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Conmuntst Porty of Anertea. There ts, however, eutdence to gupport Brown's espousol of not only the dropptng of the Rorry Bridges’ deportation proceedings but aleo the cand{dacy for etty office of one auowed Communtst candidate. The Coumunt at Porty'e sole candidate tn the November, 1943, San Franetaco NYonpartiean electtones wos Oleta o'connor Yates, a full-tine funotioncry in the San Frencteco Communtat Party, who entered the race for supervteor. She polled 39,¢16 votes and placed tenth tn a group of 17 candtdates, stz of whon were elected. Tt was estimated she reocetved 18 per cent of the votes cast and ran much stronger than ony other Con- muntst condtdate tn previous years. The Communtst Party tn San Franctseco exhtbtted cone siderable tnterest tn the nayoralty and dtetrict attomey (Brown) campotgne. The Party, as well aa the Cro organt gzatton in San Franetsco, had euttched thetr support from iePhee, & Republtcan, to George Retlly, a Denocrat, Sor wayor, because, according to reliable infornatton, "they dtd not want to strengthen the Republican mochtne for 1944 because they should keep Reosevelt after the war ao that they can strike all they wont to cs he wtll not tnterfere tf they have. an argument tn the rtght waye" Roger Dearborn Laphon was elected nayor despite the CTO and the Comnuntet backtng of feorge Retllye Lapham te regarded ae "an out-and-out Fasctst” by the Conmunt 8t#e/( 100~-3-23-41< Brown, the successful candidate who defeated Mat thmo Brady for dtstrtct attorney wos backed by the San Franct eco