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, res) a . L a) penowsratroxs © soresrmxe UNITED STATES C : : INTERVENTION IN VIET NAM : : . EBSRSENCY CIVIL L TES COMATIES Tne "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications", revised and published as of Decexber 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 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 * * * Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. When the Communist Party itself is under fire, these fronts offer & bulwark of protection." : (Internal Security Subcomaittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1956, p. 91) A source advised December 21, 1957 and January 6, 1958 that LEONARD BOUDIN, constitutional lawyer and legal counsel for Emergency Civ: Liberties Committee, made a speech December 20, 1957, accepting the Phila- delphia Associates as a group to work with the national organization. Thi occurred at @ Bill of Rights Day celebration sponsored by the Philadelphi: Associates, Energency Civil Liberties Committee, at the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. 2 A second source advised on May 23, 1962, that the Philadelphia ~ Associates havé not been active in the past two years, have no current — active membership and do not maintain a headquarters in Philadelphia.