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In three of its Reports, the [[Dies Committee]] of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] cited the '''League of American Writers''' as  a [[Communist front]] organization.  "The League of American Writers, founded un der Communist auspices in 1935...in 1939...began openly to follow the [[Communist Party]] line as dictated by a foreign policy of the [[Soviet Union]]."

The '''League of American Writers''' (LAW) was a [[Communist front]], "founded under [[Communist]] auspices in 1935," according to a 1942 report by [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]].

In the early days of [[World War II]] [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]] stated that the overt activities of the League of American Writers during the [[Communazi era]] and immediately following German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]]'s violation of that pact left little doubt of the fact that the League was controlled by the Soviet Union. [[Truman]] Attorney General [[Thomas Clark]], in his letters to the Loyalty Review Board, cited the League as [[subversive]] and [[Communist]] and it was redeignated on April 27 1953 pursuant to Executive Order No. 10450.

During the [[Nazi-Soviet pact]], said Biddle, the League "began openly to follow the [[Communist Party]] line as dictated by the foreign policy of the Soviet Union." The League's sudden pacifism during the [[Communazi era]], and equally sudden reversion to pro-war militancy upon German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]]'s violation of that pact, concluded Biddle, left "little doubt of its Communist control."<ref>''Congressional Record'', September 2, 1942, pp. 7685-7686, cited in Joint Fact-Finding Committee, California Legislature, ''[http://ia331311.us.archive.org/3/items/jointfactunamer00calirich/jointfactunamer00calirich.pdf Third Report: Un-American Activities in California]'' (Sacramento: California Senate, 1947), pp. 67-69 (PDF pp. 77-79)</ref>

 

In 1948, [[Harry Truman]]'s Attorney General [[Thomas Clark]] cited LAW as [[subversive]] and [[Communist]] in his letters to the Loyalty Review Board. On April 27, 1953, LAW was redesignated pursuant to Executive Order No. 10450.

 

In three of its Reports, the [[Dies Committee]] of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] cited the League as  a [[Communist front]] organization.

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