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reflects that ROBERT S LYND is a Professor of
has an office at #22 Fayerweather Building on
University campus. The Directory reflected that he
married, resides at 75 Central Park West, New York
has telephone number TR 7-22#2.
ROBERE s. LYND at 75 Central Park west, New York city, wl
telephone number TR 7~22h2. ~r
&#39;ACTIVITIES
report have been designated b? the Attorney General as
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Execntlve Order 9835:
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I  Veteran.;$h;The Columbialgniversity.Directory for
The current New York City Telephone Directory
The following orgenizations mentioned in-this"r
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on November 1%, 19hk tha
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a letter dated August 5, l9kh, on
as rollers:
Of course I shall be glad
of the American-Russian Institute.-
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"-.Confidentialon July 25, l9#l, furnished aCommittee for the Protection of , 79Avenue, New York City, which read as follows
"One hundred prominent individuals iAmerican life have n all walks of M sent an ooen letter to the President ofthe United States urging full democratiof foreign bi &#39; c rights to Americans rth as a bulwark forits vital our democracy and one of points against Hitler~Fasc1sm."from the
those names listed as signers were Brofessor é&QEBBEL ND, Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, New 2e52, and Pr essor seesaw s LYND, Columbia University, new York City
The report of the Special CommittActivities Hou ee on Uh-American , se of Representatives, 78th Congress, SecondSession, on page 3% stated that Professor ROBERT S LYND Q Columbia University, was a sponsor of the Fifth NationalConvention of the American CF
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, &#39; The report of the Specfel¥Commi
factivities, House of Representatiyes,,78thSession, on page 36%, stated*thg;§the Ameri- Relations, once known es the American Commi
with the Soviet Union, had the supp6rt&#39;of
travelers? among whom was_listed RDBERT S.for
The American Committee for Friendship
Union was cited by the California Committee on,
Activities, report of l9H8, page 3, as&#39;"typical o£;aCommunist created and controlled organization in the
committee field". C ~_ ev¢i2rJ.J.t
Amezisan 9Qmmittee :@r1eensezesy end o, "I&#39;te,llectualjfreedom e   ~ E
_-1 _ The report of the Special Committee on
Activities, House of Representatives, 78th Congress,X Session, on page 326, stated that the American CommitteeDemocracy and Intellectual Freedom is a Communist front
zation operating among teachers and professors. It
_ the organization was closely interlocked with the New
College Teachers Union, Local 537, which was expelled
Communist dominated by the New York CentralnTrades
Council  AFL! in February, 1939, and b the American
of Teachers by a referendum vote in 19 l I
1 those active in both organizations
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Tbs records of the County Clerks
State, under Certificate of Incarperatinn iiled
l9385 reflect:,that Prpfessor RS338? Lx, ?5
West, ew York City, was a Director of the
Unien, Inc.
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The Daily worker" on July 1, 19k9_
stated that Prafesssr RGBERT S. KY¥D, Columh a
among the educatars endorsing the Bill of Rights
probe of:  1
1! Geargia lynchings
2! Kuelux Klan ties of GQvernor»TALMADV &#39; Georgia  
3! The jailing sf Cpmmunist leader
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of the-bountry haq_been
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a   known reliaAbi.l.ity, described ROBERT_&#39;S&#39;. LYRD s
&#39;dd~ / with his wife, wrote the famous book "Mi
of Muncie, Indiana. The informant
connected with Columbia University, ands
associated with Sarah Lawrence College of
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on page 3, an arti tled "Leaders 1n
Hit Pix Purge", and continued that sixty-five
Arts, Sciences, and Professions, yesterdayimotion picture producers for their "shocking
lation to the discredited and irresponsible House
on Un-American Activities and warned that theopened the door to Government censorship to all means
communication." An oggn letter by the group to theindustry declared: Y v!};t¢ *&#39; Vi ,r
producers who deny the Un¢A$erican Committee&#39;s
into the political opinions gI&#39;private citizens
to government censorshig;andictation". The sam
who; at the Washington hearihgs only a few weeks
the committees-techniques_an¢&#39;its ambition to
nowadopt those techniques ané gratify that
continued. The letter,.made public by the
Profes Council of iProgressive Ci&#39;  "The decieion of the Motlqh Picture
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April 1%, 19§®!. Gn page
" the leaders 0a member of the Advisary Board the
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