Evening star., 1951-10-10
Mexico Police Return
Fugitive Red Leader
To Texas FBI Agents
By the Assoeioted Press

oAnvC0 01dgCo SOA1AAAAAAA4ot = "a w
across the border here early today
into the. waiting arms of the FBI
Hall was flown to Texarkana
Tex, Immediately In a private
plane.
There is a Federal correctional
institution at Texarkana. But
there was no immediate informa.
ton on what was being done with
Hall.
Airport Manager Howard webt
said Hall arrived at am. in Z
Lake Central Airlines DC-3 &C.
companied by seven men. He sale
three automobiles met the plane
and that Texas highway patrol.
men escorted the automobiles to.
ward Texarkana.
One Of Four Who Fled.
Hall is one of four top Unitee
States Communists who jumped
bail in early July after conviction
under the Smith Act of conspir.
ing to teach and advocate thu
violent overthrow of the United
States Government.
They were among II top Com.
munists convicted under tn,
Smith Act. Robert Thompson
Gilbert Green and Henry Winston
are still at large. The Civil Right!
Congress. which put up bail fol
the four men. lost its money wher
they skipped.
An international search begar
when the four failed to show III
10 begin serving their prison
terms. A spokesman for the Mex.
lean Communist Party had sale
1t would ask the Mexican govern.
ment to let Hall stay in Mexico
as political refugee.
But early today he was brought
across the border. Tom Green
Laredo Times reporter, watched
as five men in en- old model four.
door sedan with Mexican licens,
plates drove across the Interna.
tional Bridge here at am. Foul
OF the men, he said, looked lik,
Mexican officers. the other mar
looked like Hall.
Hoover Announces Arrest.
In Washington, ]. Edgar
Hoover. chief Of the FBI, an.
nounced Halls arrest. The FB.
said he was being taken to jai
Immediately.
Mexican officials returned Hal
to the United States only % hour
after he was arrested in Mexico
City. The Mexican Communist
had called a meeting of thei
Executive Committee today.
Mexican authorities had triec
to keep the arrest of Hall a secre
until he was out Of the country.
Hall and the other fugitives arr
American-born but Moscow.
trained. Hall was the party
Ohio State chairman before HI
became national secretary. -
All had been to Russia at ont
time or the other. When the foul
fed there were rumors they nac
returned to Russia or gone under
ground to form a secret politburt
or headquarters.
Four other Communists, mem
bers of the party's second team
of leaders are also fugitives. The!
and II others also were indicted
on charges Of conspiracy to teach
and advocate violent overthrow
Of the Government.
The Supreme Court Monday re-
fused to reconsider its decision
against the II top Reds. The de-
cision, last June. upheld the con
victions and constitutionality O
the Smith Act.
7 Serving Prison Terms.
Seven Of the II are serving
prison terms. Among them ar.
Eugene Dennis and John Gates
Dennis was general secretary o1
the party. Gates ran the Com.
munist Daily Worker. They arr
in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
All the II but Robert Thompson
were given five years. He wa!
given special treatment as a wa
veteran.
Since the four jumped bail ,
New York Federal Judge haI
banned the Civil Rights Congress
bail fund from acting as bondsmal
In any case In o New York Dis
trict Court.
Reporter Green said Hall cam
across the border without hand
cuffs. Hall was wearing brown
suit. grey hat and carrying /,
brown topcoat. The four officer
unloaded some luggage for Hall.
FBI men met the Mexican We
hicle. Mr.. Green said the agent
"were all over the place prior t.
and during the meeting" whicl
occurred at the United States i'm
migration office.
Mr.. Green said a blond-haire,
man preceded the Mexican ca
across the bridge about 20 min
utes; appeared to signal the wait
ing FBI men, then disappeared.
Saw Sohell Deportation.
The newsman quoted an immi
grafton officer as saying the blon
man was the same one who wa
on the scene when Morton Sobel
"a, the radar expert. was deporte
to the United States from Mexic'
Sobell, a New Yorker, was cor
victed last spring with Julius an
Ethel Rosenberg on charges
wartime espionage. They were az
cused of relaying American atol
bomb secrets to Russia. Sobel
appealing a 30-year prison ser
tence and the Rosenbergs are az
pealing death sentences.
After Halls return today. tt
Mexican Interior Departmel
said his arrest had been made /
immigration agents.
One unomcial report in Mexit
City was that the Mexican go'
ernment had put agents on tt
outskirts of the city to watch f
Halls arrival. This report sa