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--= note _~— am stm { - A ee oe Creare : cee eee eet - « * v Abbott H. "Hoffman C ra) - APPENDIX NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D) vhen 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 ECLC also have been identified under oath as Communists.* * #! (Committee on Un-American Activities, Annual Report for 1956, House Report 187, March 9, ah and 25. } 14050 wh A573 Poe OT SA Oe | "2,'Po defend the cases of Communist law-breakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in behalf of civil Lizerties and reaching out far beyond the continss of the Communist Party itself. Ameouc taese organizations are the * *# * Emerzeonev Divid Libervies committee, When the Couitumins Pasty itself is under fire these fronts offer a bulwark of protestion. ' (Internal Sesuriv; Subcemmiviee of the Senate Judiciary Commistee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc, 117, April 23, 1956, p. g2.)" "fhe New York Pines", a New York City dally newspaper, in its April l, 968, issue, page 13, contained an item captioned, "Lraft Dissenters to Get More Help", which related that at a news cenference held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Ucmmittee (ECLC) on the previous day, it was announced that ~.e organization was changing its name to the Naticral Erorgency Civil Liberties Committee (NECIC) “to reflect our determination to develop a vital national civil liberties organization in all 50 states as rapidly as possibile." C ti(i‘“‘“‘i‘(‘(‘é;C;C CR NECLO is Pocevea ae o> EASt eoth Street, New York City. - ye