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aN A ee . Met. td woes Maas ae Wen See Pe a 4 4 ’ “* 4 a a ae TBA at 7. * ‘ Abbott Hoffman CQ YQ Security Matter - Anarchistpppypry 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D) when he appeared during the Atlanta hearings. * * * ';ILKINSON has sinoe 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 1955, 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 she Communist Party itself. Amcng “uese organizations are the * * * Emergency Civil fibervies committee. When the Communis’ Party itself is under fire these fronts offer a tulwarl: of protection. ' (Internal Securiny Sutcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Eendbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91.)" ‘The New York Tines", a New York City daily newspaper, in its April l, 968, 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 Ucmmittee (ECLC) on the previous day, it was announced that the organication was changing its name to the National Em-rgency Civil Liberties Committee (NECLC) "to reflect our determination to develop a vital national civil liberties organization in all 50 states as rapidly as possible," aeernmn =: 2:, O7P NECIC is located at 2 8 ° York City. - 6* «