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_ ( ; _s Atbott Howard Hof{ ‘in © on . APPENDIX 2: NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D) when he appeared during the Atlanta hearings. * # * ‘;,ILKINSON 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 cath 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 heen devised raking special appeals - in behalf ov civ.1 Jinarties and reaching out a far beyond tne contigs of “he Communist _ Party itse?f. Amines “aese orginizatitons are the * * * Emerzeney Surni Tike sl ies Comm -tee, When the Couruntos Yaoty dveciz? is urver fire these fronts cfficr @ rulwa:c of protecsion.' nes (Internal Sccurivy; Suseommistee of the Senate ee . Judiciary Cunsimictee, tandlLook for Amesicans, : 8. Doe. 117, Apr: i 23, 1940, p. 92.)" z; "The New York Tinos", a New York City daily - -f newspaper, in its Apri. 1, :968, iscue, page 13, contained ~_& an item captioned, “[:sft Dissenters to Get More Help", which related that at a ne.'s cenference held by the 4 Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (ECIC) on the previous - day, it was announcéd that ne organization was changing —s its name to the Naticral Exorgency Civil Liberties Committee — (NECLC) "to reflect cur detsrmination to develop a vital : national civil liberties organization in all 50 states as rapidly as possible.” EE EE — 8 a st 26th reet, New York City. 3*° "1 a a San EMTs Meee TO PNE, COS ON ee TONGS Ta RT SABRE DER TOAST, MET TT edt SR ae tS tia ase . “ be te ha SS ae A ee it eae ce Aaa el Te a te en a ee iS