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NY 100-161445 " . J s ° . wn a - a o } i : bd APPENDIX 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D) oe of when he appeared during the Atlanta hearings. * #* * VILKINSON has since been convicted of contempt of Congress and sentenced to one year in jail.' : ‘Disputing the non-Communist claim of the organization, the committee finds that a number of other individuals connected with the ECIC also have been identified under Oath as Communists.* * #! (Committee on Un-American Activities, Annual ; Report for 1956, House Report 187, March 9, _ 1959, pp. 34 and 35.) . — "2,'To defend the cases of Communist law-breakers, Paes fronts have heen devised making special appeals in behalf ov civil Jicarties anc reaching out far beyond ine cortliciuis of “he Commamist Party itself. Aric saese organizations are the *# *# * Emerecney Givi TAbecvies Tomm* atee, “When the Couwmimirs Pasty dvetl? is urvier fire these fronts cffor oe budwart of svotestion,! (Internal Scsuriry Suseommittee of the Senate Judiciary Corinictze, Handiouk for Americans, S. Doc. 117, Apri 23, 1956, p. 91.)" a ad . “The New York Tinos", a New York City daily ies newspaper, in its Apriil, :965, iscue, pase 13, contained an item captioned, “Lraft Dissenters to Get More Help", which related that at 2 nz.; conference held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (ECLC) on the previous . day, it was announced Uthat ne organization was changing ™, its name to the Naticnual Exorgency Civil Liberties Committee (NECLC) "to reflect our detzrmination to develop a vital national civil liberties organization in all 50 states as rapidly as possible." GE... 07D NECIC is located at 25 East eu, Nev York City. Th