bravery and commitment to principle of two allied but disparate groups. One was made up of communist and socialist activists... The other was a group of dedicated civil libertarians who were unwilling to compromise their principles to curry favor with either the Roosevelt Administration or the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations. Nor would they refuse to work with Communists. But these lawyers were not communists, and steered the Guild in an independent, radical direction. Robert W Kenny, a California State Senator who became President of the Guild in 1940 at a moment of grave internal crisis, disregarding the risks to his political future, and remaining President for eight important years, was a key member of this group. Works The Law of Freedom in a Platform by Gerrard Winstanley, edited by Robert W. Kenny (1973) See also California Attorney General National Lawyers Guild Hollywood blacklist Hollywood Ten Bartley Crum William Schneiderman References External links Critical Past - Kenny and Crum ask HUAC to stop hearings (1947) Guide to the Robert Walker Kenny Papers at The Bancroft Library Kenny biography from State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General Robert Walker Kenny Papers, The Bancroft Library Photo of William E. MacFaden and Robert W. Kenny (1934) Stanford University: Warner v. Kenny Library of Congress: Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1901-1976 Image of Zola Vredenburgh watching Judge Robert Kenny playing chess against Judge Wilbur Curtis, Los Angeles, 1934. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Robert W. Kenny Democratic Party California state senators California state court judges California Attorneys General 1901 births 1976 deaths 20th-century American judges 20th-century American politicians Stanford University alumni