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“COMMCTICUT Act GROUPS Stare POST; 4a, Wsiolation affecting civil Ubertics now béfore the Connecticut ‘State Legis . lature has dram the attention of the Hartford and New Haven branches of ACU, - are making known their support of or opposition to the bills at committee hearings. and through letters to committee chairmen Employment Practices Act, ¢ dations or for employees and to increase the number ‘so that perso’ unable to furnish bail would not hi: before trial, Five b missal of A bill removing: all legal rights, privileges and immunities from the Communi: Party or any other Group having as its purpose the overthrow of the goverment by: force or violence is Opposed by the ACLU chapters because "the outlawing of any : political group is a dangerous precedent! gre . e a : Also opposed is a bill providing fo: Xersonnel, applying to ai the summer months. Persons employed at such their loyalty, under oath, with the Commissioner of State Police, declaring that they; vere not, and never hdd been, members of any organization advocating overthrow Of thi sovernment or acts of force denying other persons their constitutional rights. qT \CLU groups’ stated there is no apparent. danger to the nation's security in this field, the bill relies on guilt by association and the definition of proscribe organizations is broad Snough to pemit varied interpretations, ‘ AVRO MANHATTAN BOCK CALLED NON-MAILABLE BY. POS? OFTICE 4 - _. The United States Post Office clared the book’ "Catholic World Freedom" by Avro Manhattan to be "non-mailable" in this country.” The acti came under a 1940 opinion of the Attorney General interpreting a’ provision’ of he, Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938. The law requires that foreign agents’ this country distributing "political propaganda" remister een icon government.. |. : “te ‘Attorney General's ‘opinion held that such material could be tre ‘as vailable. Under the law political propaganda is defined as including matter whiél esigned’ to "promote in the United States racial, religious or ‘social dissens. inder the same law... . : * © NOatholic Inperialism and’world Freedom was Pisct published in 1952 by id Co. of London, England and had circulated freely’ in this country until th €195W when the Post Office decided it was no longer mailable, a Ste. . o aene) Beate . . 1 . “nstatyene Otter hand, the Post Office has been permitting’litrabise, rescicé stitutions and certain individuals to receive sinilar material for use “in their Welalined work. In addition, regular deliveries are made to duly registered agen foréten governments who handle ‘these publications, een .