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r£ Bi 3 3 JV?..9. 5...4al45 1957 J 85th Congress, 1st Session House Document No. 226 W GUIDE TO SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS (AND APPENDIX) Revised and published as of January 2, 1957, to supersede Guide published on May 14, 1951 Prepared and released by the Committee on Un«American Activities, U. S. House of Representatives Washington, D. C. .0* 3- Committee on Un-American Activities, United States House of Representatives, 84th Congress Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania, Chairman Morgan M. Moulder, Missouri Clyde Doyle, California James B. Frazier, Jr., Tennessee Edwin E. Willis, Louisiana Harold H. Velde, Illinois Bernard W. Kearney, New York Donald L. Jackson, California Gordon H. Scherer, Ohio Richard Arens, Director H. Con. Res. 135 . Passed August 5, 1957 ^ightjjfiftli Congress of the Bniteil States of America AT THE FIRST SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven Concurrent "Resolution Resolved the House Senate by of Representatives (the concurring) , That the publication entitled "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications'' prepared by the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, be as a House document and that there be printed ; printed sixty thousand additional copies of said document, of which forty thousand copies shall be for the use of said Committee and twenty thousand copies to be pro-rated to the Members of the House of Representatives for a period of ninety days after which time the unused balance shall revert to the Committee on Un-American Activities. Attest : Ralph R. Roberts, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Attest : Felton M. Johnston, Secretary of the Senate. n •7 1 Public Law 601, 79th Congress The legislation under which the House Committee on Un-American Activities operates is Public Law 601, 79th Congress [1946], chapter 753, 2d session, which provides: Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of * * * America in Congress assembled, PART 2—RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rule X *******SEC. 121. STANDING COMMITTEES 17. Committee on Un-American Activities, to consist of nine Members. Rule XI *******POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES (q) (1) Committee on Un-American Activities. (A) Un-American activities. (2) The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or by subcommittee, is authorized to make from time to time investigations of (i) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (ii) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitu- in tion, and (iii) all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress any necessary remedial legislation. The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American Activities, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times ana places within the United States, whether or not the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, and to take such testimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any member designated by any such chairman, and may be served by any person designated by any such chairman or member. in RULES ADOPTED BY THE 84TH CONGRESS *******House Resolution 5, January 5, 1955 Rule X STANDING COMMITTEES 1. There*******shall be elected by the House, at the commencement of each Congress: (q) *******Committee on Un-American Activities, to consist of nine Members. Rule XI *******POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES 17. Committee on Un-American Activities. (a) Un-American Activities. (b) The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or by subcommittee, Is authorized to make fFom time to time, investigations of (1) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (2) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitution, and (3) all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation. The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American Activities, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether or not the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, and to take such testimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any member designated by any such chairman, and may be served by any person designated by any such chairman or member. 26. To assist the House in appraising the administration of the laws and in developing such amendments or related legislation as it may deem necessary, each standing committee of the House shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted to the House by the agencies in the executive branch of the Government. Note.—Similar rules continuing the authority of the committee to operate have been adopted by each Congress beginning with the 79th Congress in 1946. rv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page What Is a Communist Front? vn Introduction 1 Part I. Organizations cited as Communist or Communist-front by Federal authorities 5 Part II. Publications cited as Communist or Communist-front by Federal authorities 99 Part III. Organizations cited as Communist or Communist-front by State or Territorial investigating committees 113 Part IV. Publications cited as Communist or Communist-front by State or Territorial investigating committees 137 Appendix I. Deletions of certain organizations and a publication cited as Communist fronts in the previous edition of the Guide 141 Appendix II. Organizations designated by the United States Attorney General pursuant to Executive Order 10450 144 Appendix III. Organizations designated by the United States Attorneys General as being Fascist or otherwise extremist in character 150 v WHAT IS A COMMUNIST FRONT? The following historical sketch of Communist-front organizations, plus formulas for detecting them, is reprinted from a report issued by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on March 29, 1944: "Communist-front organizations are characterized by their common origin, the rigid conformity of these organizations to the Communist pattern, their interlocking personnel, and their methods generally used to deceive the American public. Being part of a conspiratorial movement, their essence is deception. "During the first few years of the Communist International, imme- diately following the stimulus of the Russian revolution, its international appeal was stridently revolutionary. As world economic con- ditions improved following the First World War, the international revolutionary movement began to wane. The Hungarian and German Communist revolutions failed and the Communist International began to lose strength. Hence it was deemed necessary to moderate the earlier revolutionary appeal, to adopt middle-of-the-road slogans, and to build so-called united-front organizations, as bridge and support- ing organizations in the interest of the international Communist movement. "One of the leading organizers of these 'innocent' organizations on an international scale was Willi Munzenberg, a prominent Ger- man Communist, whose organizing ability won him the sobriquet of the 'Henry Ford of the Communist International.' Munzenberg was engagingly frank in describing the real purpose of these organizations: "1. To arouse the interest of those millions of apathetic and indifferent workers * * * wno simply have no ear for Communist propaganda. These people we wish to attract and arouse through new channels, by means of new ways. "2. Our sympathetic organizations should constitute bridges for the nonparty * workers * * who have not yet mustered the courage to take the final step and join the Communist Party, but who are nevertheless in sympathy with the Communist movement and are prepared to follow us part of the way. "3. By m.eans of the mass organizations we wish to extend the Communist sphere of influence in itself. "4. The organizational linking up of the elements in sympathy with the Soviet Union and with the Communists. * * * "5. We must build up our own organizations in order to counteract the in-

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