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EMERGENCY CIVIL LISERTIES COMMITTEE The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications", revised and published as of December 1, 1961, by the Committee on Un- American Activities, U. S. House of Representatives, documents the . Bnergency Civil Liberties Committee as follows: "To defend the cases of Comminist 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 * * * Exergency Civil Liberties Committee. When the Communist Party itself is under fire, these fronts offer a bulwark of protection.” (Internal Security Subcomuittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 92) A source advised December 21, 1957 and January 6 1958 that LEONARD BOUDIN, constitutional lawyer and legal counsel for Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, made a speecn December 20, 1957, accepting the Fhila~ delphia Associates as a group to work with the national organization. This occurred at a Bill of Rignts Lay celebration sponsored ly the Philadelphia Associates, Buergency Civil Liberties Committee, at the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. , A second source advised on May 23, 1962, tnat the Philadelphia Associates have not. been active tne past two years. have no current active - sarvers in Philadelphia. ma