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NATIONAL COUNCIL
FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES

President W. C. ANDERSON, M.P.
Vice-Presidents JOHN CLIFFORD, D.D.
J. A. HOBSON
H. W. MASSINGHAM
ROBERT SMILLIE
Hon. Treasurer Mrs. PHILIP SNOWDEN
Secretary B. N. LANGDON-DAVIES
Hon. Assist. Sec. (pro tem.) M. MANUS

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