Evening star., 1951-07-10
Government Requests
Revocation Of Bail
For IS Communists
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BY the Associatsd Press

BY the Assoeiatsd Press
NEW YORK. July 10.-The
Government today sought to re-
woke bail under which Is lesser
Communist leaders charged with
conspiracy have been at liberty.
. I nthe petition to revoke the
bail, furnished by the Civil Rights
Congress bail fund, United States
Attorney Irving H. Saypol charged
that the funds TRUSTEES were
wholly unreliable" Three Of the
trustees have been sentenced to
terms in Jail for criminal contempt
for failure to answer questions and
produce the funds records.
I ma simultaneous move, the
Government also obtained from
Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff
an order directing Is of the II in
dicted lesser Communist leaders
to appear tomorrow before Federal
Judge Vincent L. Leihell to show
cause whey their bail should not
be increased.
Judge Holtzoff, who is on the
District of Columbia Federal
Court bench, is sitting in New
York for a month";
Twenty One Under Indictment.
Twenty-one of the lower eche-
lon of the Communist leadership
are under indictment on charges
of conspiracy to advocate the
overthrow of the Government by
violence. Seventeen of them are
under arrest and four are fugui-
tiveS.
The move to revoke the bail ap-
piled only to Is. 1t did not in
clude Jacob Minded, whose 5,ON0
bail was posted personally by
Frederick Vanderbilt Field, or
that of Marion Bachrach, whose
$4,000 bail was secured by her
Mrs. Mildred S. Abt. In
the other action, however, the
Government seeks to increase
their bail to $50,OOO each.
The petition to increase bail
asked that Alexander Bittleman,
Claudia Jones and Betty Gannett,
now at liberty under $40, 900 each,
be required to post 5000 each.
Bail Of $1,000 for Israel Amter
would not be increased under this
petition, but the prosecutor asked
for surety other, than the bail
fund of the Civil Rights Congress.
$4,000 Bail Sought.
OF the remaining 13 defendants,
one was held in $4,000 bail and
the others in $4,000 each. The
Government asked that all 13 be
required to furnish $4,000 each.
Dashiell Hammett, mystery
writer sought to obtain bail for
himself after landing in Jail for
refusing to tell who furnished
bond for four fugitive convicted
Communist leaders.
The author of the Thin Man"
series and The Maltese Falcon"
drew a six-month contempt of
court sentence last night.
Federal Judge Sylvester ]. Ryan
denied him bail and sent him to
jail.
Hunt0n Also Sentenced.
W. Alphaeus Hunton, a fellow
trustee with Mr.. Hammett for the
Civil Rights Congress bail fund,
got a similar sentence for not
answering the courts questions
about the Red fugitives.
Attorneys for the two men said
they would appeal for bail today
before a United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals judge. They
said they would ask that Mr.
Hammett and Mr.. Hunton, who
is colored, be released in bond
pending appeal of the contempt
sentences.
Judge Ryan's sentencing of Mr.
Hammett and Mr.. Hunton fol-
lowed the pattern in the contempt
citation Of Millionaire Frederick
Vanderbilt Field, another bail
fund trustee.
Field Gets Out.
Mr.. Field, great great grandson
of Commodore Cornelius Wander
bilt. was sent to Jail for 80 days
Friday by Judge Ryan. Federal
Appeals Judge Thomas w. Swan
allowed Mr.. Fields release in
$4,000 bail and Mr.. Field finally
obtained his freedom yesterday
afternoon.
The appeals court Is on vaca-
tion, and attorneys had to journey
to New Haven, Conn, to see
Judge Swan. His decision came
too late Friday for Mr.. Field to
obtain his release before the week
end.
1t was expected that attorneys
for Mr.. Hunton and Mr.. Hammett
also would 60 to New Haven to
see Judge Swan.
Although Mr.. Field put up his
own money, in cash, for his bail,
the Government demanded a CO.
surety before releasing him. c.
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