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FOR IMMEDIATE RELL 3 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1955 * DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Immigration Commissioner Joseph M. Swing announced the deportation today of Ciaudia Scholnick, alias Claudia Jones, a British subject, on a warrant charging that she wes active in Communist Party affairs after her entry into the United States. Mrs. Scholnick departed for England today aboard the "Queen Elizabeth” from New York. Mrs. Schoinick was born in Trinidad, British West Indies, February 21, 1915. She last entered the United States at New York, February 9, 1924, as an immigrant. A warrant was iesued for her arrest on October 27, 1947 under applicable immigration laws making membership in the Communist Party a ground for deportation. The Board of Inmmisration Appeals dismissed Mrs. Scholnick's appeal from the Service decision finding her deportable, and the order of deportation became final on October 27, 1952. Meantime, Mrs. Scholnick was convicted of conspirecy to violate the Gmith Act Jamuery 21, 1953 by a New York Federal jury. She served a sentence of one year anda ' la oe day in prison and was fined $2,000. In comection with the deportation, Commissioner Swing said: "This is another example of the concentrated effort being exerted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to rid the country of all aliens who accepted our hospitality and then became a part of the z Communist conspiracy against the free world." AL INFORKATION CONTAINED Reid 1S UNCLASSIFIED L Dias BY 2frat a ~ me re me ee ee ee ee ee