Evening star., 1954-12-31
Subyersive Labels
Fought by Groups
On BroWneII' S List
BY ,he assoesated Press

More than half q dozen organ
izations among the 27 which At
torney General Brownell said
yesterday he intends to label
subversive have replied that they
viii oppose any such designa-
ton.
Mr.. Brownell said he had sent
out notices to each of the
groups, most Of them unknown
to the general public, telling
them that each had been care
fully Investigated and found to
be dominated by Communists.
In another action in the same
field, Chairman Thomas j. Her
bert of the Subversive Activities
Control Board recommended to
his colleagues that the jefferson
School of Social Science in New
York City be branded as a Com
munist front.
Mr.. Herbert, who conducted
hearings here and in New York,
said the school "is directed,
dominated and controlled by the
Communist Party" and added:
1T is not an educational in
stitution engaged principally in
teaching ideas. 1t is an or
ganization which operates, pri-
marily, to train its students, the
great majority of whom are
party members, in the party's
programs, strategy, and tactics;
this is the form of teaching
Marxism-Leninism as interpret
ed by the party"
Can Apply for Hearing.
Under the boards procedure,
the school may file exceptions
to Mr.. Herbert's report and ask
for a hearing before the f1ve-
member board.
In the event of a final ad-
verse order against the school.
it would be required to register
with the Justice Department,
list its officers and give a finan-
cial accounting.
In New York, DR.. Howard Sell
sam, director of the school, said
Mr.. Herbert's recommendation
would be contested before the
full board and, if necessary, in
the courts.
"We are not subversive," he
said in a statement. 1--WE insist
on our right to teach the doc
trines we teach. The only issue
is the right of a school to teach
what its founders and directors
believe in"
The Jefferson School is among
dozen organizations which Mr..
Brownell has asked the board
to brand as Red fronts under the
1850 Internal Security Act.
Two Different Lists.
The Attorney Generals own
list of subversive groups is diff
ferent. 1t is used primarily in
connection with the Govern
ment's employe security program
and does not mean the organiza-
tions must register as Red fronts
unless proceeded against in sep
arate actions. They are entitled
to a hearing before being put
on Mr.. Brownell'S list.
One of the 27. the National
Committee to Win Amnesty for
Smith Act Victims. denied in a
statement issued in New York
that it is subverSive.
"The purpose OF our commit-
tee," 1t said, sis to win freedom
for the men and women impris-
oned for their political opinions
under the Smith Act and to stop
further imprisonment and pros
ecution under this act. There
is nothing subversive in opposi-
ton to the Smith Act and in
efforts to secure freedom for its
victims. It is in fact patriotic
undertaking in the interest of
the civil liberties of all the peo-
ple."
Says Group Has Disbanded.
Mrs. Patricia Geiger, whose
address was listed for the Syra-
cuse IN. " Women for Peace,
said the organization was not
subversive and that it has been
out of existance for over a year.
"The Syracuse Women for
Peace was an organization ded-
icated to the promotion of the
idea that peach on earth-not
war-is the solution to the
worlds problems" she said. "An
organization like this can only
be subversive if peace is SUBJ
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