American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born

American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born
PredecessorNational Council for the Protection of the Foreign Born
Merged intoNational Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Formation1933
Merger of1982
PurposeDefend rights of foreign born, especially radicals and Communist Party members
HeadquartersNew York City
ServicesLitigation, legislation, public education
National chairman (1942)
Hugh De Lacy
Executive Secretary (1933-1939)
Dwight C. Morgan
Key people
Carol Weiss King (1942-1952)
AffiliationsInternational Labor Defense, International Juridical Association

American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born was the successor group to the National Council for the Protection of the Foreign Born and its successor, seen by the US federal government as subversive for "protecting foreign Communists who come to this country," thus "enabling them to operate here.".[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Fourth Report - Un-American Activities in California - 1948: Communist Front Organizations. Senate of the California Legislature. 1948. pp. 98 (Lincoln Bridge), 113–114 (organization). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications (And Appendixes)... House Document No. 398. US GPO. 1962. pp. 15 (Los Angeles, Albanian), 18 (front), 28 (Polish), 34 (Yugoslav), 35 (Bay Cities), 36 (Bulgarian), 40 (Charles Doyle), 41 (Chicago, Midwest), 46 (Clatsop, Claudia Jones), 49 (Karasek), 50 (Oregon), 54 (Wn PA), 65 (Czech), 67 (Detroit), 68 (East Bay), 69 (East Side), 71 (Estonian), 80 (Greek), 81 (Harry Bridges), 82 (Hungarian), 93 (Italian), 128 (NY-Polish), 183–205 (description), 191 (Lamp), 195 (Beacon). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Guide to the Records of the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born TAM.086". New York University. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ "American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Records (1926-1980s)". University of Michigan. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ Sherman, John W. (2001). A Communist Front at Mid-century: The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, 1933-1959. Praeger. ISBN 9781351532839. Retrieved 18 October 2018.