HARRY BRIDGES’ CONVICTION
U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR APPEAL
(Rec. 9 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 9. The United States Supreme Court today agreed to hear the appeal of Aus-tralian-born Harry Bridges against his conviction for perjury. Bridges, the West Coast longshoremen’s leader, was convicted in 1950 of swearing falsely that he (vas not a Communist when he obtained his United States citizenship in 1945. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and his United States citizenship was revoked.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26986, 11 March 1953, Page 9
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78HARRY BRIDGES’ CONVICTION Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26986, 11 March 1953, Page 9
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