Box 27
Container
Contains 9 Collections and/or Records:
Night Letter from Congresswoman Douglas to The Congress on Civil Rights, 1946 April 24
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0001
Scope and Contents
Carbon copy of night letter discussing the power of the Un-American Activities Committee and confirmation of signature on Discharge Petition #12.
Telegram from Elmer A. Benson, Carey McWilliams, and Vincent Sheean for Initiating Committee to Congresswoman Douglas, 1946 April 23
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0002
Scope and Contents
Telegram discusses Discharge Petition #12 and a meeting of the Congress on Civil Rights in Detroit on April 27, 1946 regarding the Wood Rankin Committee.
Statement by the Civil Rights Congress entitled "The Contempt Citations by Wood-Rankin Committee Are Illegal", undated
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0003
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence from and to the Civil Rights Congress on the reports and citations of the House Un-American Activities Committee or the Wood-Rankin Committee.
Statement by the Civil Rights Congress entitled "The Organizations The Wood-Rankin Committee Seeks to Cite For Contempt", undated
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0004
Scope and Contents
Information on The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and The National Federation for Constitutional Liberties.
Statement by the Civil Rights Congress entitled "The Organizations The Wood-Rankin Committee Seeks to Cite for Contempt", 1946 June 18
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0005
Scope and Contents
Information on The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and The National Federation for Constitutional Liberties.
Statement by the Civil Rights Congress entitled "The Contempt Citations by Wood-Rankin Committee Are Illegal", 1946 June 18
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0006
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence from and to the Civil Rights Congress on the reports and citations of the House Un-American Activities Committee or the Wood-Rankin Committee.
Form letter from the Civil Rights Congress, 1946 June 19
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0007
Scope and Contents
Form letter signed by George Marshall, Chairman of the Board, and Milton Kaufman, Executive Director. The letter discusses a report released by the House Un-American Activities Committee, covering its operations since its establishment as a permanent committee, which the Civil Rights Congress considered an attack on the Joint Anti-Facist Refugee Committee.
Statement by the Civil Rights Congress entitled "The Organizations The Wood-Rankin Committee Seeks to Cite for Contempt", 1946 June 18
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0008
Scope and Contents
Information on The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and The National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. A handwritten annotation can be found at the end of the paragraph on The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship.
Form letter from the Civil Rights Congress, 1946 June 24
Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_27_6b_0009
Scope and Contents
Form letter is signed by Milton Kaufamn and discusses the citations of the top officers of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. Contains a handwritten annotation.