{"value"=>"<p>This series contains manuscripts and reprints of Perry's opening and closing statements to the jury and motions in the nine-month conspiracy trial of seventeen Communist leaders at which he represented himself. The statements provide substantial biographical information and outline Perry's political philosophy and goals.</p> <p>Also of significance are newsletters and correspondence from the Families of the Smith Act Victims, an organization founded in August 1951 to give financial and moral support to relatives of those indicted or imprisoned under the Act. Money was raised to send their children to summer camp, print pamphlets decrying the treatment of Smith Act families, subsidize family visits to prisoners, and join amnesty movements. There is also a folder for the National Trade Union Committee for the Repeal of the Smith Act containing lists, memoranda, and resolutions. Additional material regarding the \"New York Seventeen\" case (<span class=\"title\">United States v. Flynn, et al.</span>) and the Families of Smith Act Victims committee may be found in the microfilmed records of the Civil Rights Congress.</p>"}