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{{cquote|I am for socialism, disarmament and ultimately for abolishing the state itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class and sole control by those who produce wealth. Communism is, of course, the goal.<ref>William H. McIlhany, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=99QUAAAAIAAJ The ACLU on Trial]'' (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1976) ISBN 0870003372, p. 134</ref>}}

{{cquote|I am for socialism, disarmament and ultimately for abolishing the state itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class and sole control by those who produce wealth. Communism is, of course, the goal.<ref>William H. McIlhany, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=99QUAAAAIAAJ The ACLU on Trial]'' (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1976) ISBN 0870003372, p. 134</ref>}}

Under threat of being listed by the [[HUAC|Dies committee]] as a [[Communist front]] in the wake of the [[Nazi-Soviet pact]], the ACLU purged open members of the [[Communist Party]] from its board of directors in 1940,<ref>Samuel Walker, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=hdkrBVJ37I4C In Defense of American Liberties: A History of the ACLU]'' (SIU Press, 1999) ISBN 0809322706, pp. 129-130</ref> although its continued front activity caused a joint fact-finding committee of the California Legislature to report in 1943:

Under threat of being listed by the [[HUAC|Dies committee]] as a [[Communist front]] in the wake of the [[Nazi-Soviet pact]], the ACLU purged open members of the [[Communist Party]] from its board of directors in 1940,<ref>Samuel Walker, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=hdkrBVJ37I4C In Defense of American Liberties: A History of the ACLU]'' (Oxford University Press, 1990) ISBN 0809322706, pp. 129-130</ref> although its continued front activity caused a joint fact-finding committee of the California Legislature to report in 1943:

{{cquote|“The American Civil Liberties Union may be definitely classed as a Communist front or ‘transmission belt’ organization.”<ref>[http://ia331324.us.archive.org/3/items/reportofsenatefa00calirich/reportofsenatefa00calirich.pdf Communist Front Organizations], Fourth Report of the Senate Fact-Finding Committee On Un-American Activities, California Legislature, 1948, p.107 (PDF p. 117)</ref>}}

{{cquote|“The American Civil Liberties Union may be definitely classed as a Communist front or ‘transmission belt’ organization.”<ref>[http://ia331324.us.archive.org/3/items/reportofsenatefa00calirich/reportofsenatefa00calirich.pdf Communist Front Organizations], Fourth Report of the Senate Fact-Finding Committee On Un-American Activities, California Legislature, 1948, p.107 (PDF p. 117)</ref>}}