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leavad Liberties Bureau and the IT WoW were intimate. -It was and has. been) : [—— Consefentious objectors were organized in the sanpss— The moving spirit of the organizing activities of the National Civil Liberties Union was ite Girector, Roger N. Baldwin, and a good example of his type of mind can ‘be gained from advisory letter. of August, 1917, to Louis : Lochner, . in reference to the People's Council Convention’: . meee "We want to look like patriots in everything we do, We want to get a good lot of flags, talk a good deal about the Constitution sand what ouy forefathers wanted to make of this country, and to show that we are ree the folke that really stand for the spifit of our institutions." Roger Baldwin.was sentenced for violation.of the ‘Selective Service Act in 1928,. and. after his conviotion the National Civil Liberties Bureau - continued its activities; some of the officers listed on. Nov, 18, 1918, reas follows: L, Hollinsworth Wood, Chairman; Norman M, Thomae, Vioe= . chat rman; Helen Phelps Stokes, Treas.3 Albert de Silver, Director; i4lidam..D Simpson, Walter.Nelles, John. Hay There ere many exampleg to illustrate that the relations. of the: ost active in raising defense funds for the I.W.W. and in securing “pad for Wiliam De Heyaood, alao in spreading publicity. The mailing list lof the Bureau was “put. ‘at the 4 da aposal of Haywood and the pamphet "The heath | Adout the I.¥.¥,", written by I,W.W. apologists, was Publi shed and lgiven wide oiroulation. , ‘ The Nation@l Civil Liberties Bureau continued ‘ite activities uptiy Ate reorganization into the Amertosa @ivia Liberties Union, On January pa, 1920, the reorganization wag effected in order to deal with the new hepects of the eivil liberties since ‘the Armistice, partioularly the jmany state laws and Local ‘ordinances restricting free speech and free | ‘covmoner ranrow orcs T1160 _ Sasemblage.