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NK 100-32986 VEM:maq Or a kere a , VII OTHER ACTIVITINS INDICATING FURTHERANCE OF THE PROGRAM OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY A. Protest of Sentencing of Defense Attorneys For the Twelve CP Leaders It is noted that eleven of the twelve individuals comprising the National Committee of the CP USA were convicted on 10/1/h$ in U S. District Court, SDNY, for violation of Section 3 of the Smith Act for advocating and conspirying to tesch the violent overthrow of the U. &. Government. The Daily Yorker dated 2/1/50 contained an article captisnca, "EINSTEIN, MAN, BLAST THiTAT TO LAV YORS." According to this articl>, EINSTEIN,among other distinguished Americans,protested the threat toward disciplinary action against lawyers who defendee political minorities, national winorities, and labor organizations." The artizJe stated that the above statement issued mntioned the contempt citations by Federal Judge HAROLD R. MEDINA, U. S. District Court, SUIT, agai ‘ the counsellors for the eleven Communist lesders on trial in New York City. . The New York"Daily Mirror," daily newspaper of Wew York (City, dated 9/19/LS,contained an article which stated in part that a nev so-called "inlependent noreCommunist’ movement te "martyrize” the Kremlin inspired defendants called itself the Nstional ‘Non-Fartisan Committee to defend the righ’s of the trelve Commanist leaders. This organization was in relation to the twelve CP leaders who were on trial in New York City at that time. Acco: ding to this article, the organization listed as LIN and other 261D oe P; -another Ok RA Government Agency, disclosed that on 2/1/50, the Lavyers Defense Committee released a statement over the signatures of sixteen well known Novy professional individuals who were chrenic signers of CF sponsored petitions. The name of BINSTETN appeared among the signatures of the statement protesting the contempt convictions of the defenre attorncys in thn trial of the eleven CF leaders in New York City. sponsors E tes, ‘ho has been acquaint: 4