“…1953-12-12 035-0019-002 Reprinted from the Special Civil Liberties Issue of The Nation Tooling Up for Mass Repression THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD By Laurent B. Frantz EVERY WEEK SINCE 1865 292/946/35/20(i)…”

“…A governmental board empowered to decide what activities are "subversive" and to control them was the natural outcome. …”

“…If this is true, arguments that the act will "force Communist activities into the open" are either naive or dishonest. …”

“…Four are charged with opposing the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which puts them in a class with many religious groups. …”

“…Although the Subversive Activities Control Board could probably order a union to register as a "Communist front" under the present act, bills to give it even more drastic and lethal powers over unions are waiting in the Congressional hopper. …”