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PR ari CD en Pind Thea s aye WEsee os See fret} ey a Pa ea ‘al _ ‘48 fs APPENDIX sme) “Abbott Wowerd Hol ian 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL ‘LIPERLIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D) vhen he appeared during the Atlanta hearings, * * * WILKINSON has sinse been convicted of coni vempt of Congress and sentenced to one year in gail.' ‘Disputing 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 1956, House Report 167, March 9, 1959, pp. 34 and 35.) '2,'To defend the cases of Communist law-breakers, fronts have bee: devised raking special appeals in behalf Or. civil 2c erties and reaching out far beyond © 71 curtis of Une Communist Party itseit, Ars ese orgecauations are the eH He Ener eect Gives fdice bes wonnas cee. When the Cosmmurce Ps ‘J jo:ulec as ursar fire these fronts ¢fter oa hulwour of protession,! (Internal Sezuriv; Guceen: thee cf the: Senate Judiciary Cositictre, Hanglook for Americens, S. Doc. 117, Aprit 23, 1955, p. 9g1.)" "Phe New York Pius", @ New York City daily newspaper, in its AES 1, “968, iscsi, page 13, contained an item captioned, “Craft 7% Sse veers to Get More Help", which related that at anes nuference held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Cooma tee (ECLC) on the previcus . day, it was announced vhat vhne organization was changing ; its name to the Naticnal Erergency Civil Liberties Committee (NECLC) "to reflect cur detzrmination to develop a vital national civil liberties organization in all 50 states 4A ‘i as rapidly as po ssible, NECIC is located 4 5 East 26th Street, New York City.