Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Bond, Horace Julian." August 3, 1967.
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EX-1068
3 August 1967
SUBJECT: BOND, Horace Julian
Julian BOND
1. Horace Julian BOND is an Advisor of the Radical Education Project. Born circa 1941, BOND is
presently serving in the Georgia House of Representatives to which he was elected in 1965 from
House District 136, Fulton County, Georgia.
2. According to a report from the FBI, on 6 January 1966 BOND advised interviewers from radio
station WGST, Atlanta, Georgia that he supported a statement made earlier that day by John Robert
LEWIS, Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). LEWIS's statement
included the allegation that the United States was pursuing an "aggressive policy" in
Vietnam while not upholding free elections or other civil and human rights at home, and it ended
by supporting and encouraging those who attempt to evade the draft. In connection with his
support for LEWIS's statement, BOND admitted that he (BOND) was a pacifist and, as such, was
against war and the draft.
On 10 January 1966, the Georgia House of Representatives refused to seat BOND due to his
statements concerning the war in Vietnam. Following this action, SNCC and the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC) began activities aimed at having the Georgia legislature seat BOND
despite his views. On 13 January 1966, Randolph T. BLACKWELL, SCLC Program Director, stated that
on the following day SNCC and SCLC planned to hold a march on the Georgia State Capital in support
of BOND. This march was subsequently held on 14 January 1966. (An FBI source advised on 26
February 1953 that Randolph T. BLACKWELL had been a member of the Communist Party in District of
Columbia. Another Bureau source stated that on 13 August 1950 BLACKWELL attended a Labor Youth
League convention in Durham, North Carolina. The Labor Youth League has been cited by the U.S.
Attorney General).
3. The files of this Agency reflect that BOND left college in 1963 to accept a $75 per week job
with SNCC as that group's public relations director. He has continued to participate in the
activities of SNCC. BOND was also one of the original co-directors, with Simon CASADY, of the
National Conference for New Politics (NCNP) which was established in 1966. (The National Council
of the NCNP included several persons who are members of the staff or are otherwise associated with
Ramparts magazine).
According to an article in the 8 March 1966 issue of National Review magazine, BOND's case
concerning his seat in the Georgia legislature was being handled by the firm of Leonard B.BOUDIN
and Victor RABINOWITZ. The article stated that BOUDIN and RABINOWITZ are members of the Emergency
Civil Liberties Committee and the National Lawyers Guild, both of which have been cited by the
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. RABINOWITZ is also the president of the Louis M.
RABINOWITZ Foundation, which has made large sums of money available to the Southern Conference for
Human Welfare, identified as a Communist front by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee.
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According to a second article in the 8 March 1966 issue of National Review, BOND signed a
1965 "Declaration of Conscience" calling for draft evasion and acts of civil
disobedience in protest against the "torture and killing" undertaken by U.S. forces in
Vietnam. Other signers of this "declaration" included Father Philip BERRIGAN, W.H.
FERRY, Staughton LYND, and Linus PAULING, all of whom, like BOND, are advisors of the Radical
Education Project.
On 13 April 1967, the New York Times noted BOND as one of the speakers in San Francisco,
California for the Spring Mobilization Committee To End the War in Vietnam.
BOND Contacts:
MOORE, Howard - BOND's attorney, 1966.
ZELLNER, J. Robert - BOND's advisor, 1966.
Based on:
O/S Interim Report, 16 May 1967.
FBI Trace Results, No. 215, 13 April 1967.
National Review, 8 March 1966.
New York Times, 13 April 1967.
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