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: Ths a eye a i a cee a were GRD gee an ee vor om ~ Oh TET Te Tale’ ohh PS Ua toa at any wee ee = e “gate - i =_—_— . - : ~ A Uae ge * . ' am engi ets - ee . ae. ar od Lena . ot we. a ae ne ee é The article: fur ther ' tated that CLAUDIA JONES * pointed out that no evidence of any "conspiracy" was produced _ against her and that she is being given a one yeer sentence for opposing the Korean war and another year for Fighting for the freedom of the Negro people. The article stated that the sub ject joined along with eleven other defendants in stating that regardless of the prison term they would not desist in their ight, for PEACC. ., Aw, It 1s to be noted that the "Daily Worker" is an . ‘East Coast Communist daily newspaper, ~ On June 9, 1953, the defense counsel for the sub ject filed a motion for an order granting the subject permission to travd to or from any point within the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Attached to this motion was an affidavit of ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN in which she urged the. Tollowi ng eye points among other counts for granting of the motion: | ; 1. Continued confinement of the defendants to the Southern District of New York would make it virtually ~ impossible to raise funds to pay enormous expenses of appeal. 2. Experience of the defendants during the course of trial disclosed that ability to raise funds depended on the direct personal appeal of the defendants to “people throughout the United States. District Judge SYLVESTER RYAN, Southern District of New York, denied the motion to permit the subject and other defendants to travel to and from any point within the Southern» or Eastern Districts of New York, on June 17, 19 Ze IV. COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES