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-— : wi _ ce addressea of hundrede of clergymen and intellectuals who had ‘ wrtesen te the ‘President asking for clemency. ‘Unlese the FCSJRC toa i hy or the Comnu ntat Party had soltctted such lettera thenselves. the an party press would have ne way of knowing wha had written to the ~ - “Fhtte House except th a few tsolated instances, At a number of ralltes aponsored by the ¥CSJRC, tndtutduale in attendance were TN a a Uae ee RE ee oe 1 handed telegrams, post cards or letters which were already complately ftlled out and addressed to the Preatdent and which lacked only @ atgnature, In addttton 1t has also been reported | that representatives of the nCSJRC conducted intensive house-to- house canvasses, particularly tn the Jewish and egro netghborhoode,r———— in an efrort to obtatn signatures forclemency petitions, ' pe Apert from auch synthetto nethode of recruiting clemency advocates, the ¥C3OJRC was not above resorting te plain misrepresents ttone According to an article appearing tn the Seattle "Post . ‘- Intelligencer” on January 7, 1953, a number of Seattle clergyman ‘a i G tah the following manner. The niniaters were asked over the telephone whether or not they favored capttal punishment, if they replied tn the negative, ae many of ther did, they were then asked ty they were not therefore opposed to the electrocution of. the Rosenderga, Irrespective of their answers, their nanes were entered on the tet of those opposing the Rosen~ Boe, berga’ ‘death sentences Another tnatance of deceptive reporting took place tn connectton with a atatement made by Rabbi abbe Hillel Silver of Cleveland, Ohto, During the latter part of 1952, the Conmuntet press headlined the fact that Rabbit Silver hed Ta —_ : * w : ow F¥ . -80- — | a a . 7 _. oe oe ae rs