Legal Opinion
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. v. Subversive Activities Control Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 16, 1963No. 13260PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a petition to review an order of the Subversive Activities Control Board, which, having held petitioner to be a Communist-front organization within the meaning of Section 3(4) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, 1 ordered it to register under Section 7 of that Act. 2
Under the statute a Communist-front organization is one which (a) is substantially directed, dominated or controlled by a Communist-action organisation and (b) is primarily operated for the purpose of giving aid and support to a Communist-action organization. It Has been…
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