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- CONF ISRATIAL * Youth Internat ‘al Party, _ Also Known As 21; ‘es ° €) Internal Security - Miscellaneous : | APIENDIX fay Doe ae NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTER (CONT'D) %}, , when he appeared during the Atlanta hearings. * * * WILKINSON has since been convicted of contempt of Congress and sentenced to one year in jail.' 'Disputinz the non-Communist claim of the organization, the committee finds that a number of other individuals connected with the ECLC also have been identified under oath as Communists. * * *? (Committee on Un-American Activities, Annual Report for 1958, House Report 187, March 9, 1959, pp. 34 and 35.) "2.'To defend the cases of Communist law-breakers, 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 * * * Emerzency Civil Liberties Committee. When the Communist Party itself is under fire | these fronts offer a bulwark of protection. ! (Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1954, p. 92.)" —_— "The New York Times", a New York City daily newspaper, in its April 1, 1968, issue, page 13, contained — an item captioned, "Draft Dissenters to Get More Help", which related that at a news conference held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Comnittee (ECLC) on the previous day, it was announced that the organization was changing its name to the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee ane (NECLC) "to reflect our determinaton to develop a vital 7 national civil liberties organization in all 50 states a as rapidly as possible." | NECA 3s 1 rm) City. Loa AGL MAN ST let eae” Pager Meearmas ben Cry ut nes ye ce caepe Y