Evening star., 1953-10-06
7 Red Officials
Are Arrested
lin j. 5. Drive
Effort Continues
To Detuin Leaders
For Prosecution
By the Assoeioted prsss

Attorney General Br0Wnell to-
day announced a roundup Of
seven additional officials of the
Communist Party. The arrests
were made by FBI agents in
Cleveland. Lorain and Steuben-
vile, Ohio. Newark, N. j., and
New York City.
In addition, the announce
ment said a detainer had been
placed against another party
functionary now serving time in
the Ohio State Penitentiary at
Columbus for fictitious carregis-
tration.
All of those involved were de-
scribed as now holding or having
held positions in the Communist
Party apparatus in the Midwest.
All were charged under the
Smith Act with conspiracy to
advocate the violent overthrow
OF the United States Govern
ment.
The new move represents a
continued effort to get into Gus
tody Second-String leaders of the
party, for prosecution similar to
that which resulted in prison
sentences for the II top leaders
OF the party in 1949.
To date, a total of SO party
officials have been arrested or
detained, beginning with the ar
rest of the IL in 1948.
Names of Those Arrested.
The Justice Department named
those taken into custody this
morning as:
Robert Alfred Campbell, Al,
arrested in New York. He is
former Army technical sergeant
and was described by the depart
ment as having been employed
after World War II by the State
board of the Communist Party
at Cleveland. He is currently &C
tive in Communist affairs in the
New York City area.
Joseph Brandt, 43, described
as formerly organizational sec
retary of the party in Ohio. ap-
pretended in Newark on his way
to work.
David Katz, 40, described as
former treasurer of the Commu-
mist Political Association of
Ohio, arrested in Cleveland while
driving his employers bakery
truck.
Frieda Fucker Katz, Al, wife
OF David Katz, described as one
time organizational secretary for
the party in Cuyahoga County,
Ohio, taken into custody at her
Cleveland residence.
Lucille Bethencourt, 26, de-
scribed as leading participant
in Communist activities in the
Lorain (Ohio) area since l949
and former party chairman
there, arrested at Lorain.
Write-In Candidate Included.
Elvador Claud Greenfield. SO.
Write-in candidate for Governor
OF Ohio on the Communist ticket
in 1852, while serving as public
relations director of the Ohio
Communist Party. The FBI said
ne was living under the, name
e. Griene" at a rooming house
in Cleveland when arrested this
morning. The agents reported
that when taken into custody he
carried two books with him for
reading material: Don't Get
Caught" by M. E. Chaber, and
Time to Kill" by j. M. Walsh.
Joseph Michael Dougher, Sc,
also known as Joseph Michael
Walsh, described as active in
party affairs in Pennsylvania
and Ohio and a one-time mem
Der OF the party's national COM
mittee. He was apprehended at
rooming house in Steubenville,
where the FBI said he was liv-
ing under the name Joe Walsh"
The Ohio State Penitentiary
hold order was placed against
Frank Hashmall. "a, who ap-
peared as a defense witness at
the trial of the top Communist
leaders in New York City in l949.
He was described as a former
chairman of the Hamilton Coun-
ty, Ohio, chapter of the party.
His sentence on the fictitious
car registration charge is from
six months to five years.