Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-10
Fair to Bridges

TCCOnInCUuaION
l Judge Charles B. Sears that Harry R. Bridges West
Coast labor agtaor be forthwith deported TO Australia
on the ground of membership and afliaton with the
Communist Party masterpiece of calm Judicial reason
ing without trace Of prejudice either against Bridges
the man the union TO which he belongs.
Judge Sears recommendation. arrived at on the basis
Of facts is moreover vital American document and
should set precedent for all such pending or
that may arise.
AS Judge Sears is a former associate judge Of the
highest court in New York State the Court of Appeals
his findings with the stamp Of eminent authority
and Of juridcal knowledge grounded on many years OF
experience.
Before his elevation 10 the Court Of Appeals Judge
Sears enjoyed the confidence of the people of New York
by being elected and reelected the Supreme Court for
p years, serving presiding justice OF that body Tor
II years.
THE specific counts which Judge Sears POUNDS his
recommendation are
Bridges editorship of the Waterfront Worker"
Communist organ, from 1882 to 1886
This" saws Judge Sears demonstrates his affili-
alton with both the Marine Workers Industrial League
and the Communist Party if not actual membership in
either or both, of these organizations"
Judge Sears announces that Bridges ADMITTED to
l. Harry Lundeberg secretary and treasurer of the
Seamens Union of the Pacific Coast THAT HE WAS A
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY"
2 There is evidence" says Judge Sears THAT he
! CO-OPERATED with KNOWN MEMBERS of the
Communist Party and often SHARED THEIR VIEWS
upon political social and particularly labor questions
1-Snce 1882 the "vews and conduct of Bridges have
7 been mot only strikngy similar but were actually
THE SAME the conduct and views ESPOUSED BY
THE COMMUNIST PARTY
IAVING demonstrated from exhaustive evidence that
i l Bridges is affiliated with communism, Judge Sears
says of the party to which Bridges is held to be
affiliated;
"The ultimate objective of communism and of the
Communist Party of the United States is that society
shall be transformed from based upon the concept
of capitalism to one purely socialstic.
THE Communist Party believes and teaches this
Transformation can be accomplished ONLY BY THE
OVERTHROW OF ALL CAPITALIST GOVERN
MENTS, the United States government being in that
category, and the substitution therefor OF DlCTA-
TORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT patterned after
the government of Soviet Russia.
ITO the accomplishment of this end ALL THE
MORE IMMEDIATE AIMS AND DETECTIVES of the
Communist movement are directed"
Having further shown, in his 1S7-page booklet Of
findngs, that Bridges implicitly and actually INDORSES
these detectives of the subversve Communist Party of
America, Judge Sears says emphahcally
"A determination against him and finding of
ground for deporabity simply that he is found
to have violated condition of the privilege of remain
ing in this country which he has been enjoying
THE condition which any alien should remain here
requires that he observe the laws of the country and
refrain from activities which aim at the destruction of the
American political system and the American way of life.
Bridges has fagrantly violated this condition in the
opinion of judge of the most respected standing and
with unimpeachable record for fairness
Harry r. Bridges has AT LAST thus been adjudged
a Communist
Communist is an enemy of everything that the
word AMERICAN means or has ever meant
Bridges should therefore be deported and on the
basis of Judge Sears findings there thousands Of
others of the noxous breed who should also be
deported IMMEDIATELY.