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National Federation for Constitutional Liberties (view source)
Revision as of 01:52, August 13, 2009
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The '''National Federation for Constitutional Liberties''' was cited by [[Roosevelt]] Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]] as "part of what [[Lenin]] called the solar system of organizations, ostensibly having no connection with the [[Communist Party]], by which [[Communists]] attempt to create sympathizers and supporters of their program;"<ref>Congressional Record, September 24, 1942, p. 7687.</ref> [[Truman]] Attorney General [[Tom Clark]] cited the Federation as [[subversive]] and Communist.<ref>Press releases, December 4, 1947 and September 21, 1948; cited in report prepared from the public files of the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] for Senate William E. Jenner, Chairman of the [[Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security]], October 20 1953, reproduced in [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/who.frank.marshall.davis.pdf Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?], Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p. 12-14.</ref> and it was redesignated on April 27, 1953 pursuant to Executive Order No. 10450.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html Executive Order 10450].</ref>
The Special Committee on Un-American Activities cited the National Federation as "one of the viciously subversive organisations of the Communist Party;"<ref>Report of March 29, 1944, p. 50; also cited in Reports of June 25, 1942 and January 2, 1943, report prepared from files of HUAC for Senator William E. Jenner, Chairman of the [enate Subcommittee on Internal Security, October 20 1953, reproduced in ''Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?'', Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p. 12-14.</ref> the [[Committee on Un-American Activities]] reported that it was among a "maze of organisations" which were "spawned for the alleged purpose of defending civil liberties in general but actually intended to protect Communist subversion from any penalties under law."<ref>Report of September 2, 1947, p. 3; report prepared for Senator Jenner, Chairman of the SISS, October 20 1953, reproduced in ''Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?'', Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p. 12-14.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Attorney General's list]]
*[[Subversive Activities Control Board]]
*[[Communist front]]
*[[International Labor Defense]]
*[[Civil Rights Congress]]
*[[William L. Patterson]]
*[[Frank Marshall Davis]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Communism]]
[[Category:Subversive Organizations]]
The Special Committee on Un-American Activities cited the National Federation as "one of the viciously subversive organisations of the Communist Party;"<ref>Report of March 29, 1944, p. 50; also cited in Reports of June 25, 1942 and January 2, 1943, report prepared from files of HUAC for Senator William E. Jenner, Chairman of the [enate Subcommittee on Internal Security, October 20 1953, reproduced in ''Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?'', Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p. 12-14.</ref> the [[Committee on Un-American Activities]] reported that it was among a "maze of organisations" which were "spawned for the alleged purpose of defending civil liberties in general but actually intended to protect Communist subversion from any penalties under law."<ref>Report of September 2, 1947, p. 3; report prepared for Senator Jenner, Chairman of the SISS, October 20 1953, reproduced in ''Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?'', Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p. 12-14.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Attorney General's list]]
*[[Subversive Activities Control Board]]
*[[Communist front]]
*[[International Labor Defense]]
*[[Civil Rights Congress]]
*[[William L. Patterson]]
*[[Frank Marshall Davis]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Communism]]
[[Category:Subversive Organizations]]