The Anti-Communist Bill

P: Authorizes the Attorney General to intern potential spies and saboteurs in time of war, invasion or insurrection.

P: Authorizes the Attorney General to cite at any time organizations which he believes to be Communist or Communist fronts. Sets up a three-man Subversive Activities Board to decide whether the organizations are subversive or not. Those labeled as Reds may appeal the decision to the court of appeals and to the Supreme Court.

P: Requires Communist organizations to register themselves and their members with the Attorney General and Communist fronts to register their officers.

P: Makes it a crime to 1) "conspire ... to perform any act which would substantially contribute to the establishment within the U.S. of a totalitarian dictatorship"; 2) knowingly employ a Communist in the Government; 3) mail, broadcast or televise Communist propaganda without labeling it as Communist.

P: Provides for exclusion and deportation of Communist aliens (excepting those with diplomatic status) and denies Communists any rights to naturalization.

P: Extends the statute of limitations on espionage from the present three to ten years. Extends existing espionage laws to cover 1) the passing on of national defense secrets which can be used to injure the U.S.; 2) the unauthorized possession of restricted items and failure to report their removal from Government offices.

P: Maximum penalties: up to $10,000 fine and ten years in prison.

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