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. . 4 . SXIUAIION. INFORMATION REPORT ' - c m- . 0 * w .. BLack activist Angela Davis, an avowed Communist who alleg- edly prqvided the weapons used in the shootout at the Marin County been in jiil 16 months because of- California law which prohibits granting bail for anyone facing trial on' a capital-ch'arge. making Davis and many others held in Califdrnia prisons on cap,ital charges . Courthouse in August 1970, was rezently freed an bail. Miss Davis had supreme court ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional, hence, eligible for 'bail. sj 0 - Recently, the California --. . ' T 1 - i * , i' ,,e; : 5 7 #I*.* About a year ago Rodger L. McAfee (age 33) visited the Oakland home of Albert J. Lema, chairman Of t h e Communist P a r t y in northern California and offered a deed to 405 acres of farmland to be used as collateral if and when Miss Davis is granted- bail. * Last week McAfee put up the 405 acres (vitlued at $330,000) to free Miss Davis on $102,500 bail. Mr. McAfee is a part-time f a r m e r and a radical political activist who operates and owns with his family a 1,100-acre dairy farm known a s McAfee Family Cooperative in the flaflan of Carutlrers about 17 miles southwest of Fresno. . 4%- L,, - %-% .9 7, 7,w% ,.A 4 :?d y& L-* Reportedly, McAfee met Miss Davis at an antiwar rally at Fort - Ord, California two years ago. the issues impressed him. McAfce has in the past worked with several volunteer associations in Latin American countries oktensibly designed to provide techniFal assistance to farms in cooperative ventures. In 1962 fcderal immigration authorities arrested him for alleged violation of passpori reylations. However, charges were later dropped. In 1963 he was deported from Mexico after being accused by Mexican officials of disseminating alien ideas. Two ycars agohc went to Albania for the twenty-fifth angiversary of President Hoxha's regime therc. never graduated from high school but has travelcd in 32 countries by his awn account. rocejred a numbel. of tclepiyne calls threatcninp, tlrc lifc and limb of his his home and he,. his wife and family have gone into hiding. Reportedly, Rodger is currently reeking admissioq to the Communist Party. The clear way in which she presented McAfee As a result of his sponsoring Davis, hc and his family have The Communist Party posted guards arovnd . wife (Darlene) and five sons. L \e-- ./& - .. 9 C1.i. /+JX * /. CSJ0 .:I- G ?ti ' 7 r- . /G" '/.* 7 ' 1.1" 0