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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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Earl Browder, head of the American Communist Party, was convicted in New York on passport fraud charges after a four-day trial, sentenced to four years in prison and fined $2,000. He spoke at a Madison Square Garden Lenin meeting, calling the verdict a 'great honor' and part of a drive toward war.
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New York, Jan. 23. --(AP)-The government, pursuing its drive against federal law violations that might have foreign implications, added to its list today the conviction of Earl Browder on passport fraud charges.
Browder was silent yesterday as he left the courtroom where he had been sentenced to four years in prison and fined $2,000 but he went to a Madison Square Garden Lenin to lash out against the government after pleading in court that he was the victim of a federal campaign against "civil rights".
Browder, a native of Kansas and head of the American communist party, heard the verdict after a four-day trial and a jury deliberation of only 45 minutes. He was convicted on each of two counts that might have brought him ten years in prison
At the Lenin mass meeting Browder termed his conviction a "great honor."
"The verdict is but one movement in the drive toward war." he said.
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New York
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Jan. 23
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convicted on two counts of passport fraud, sentenced to four years in prison and fined $2,000
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Earl Browder, head of the American Communist Party, was convicted after a four-day trial and 45-minute jury deliberation. He pleaded victim of federal campaign against civil rights and spoke at Madison Square Garden Lenin meeting, calling conviction a great honor and part of drive toward war.