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. 8 FrcdictaLly, thc Comnmniet l ' n rty has bccn lnud i n CLs dc:nuricia- lion of thc conduct of the trial; and th2 Leftist and Conimliuiat yrc'ss has opened up on Lhc "nnprzccdcntcd action" against 5eale. thc (Comrriunist) Daily Vr orld carried a baniicr headlinc: . . C On 31 October, "SEALE IN CHAINS Torture in Gourt" 0 an.J rail iiumcrous articles harping on thc "slavery-tinic treatment" of Scale by a system inspired by "all the h a t x d and sadism of the racist Establishment. 'I T h e Cominunist Party", reported the Uaily VI orld, "calls upon all propressivcs--all pcoplc who cherish dcniocracy and pcacc--to spcak out.. . Dcmand that tlrc Justice Department intcrvcnc now Lo disiiiiss the ctiLirc indictincnt against the Chicago 8.. . Dciiiand that irnincdiate steps bc taken to impeach Jurlse lioflman for blalant violations oi the Constitu- tion and 01 duc proccss of law." *Xtic Natioi;al Lawycrs Guild. it quotcd as having "blasted" the courtroom gagging and shackling as "an outrage"; and "The special treatment nictcd out to Saalc", i\ said, !'brings into the: open tho viciousness and utter dcpravity of racism in thc United States. *' ! The Daily It orld also reported the cotnincnts of various individuals. 11 quoted: dctiiands rrladc by M illiani L. Pattersnit, Cliairtiiaii of ihc Coiii- iiiunist Party Black LibcraLion Commission, in a te1t:i:ratn to tiiu Attornvy Gcneral, for the impeachiiie~rt of Judge Hoftman and thc dropping of the itrdictmenls against all eight defendants; coninleiits of Hashced Storey, Conimunist Party candidatc for mayor of New York Cfty, who refcrrcd Lo "the action o f the Judge i n chaining, gagging, and roughing up LZobby Sealc" a s "outrageous and a throwback to the slavery period.. . N e dcmand a n inipeachmcnt of Judge Hoffman.. . W e demand the dismissal of the indict- ment agiiinst all 8 in this gross travesty of Justice" ctc., etc. ; and remarks of tlcnry Ybinston, National Chairman of thc CPUSA, "on behalf o l L k Party's cntirc mcrnbership", which cliaracterized Judge Hodman's actions as "k'ascisl-like" and said tho court's atmosphere. of "an armed encattip- nicnt" is z n examplc 6f how'Nixon's policy of law and 6rdcr will opcratc. \?inston was also quoted by tlrc Daily World as stating that. as thc orily "black dcfcndant", Scale has bcen "the spccial target. of racist Iioetilily and bestial .rcptcssion. " i .* -;. ;. l h i l y B orld accouirtsdiavc riiaclc no ri:l'ci-vncc: to Sc";IlC"s oiillriir!;ts and vitupcration in court; a!rd rcgardiig his conduct (which Scale Jurcly . . . i ' , . - . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... ...-: :q ..... . . . . . . . ........... . - . ..... . . . . . . -:. .;- . , . . .: ;.-;.* - .: .._.... -:...... v .-. *.. . . . . ._._ -. i* . ..