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nO re er a tre wap can vtdwedd in Q. EMERGENCY CIVIL LINERTINS CO“ TTEE The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications", revised and published as of December 1, 1961, oy the Committee on Un- American Activities, U. S. House of Representatives, documents the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee as follows: "To defend the cases of Communist lawbreakers, fronts have been devised making special appeals in behalf of civil liberties and reaching out far beyond the confines of the Communist Party itself. Among these organizations are the * # # Energency Civil Liberties Committee. When the Communist Party itself is under fire, these fronts offer a bulwark of protection." (Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91) ‘A source advised December 2, 1957 and January 6, 1958 that LEONARD BOUDIN, constitutional lawyer and legal counsel for Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, made a speci December 20, 1957, accepting the Phila~ delphia Associates as a group tr with the” national organization. This occurred at a Bill of Rights Du; “ebration sponsored -by the Philaielphia Associates, Emergency Civil Lilu r.ies Committee, at the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. A second source advised on May 23, 1962, that the Philadelphia Associates have not bes 4ctive in tne pas. years, have no current active membership ana +. not mainsain a he: arters in Philadelphia.