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© NY 100-161445 me “} Anwar ol APPENDIX Orn NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," revised and published 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 "]. Cited as a Communist front. (Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 1311 on the ; CIO Political Action Conmittee March 29, 1944, p. 149.) ; i ~ "2, Cited as a Communist front which ‘is rn ae the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party, its front organizations, and controlled unions! and which ‘since its inception has never failed to rally to the legal defense of the Communist Party and individual members thereof, A4ncluding knowm espionage agents.' (Committee on Un-American Activities, _ House Report 3123 on the National 4 Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950, originally related September 17, 1950.) )- "3, 'To defend the cases of Communist ’ lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals {oa behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. ' co _ : 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 ems for Awericans , S. Doc, 117, April 23, ae 1956, p. 92.)° | a | .