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co 10018676 i Bye Cay ee cn ge, hn “aepart for Washington; D. ra on ‘aprai he ‘y96s," “feo Si" Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City. WILLIAM PATTERSON, - National Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) was among the individuals comprising this Gelegation, - abe ‘3 we ie ea The AOA hae haar desi one aA he #ha A 4H WihW Mee WEL Me ate ated wy vee & ttor of the United States pursuant to Executive Order “Y * a y 206 a The "Daily Worker" of April 6, 1955, page 3, column 3. in an article entitled, "17 in Visit Ask Justice Dept, Free. . Claudia Jones to Save Life" advises that a delegation of 17. sponsored by the NCDNL, vigorously demanded that the Department of Justice on April h, "1955, that CLAUDIA JONES prison __ sentence now being served in West Virginie, be suspended on aa the ground that her life wes at stake, Also in this article, ~': the subject's father, CHARLES COMBERBATCH, told of the visit and talk with his daughter, and described, with emotion, his deep concern over her health, He stated that his daughter, - out of concern for him, tried to conceal her real condition, | . "But I can tell she was suffering," he said. 7 ra vis As, a AUSA GEORGE Bi | @uring the Spring of 1955, -. furnished SA fith seven petitions which ergs ye | ei: the United States Attorney J, EDWARD LUMBARD to agree to suspend sentence for CLAUDIA JONES, These petitions sed 4. their appeals on the premise that the subject suffers fron a severe heart condition. | Tee i r FOL * AUSA BAILEY furnished a, during Sib y 4 ‘the months of March, April and May, letters protesting the jailing of the subject, CLAUDIA JONES, Whe bulk of these. letters were from various trade unions and schools in Germany, and were addressed to either Attorney General HERBERT BROWNELL - or the United States Attorney J. EDWARD LUMBARD, Southern District of Hew York, The remainder of these letters wore | ° from individuals or unions in Australie. =. pe