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Show March 17, 1972 Page 7 The UTAH INDEPENDENT Truth About the American Civil Liberties Union ' CONGRESSIONAL RECORD I i EXTENSION OF REMARKS ; Activities HON. JOHN H. ROUSSELOT OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, September 20, 1961 ROUSSELOT. Mr. Speaker, many people have become very conMr. cerned about the connections of certain persons involved in the affairs of the American Civil Liberties Union with Communist front groups. They are asking the question: Does the ACLU really promote adherence to rights guaranteed the individual by the Constitution? Organizational Research Associates, the address of which is Post Office Box 51, Garden Grove, Calif., has prepared a pamphlet entitled, The Truth About the American Civil Liberties Union which I believe should be brought to the attention of every Member of Congress and to the American public. Under unanimous consent, I include the pamphlet in the Appendix of the Congressional Record: Thx Truth About the American Civil Liberties Union Masters of Deceit," J. Edgar Hoover, page 228: Fronts probably represent the partys most successful tactic In capturing support. Like mass agitation and Infiltration, fronts espouse the deceptive party line (hence the term front'), while actually advancing the real party line. In this way the party Is able to Influence collect large of sums of money, and reach the minds, pens, and disand tongues of many are Moreover fronts Individuals. tinguished eEcellent fields for party recruitment. Dr. Fred C. Schwarz, executive director of the International Christian Anticommunism Communist Legal Subversion, Crusade, page 75, HCUA: Any attempt to Judge the Influence of Communists by their numbers Is like trying to determine the validity of the hull of a boat by relating the area of the holes to the area which Is sound. One hole can sink the ship. Communism Is the and theory of the disciplined few controlling a sensiin rest. One the person directing tive position can control and manipulate thousands of others. non-Oommu- high-ranki- (HCUA). Dr. Harry Ward was chairman of onePof the largest Communist fronts to flourish In this country, The American League for Peace and Democracy, which was placed on the Attorney General of the United States list of subversive organizations on June 1. 1948. Dr. Ward Is the author of Soviet Democracy and Soviet Spirit, two books which clearly show Dr. Ward's love for the Soviet system of government. The California Senate Fact Finding Committee on Activities, In their 1948 report, page 246, said: The Communist affiliation of Dr. Harry F. Ward Is Indicative of the Communist sympathies of the members and sponsors of the "Friends of the Soviet Union. 3. Abraham L. Wlrln, chief counsel for the i Southern California Chapter of the ACLU, sometimes referred to as "Mr. ACLU. In 1934 A. L. Wlrln formed a law partnership with Leo Gallagher and Grover Johnson . (reference: Daily Peoples World, Mar. 5, 1934, official publication of the Communist Party on the west coast) . Mr. Leo Gallagher 1952 report to the State legislature. 5. Rev. A. A. Heist, executive director of the Southern California Chapter of the ACLU In 1952, and Dr. Monroe's predecessor. Rev. A. A. Heist was a signer of the statement to the President of the United States, defending the Communist Party (reference: Dally Worker Mar. 5. 1941). In 1952, the Reverend Heist resigned his position In the ACLU to become director of a new organization which he founded, called the Citizens' Un-Ameri- Congressmen John H. Rouseelot One quick way to evaluate the Ideology of organizations Is through consideration of the statements and claims of their leaders. So It seems necessary for a realistic appraisal of the civil rights policy of the American Civil Liberties Union that we develop the factual background of their prominent officials and leaders. It has taken us months of painstaking research to prepare this pamphlet; it will take you only minutes to read It. So please read It and then pass It on and Inform others of the Information you are about to learn. SECTION nlst ng DONT scrub it in In 1953, Dr. Albert Eason Monroe was listed as being chairman of the Federation for Repeal of the Levering Act (l.e., loyalty oaths), which was cited as being a Communist front organization by the California State Senate Committee on Education In Its Un-Ameri- OF 3 Communists attempting to ensnare an unsuspecting recruit Into their conspiracy.) control of those who produced the wealth; communism Is the goal. 2. Dr. Harry Ward, first chairman of the ACLU. Dr. Harry Ward has a record of over 200 Communist