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SF 1116-52286 DETAILS: AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA The February 13, 1945 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, a daily newspaper in San Francisco, on page 7, column 8, con- tained an article entitled, "BROWN Aids Appeal of HARRY BRIDGES". -Tn its pertinent parts this article read as follows: oo -.. "District Attorney EDMUND G. BROWN. came out against, the. | “geportation of HARRY BRIDGES, CIO leader, in a statement announced — yesterday. , a "BROWN in a letter to the Bridges Victory Committee, termed the deportation order against the longshoremens! president ta threat to industrial peace'.......+-- "pistrict Attorney BROWN concluded his letter with the hope that 'Mr. BRIDGES will soon be permitted the opportunity of becoming a U. 5S. citizen'." oes From the time of the original petition for. ...- naturalization by HARRY RENTON BRIDGES in 1921, until ultimate disposition by the court on July 29, 1955, a series of trials and hearings were held concerning possible membership in and affiliation with the Communist Party on the part of BRIDGES. During the course of these trials and hearings, 4 second deporta-~ tion warrant was issued on February 14, 1941. On June 12, 1941, finding against BRIDGES, the deportation ~ warrant was upheld by the United States District Court. On January 3, 1942, the Board of Immigration Appeals disapproved the finding of June 12, 1941. On May. 28,,. 1942, the Attorney General of the United States over- rode the Board of Immigration Appeals and again ordered deportation; <ad@pting.the findings of June 12, 1941. “On February 5; 1943, the presiding Judge, in the United States District Court, denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the part of BRIDGES. After this, a later series of trials and hearings, including an appearance before the United States Supreme Court, occurred. Ultimately, on July 29, 1955, in connection with civil denaturalization proceeding, the United States District Court found for BRIDGES, the presiding Judge concluding that "the government has failed to prove allegations...as to membership in the Communist Party by clear and convincing evidence."