BRIDGES APPEALS
CONTEMPT OF COURT
(Received February 26, 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON. February 25. The Labour leader, Harry Bridges. has appealed to the Supreme Court against his conviction in" California for contornnt of court by publishing a telegram he had.sent to the Secretary of Labour. Miss ■■ Frances ■ Perkins. He ; claimed that 'the conviction deprived 'him of '•freedom of speech in the !Press.and the right to petition for a I redress of his grievances."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 48, 26 February 1940, Page 6
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