front affiliations and clta- tions listed by the House Committee on ! I nt cidental. Entry of Roger Baldwin In the Harvard reunion book on the occasion of the 30th anniversary reunion of his class of 1905 (1935), "I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and sole L - LIFT THE SOIL out with a unique carpet cleaning steam process. well-kno- ran for State office on.the Communist Party ticket In 1936 and Grover Johnson, when asked by a governmental Investigating agency If he had ever been a member of the Communist Party, refused to answer the question on the grounds that he might in-- criminate himself. In 1954, A. L. Wlrln was a candidate for the executive board of National Lawyers' Guild (reference: Los Angeles Dally Journal, Jan. 13, 1954). The National Lawyers Guild has been cited as a Communist front organization by the House Committee on - i These are a few of the past and present prominent officials and leaders of the American Civil Liberties Union. 1. Roger Baldwin, founder and guiding light of the ACLU for over 30 years, Is now a member of the National Committee of the ACLU. Mr. Roger Baldwin has a record of affiliations and over 100 Communist-frocitations (documented In detail. Congressional Record May 26, 1952). In an article written for Soviet Russia Today (September 1934) , Roger Baldwin said: When the power of the working class Is once achieved, as It has been only In the Soviet Union I am for maintaining It by any means whatsoever. The class struggle Is the central conflict of the world, all others are coin- Committee To Preserve American Freedoms (CCPAF). This organization Is run by Its executive secretary, Mr. Frank Wilkinson, an Identified Communist. At a meeting of the district council of the southern California district of the Communist Party, United States of America, Dorothy Healey, Communist and chairman of the dls- -i trlct council, said, The party preferred pub-- 1 11c protest meetings against the HCUA to be held by the Citizens' Committee To Preserve American Freedoms rather than under party auspices because Communists could attend without danger of being exposed as party members. (Reference: HCUA, H. Rept. 259, 3, 1959, Apr. Report on the Southern California District of the Communist Party). The Citizens' Committee TO Preserve American Freedoms was cited as being a Communist front organization by the HCUA on April . 3, 1959. The Reverend Heist stated in a speech to an audience of high school and Junior college students In Pasadena that the Constitution of the United States is outmoded, outdated, and Impotent. (One of the stated goals of the ACLU is to preserve the Con- - Un-Ameri- can Activities (HCUA) September 21, 1950. (Four years before, Mr. Wlrln was a candidate for the executive board.) 4. Dr. Albert Eason Monroe, executive dl- rector of the Southern California Chapter of stltutlon.) In 1948, the Reverend Heist protested the withdrawal of the use of their hall by Occidental College to an Identified Communist poet, Langston Hughes, who was to the ACLU: speak on a poem of his entitled, Goodbye, Christ, which called for Christ, Jesus, Lord God Jehovah to beat It and make way for a new guy named Marx, Communist .Lenin, Peasant Stalin, and worker me. (Reference: Hollywood Citizen News, February 26, 1948.) This would not be a strange protest from an atheistic Communist, but when It comes from a Methodist minister? 6. Carey McWilliams, a member of the national committee of the ACLU In 1948, who now figures prominently In the affairs of the ACLU, has been identified in sworn testimony, according to Government documents, as a member, of the Communist Party. Carey McWilliams has a record of over 50 Communist-fro- nt affiliations and citations. He is the editor of Rights, the official publication of the Emergency Civil Liberties In 1952, Dr. Albert Eason Monroe, UB. Navy serial No. 316900, was discharged from the UB. Naval Reserve under conditions other than honorable. In 1950, Dr. Monroe was fired from his position as head of the English department of San Francisco State College for refusing to sign a loyalty oath. (The purpose of loyalty oaths Is to protect the unsuspecting individual from lending his name to a Communist cause and from becoming a Communist dupe. The requirements of loyalty oaths have multiplied the obstacles to the Communists in recruiting memberships for their front organizations and maintaining discipline over fellow travelers In Government service. Few people will swear to an oath knowing It to be false and knowing that they might be liable to Indictment and Imprisonment for perjury. 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