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===National Civil Liberties Bureau===

===National Civil Liberties Bureau===

The ACLU began as the National Civil Liberties Bureau (NCLB), a committee of the American Union Against Militarism (AUAM), a Socialist front group established to exploit antiwar sentiment during World War I.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2012/09/the-birth-of-the-civil-liberties-bureau-and-the-national-civil-liberties-bureau1917-1919/ |title=The Birth of the Civil Liberties Bureau and The National Civil Liberties Bureau,1917-1919 |date=September 5, 2012 }}</ref> AUAM was co-founded by Morris Hillquit, a Latvian immigrant lawyer who served as liaison between the Socialist International and the Socialist Party of the U.S.<ref>Michael Kazin, quoted in Juliet Kleber, "[https://newrepublic.com/article/141647/opposition-world-war-one-galvanized-left How Opposition to World War I Galvanized the Left]," ''The New Republic'', March 28, 2017</ref> In 1919, the American Socialist Party expressed official support for the Kremlin's fledgling Communist International,<ref>"The Socialist Party of the United States, therefore, declares itself in support of the Third (Moscow) International..." Document No. 7: "Minority Report Adopted by Overwhelming Party Vote on Referendum on Submission to the Emergency National Convention Held at Chicago, September, 1919," reprinted in Joint Legislative Committee of the State of New York Investigating Seditious Activities, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vq0XAAAAYAAJ Revolutionary Radicalism: Its History, Purpose and Tactics]'', Part I, Vol. I (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1920), p. 626</ref> and the following year applied for membership in the Comintern.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1920/0312-bran-applicationtoci.pdf Application of the Socialist Party of America for Membership in the Communist International], March 12, 1920</ref> That year, the NCLB changed its name to ACLU.

The ACLU began as the National Civil Liberties Bureau (NCLB), a committee of the American Union Against Militarism (AUAM), a Socialist front group established to exploit antiwar sentiment during World War I.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2012/09/the-birth-of-the-civil-liberties-bureau-and-the-national-civil-liberties-bureau1917-1919/ |title=The Birth of the Civil Liberties Bureau and The National Civil Liberties Bureau,1917-1919 |date=September 5, 2012 }}</ref> AUAM was co-founded by Morris Hillquit, a Latvian immigrant lawyer who served as liaison between the Socialist International and the Socialist Party of the U.S.<ref>Michael Kazin, quoted in Juliet Kleber, "[https://newrepublic.com/article/141647/opposition-world-war-one-galvanized-left How Opposition to World War I Galvanized the Left]," ''The New Republic'', March 28, 2017</ref> In 1919, the American Socialist Party expressed official support for the Kremlin's fledgling Communist International,<ref>"The Socialist Party of the United States, therefore, declares itself in support of the Third (Moscow) International..." Document No. 7: "Minority Report Adopted by Overwhelming Party Vote on Referendum on Submission to the Emergency National Convention Held at Chicago, September, 1919," reprinted in Joint Legislative Committee of the State of New York Investigating Seditious Activities, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vq0XAAAAYAAJ Revolutionary Radicalism: Its History, Purpose and Tactics]'', Part I, Vol. I (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1920), p. 626</ref> and the following year applied for membership in the Comintern.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1920/0312-bran-applicationtoci.pdf Application of the Socialist Party of America for Membership in the Communist International], March 12, 1920</ref> That year, the NCLB changed its name to ACLU.

In 1924, William J. Burns, former director of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigations (precursor of the FBI), testified before Congress:

In 1924, William J. Burns, former director of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigations (precursor of the FBI), testified before Congress: