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FFG ARG t-taww 3 m1 ¢ ~~ (Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 31223 on the National Lawyers Guild, soco 21, 1950, originally released September 17, 9 3. “To defend the cases of Communist lawbreakers, habalf _ —~- «: « .. {mente have been deviaed making sncoiel annaalas. in . en. See ee ow ee 2S of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines" — of the Communist Party iteelf. 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, 8. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91.) Lawyers Guild Review 1. Cited as "an official organ of the National Lavyers Guild." (Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 3123 on the National Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950, originally released September 17, 1950, p. 13.) Concerning the Progressive Citizens of America (California branches) the Guide contained the following infor- mation: 1. Cited as a Communist front. The “initial meeting" of the Progressive Citizens of America at the Embassy Auditorium in the City of Los Angeles on the evening of February 11, 1947, was actually a consolidation of the National Citizens Political Action Committee and the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions. (California Joint Pact-Finding Committee on Un=- Anerican Activities, Report, 1947, pp. 234-240, wet Aetirre Ae Sere 4 04 a wa Ae ew Mareh” 29, 1944, p. 149.) 2. Cited as a Communist front which "is the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front otfon bast and controlled Ainions" and which "since ite inception has never failed to rally to the legal defense of the Communist * Party and ingividual members thereof, including known espionage a Te - ERY