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+ fsn hie ode ae we 0-19 (Rev. 10-15-62) Calif. Dec. 26 (UPI) — John (Jake_the Barber) Factor returned to his home today with the “best Christmas present ever” —a pardon from President Kennedy that spared him from possible deportation. It was confirmed in Palm Beach, Fla., yesterday, where the President spent the holi- ‘days, that Mr. Kennedy had granted Factor & Christmas pardon on a 1943 mail fraud conviction. —— + - The pardon, in effect, nulli- fied deportation P: ings against the southern Cali- fornia millionaire that were begun only last week by the U. S. Immigration Service. The proceedings were based on the conviction. ; Factor was ecstatic over the news of the pardon. When told by United Press Inter- national at Palm Springs, Calif, where he spent Christ- mas, Factor called the pardon “inst wonderful.” _ : [SCHEME ‘It’s just about too much fdr one man to get at Christ- mastime,” he said, shortly be- fore returning to his home here. “I’m very PRESIDENTIAL PARDON © BEVERLY HILLS, grateful. I Barker JOHN FACTOR knew it would all come out right some day.” Factor served nine years in Federal prison for convic- tion on several counts involv- ing re-sale of bonded whisky certificates. The complicated scheme involved inducing per- sons to turn over certificates, which in turn were offered for sale to more than one person. The Iowa indictment in-’ cluding at least two dozen counts, each representing @ different mailing. ; But despite his conviction j and prison term, Factor was best known for his in an alleged gangland idnaping in Chicago in 1933, - —_,/ . Factor maintained he "was kidnaped by Roger Touhy, 53D C \ 1962 Gets a i a aa 7 who was shot to death on @ Chicago street 22 days after - his release from prison in 1959 after serving 26 years for his part in the alleged ab- duction. . : At one point in’ the history of the ease, in 1954, the late John P. Barnes, a former U.S. district judge, ruled that Fac- tor did fake the kidnaping but Judge Barmes was over- ruled by an appeals court. .REAL ESTATE California, borrowed and built a real estate empire worth millions within a few He became known lanthropist and one of his at- torneys .recently stated in court that Factor has given away more than $3 million to various medical clinics and non-profit organizations. Factor, who was born in. England and reared in Po land, applied for U. S. citizen- ship {In 1959, but no action was ever taken on the appli- cation. -Last Dec. 17 the de- portation proceedings: were begun. .. - Gift In 1939, Factor moved {fo' asa phi- Factor, a brother of the late , cosmetics king, Max Factor js currently involved tion with the book, “The Stolen Years,” which’ he claims slan him. . The book is a biography o Toughy who claimed Fact faked his own kidnaping. 5 accusation he has repeat _mnillion libel suit in connec- : Tolson —________ Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen ——————— Sullivan ———— Tave) ___—— Trotter Tele Room Holmes ———_— Gandy —————ae The Washington Post and ———— SZ The Evening Stat ————_—_———— Times Herald The Washington Daily News New York Herald Tribune ——— New York Journal-American ————— New York Mirror ———————— New York Daily News —.——————— _ New York Post ee | a The New York Times ————————— The Worker i The New Leader —_—_—— The Wall Street Journal) ————— The Nationa bserfver ————~-—— Date a