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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INF ORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
COVER SHEET
SUBJECT: American Civil Liberties Union

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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNI_Q_N I70 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK I0 N YLDWIII ERNEST ANGELL ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS PATRICK MURPHY MALINS L. ERNST _ Exocuilvo IlirochrROGER N BAChum. Ncf&#39;I Comm. Chan. 8&#39;4 of Directors MORRICounsel
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~ Weekly Bulletin #1987suramm COUR&#39;1_BEV""RSES R _ NTEEPT or cogoasss CITATION ~ - -   -  -- 0/,7 Li,
d that Edward A Rumely wasIn a 7-0 decision, the Supreme Court has helf Con ress because he refused to provide a com- improperly convicted of contempt o g mittee investigating lobbying activities with the names and addresses of personsd b ht literature from him. Rumely was an official of the Committee forb ted b that organization.who ha ougConstitutional Government, and the literature was distri u y or anization engaged in lobbying activities mustContributions of $500 or over to an g be reported, Rumely did not accept such contributions, insisting instead that persons who wanted to donate larger amounts must buy literature for distribution as ~a-the buyer saw fit. M  e ~=,&#39; t ~Frankfurter, the Court ruled that a delicate I
heinvesti- In an opinion written by Jus ice constitutional issue would arise if it were held that the authofitv of tgating committee extended into an inquiry as to private persons to whom Rumely soldbooks Therefore, it construed the authorization of the investigation to meanvestigation only into representations made directly to the Congress, its membersd t Rumely was in excess of theinor its committees. Thus, the inquiry directe o d th contempt citation must fall. Justices Burton andmittee&#39;s authority an e took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. ~ _ _ g- J stice Douglas wrote a concurring opinion, Joined in by Justice Black d thorized by law, but that92lcontended that the inquiry made of Rumely was indee au Am dment protecting freedom of soeech to reouirequirement . was a violation of the First on _ a publisher disclose the identity of tho.-e who buy his books This reh said "is indeed the beginning of surveillance of the press..,theow through thet eybook or pamphlet today may result in a subpoena tomorr OIO ll hold a club over speech and over the press.A: ,_,1:;.::-j=li§2§, of hearings...government wi
1l The ACLU had considered the Rumcly case at the same time as the caseWilliam Patterson, head of the Communist-dominated Civil Rights Congress.had been cited for contempt of Congress on the same day as Rumely fordisclose membership records of his organization. The ACLU did not intervenethese cases, believing in the Rumely case that the Committee&#39;s inquiry, in and t rmine whether the lobbying laws had been circumvented, did not violate d ions upheld theto e eliberties, and in the Patterson case that prior court eeis
tee&#39;s right to make the inouiry.
NEW YORK ACLU SUPPORTS BILL FOR EDUCATIONAL TlThe New York Civil Liberties Union announced last week its support of ail t stations for non-commerciauthorizing construction of three p o A
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ens"We believe that the principles underlying out constitutional orovisill be enhanced by taking advantage of at leastheregarding freedom of speech wi the channels allocated by the Federal Communications Commission in tork for non-commercial educational television purposes", the civil_ P ul Jones chairman, andsaid in a letter sent to Albany by the Rev. John a , f the NYCLU It was addressed to Senatoryman Rundouist, executive director, o iahoney, chairman of the State Senate Finance Committee, and Assembli" Committee. Those groups are"I&0K3nZ1O chainnan of the Ways and Mcans ilot stations. M gI 9the Brydges-Olliffe bill which would provide for the p
The NYCLU has joined with 23 other the MetropolitanCoordinating Council for Educational TV in asu
New York Civil Liberties Union alone and the_ I , condemned the majority report of a New Yorkor educational TV The report opposed stateh°]S1°uos registered their support of the minority "/*1 HI R1; M53,
REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICE FU-. ,- -_f&#39;.zL~_3_7  _ 2 _.~ &#39; .  _%-;&#39;§.a-:a=;.~.-.*&#39; 1; , - - ":1 t-&#39;=»:.-I  -:*»t. ""~|>, . F.

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-  "Those foundations granting fellowshipsuiire seeking intellectuality__ of the-&#39;a;§/&#39;.§;*highest order. It has been said in these hearings that there is no necessary c&#39;or_1§§$&#39;-35"-T-.1lation between political sagacity and scientific eminence, and it has also been &#39;_§a1a1j;:&#39;that there is a correlation-between academinence and political naivete} Irresp&#39;e&#39;c_ti.yé&#39;.of whether these generalizations can _be taken literally, it may safely be said that;jff{;many individuals of unusual talent, particularly artists, poets ,_Anovelists , pla}&#39;_-__.j~§lZ_ wrights, and musicians , are often non-conformists".   4;__   "   H:
1 &#39;3 ~ The report also took cognizance of the timing involved in various ixxstances-QT;
of Communist infiltration. Grants, it pointed out , were made prior to the time ,thatZj;the recipients of assistance from foundations were "exposed" by government investiefgating groups. The committee was impressed by the"&#39;fa_ct that"most of these malodoaf.-._rous individuals were selected under political conditions far different from thosq&#39;*-55&#39;-fthat now exist and that decisions were taken in a political and emotional cli1nate*.-;§*f5Ifar different from the present,".j __  "  ~ __ 1-l;=;=&#39;~~ 1  &#39; <_.f&#39;.  Q? ;*»£.f;&#39;?T&#39;-Q-&#39;3
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The committee found the work of the fouzzdations so important and excellentthe whole that it ended its report by suggesting a. further liberalizationof the 1laws in favor of the private foundations. It also suggested, however, that these
organizations also be required to file detailed reports on their activities and"finances. _-_  ~;_ ___. _ U _  _ ;; 4  . .-_ _.__-:._..~_;,_¢»;;_-L-_-¢_~";~}» =¢_ _
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5: ;".j7~&#39;f&#39;¢: 4   ". n¢92¢" __~ _~ -L x ~~ACLU has formally registered its opposition to the Briclcer Resolution,is aimed at limiting the federal treaty-making power. The Union&#39;s position waspresented to a subcommittee»of the Senate Judiciary Committee by Irving Ferman,
Washington director, who said that the proposed resolution on one hand is u:&#39;""and on the other would hamper this country&#39;s struggle against_Commu.nism.__ _
.~».vY-3 ~ - &#39;4 The Bricker Resolution, sponsored by Sen. John W. Bricker and 63 otherwould amend the Constitution to prohibit the signing of a treaty that wouldany constitutional right and that would require congressional legislationtreaty could become effective insofar as its domestic effect is concerned.;_»_ ~
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The resolution, said Ferman, "rests on the fear that treaty-law,
recognizably more complex and enveloping in its scope, can nullify internalboth state and federal " "."
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expressly forbids any treaty with "denies or abridges any right" granted inConstitutioé 1 .e__¬l3o stated that the cause of the Bricker&#39;s groups concern,United Nz*.tionqs§1ori  Rights, restricts the application of the document whereruns counter to the policies of the signatory powers. . &#39; _   H;
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demands ratification by Congress. Furthermore, he said, this amendment "wouldunworkable any attempt on our part to extend the spirit of our Bill of Rightsnationallly in the fight against Communist totalitarianism"; He said themight foreclose the possibility of an international covenant V
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guard and advance the rights of all human beings". The citation was received asdinner in the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia by ACLU_&#39;s_ executive directors F Pe."i<=.1< mph»:
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