Sa Wed Cie = heeded Wh 2 edd Tat he whaw ee AT eS ed Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage azents.' (Committee on Un-A erican Activities, House Report 3123 on the National Lawyers Guild, Septenber 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 Coununist 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.)" ‘a , > G <n eee —— . TON TR TORTS RTS 7, a Ne Egy fey A Ap ATES er ate MeN ner em ee AR im