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“132 °° | Sotivities; Treasurer of National Civil Liberties Bureau; Was member of the Council of the Fellowship of Reconciliation; Vice-Chairman of the Liberty Defense Union. : : ROGER N, BALDWIN, Direotor, ‘Served one year in fail for. "dodging draft", An. intelleotual anarchi at} |Director. of Civil Liberties Bureaus Author of "The Congoientious Ob- eotor" and letter. in:re.I,W.W.3 Member league for Honesty}: Officer merican Union Against Militariam, ‘Indicted charged with misrepresenta- pion in soliciting members for.a colony in. Siberia founded by William D. laywood.. . Reported to have informed the Communists, I.W.W,.'s, Syndicalists and Anarchists in this country to go ahead and do.as they pleased, not to worry about raids and other interference, ag he would notify them in ample time in case the authorities contemplased getting busy; with his money bringing Syndicalist. and Anarchist propaganda literature -f rom Englamd, Germany, Italy and Spain; Attempted to broadoast proraganda over radio in New York, but-‘so far, ‘has failed; "'Chargéd by Ratiway Review with being "the American Representative of: the Third International, which he denied, @aying:‘he' did not belong to the Communist Party. Member of National Committee of "Labor Defense Council " with Debs, Eliz beth G. Flynn, etc. . Organizer of People's Council in which capacity he wrote to the Communist, Louis P. Lochner, "We want also to look like patriots in everything we. do.” . : . Trustee of Garland fund; Board of editors "Labor Publication Society"; Contributor to the "Nation" and'one- of Committee of One Hundred to wel- come Oewald G. Villard ‘back to: Amert ises requested to make an official statemé 1 poses and activities o the A.C.L.U. he -said, ."Extreselons: of opinion include any language, -even 4f ite logical’ consequences lead others to the execution: of such (overt): lacts, is legitimately within ‘our“oonception of free speech. For exanpl the advocacy of murder, unaccompanied by any act, is within the legiti- mate scope. of free speech. ..I would:say, on behalf of ‘the entire committ| that all ‘of them believe in the right of ‘persons to advocate the over-- ithrow. of government by force and, violenge... Laws purporting to ‘prevent. the. overthrow of government ‘by force and violence are violations of: the « right of free speech. There should, be no prosecution for expression of aentiments between radicals, however viblent." Stet : .. . ALBYRT DF SILVER, Assooiate Direotor. repeal of Criminal Syndioalism laws, release of g0-called political prisoners, raising of funds for the ‘defense of I.W.W.,. etc. One of Committee of One Hundred to welcome editor of Nation" to America; Membe of Intercollegiate Socialist Society; Member of Joint Amnesty Committee, with Lea Follette, John A. Ryan and others. One of the signers of the "Ad" in the "Nation", Jan, 2, 1924, “A Challenge to the Friends of Frés | , Speech"; Officer, yeague.for Industrial Demooraoy. \ | Gives constant efforts toward movements advocating "freedom of speech", | coveascensr rawr mnce T1169