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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Michigan Supreme Court upholds criminal syndicalism charges against 19 Communist Party leaders, including William Z. Foster, arrested in 1922 at Bridgman convention. Charles E. Ruthenberg was convicted in 1923. International Labor Defense vows to fight the charges.
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CHARGES UPHELD
Foster, 18 Others in Syndicalism Case
LANSING, Mich., Jan. 3.- The State Supreme Court today refused to dismiss charges of criminal syndicalism against 19 leaders of the Communist Party who were arrested in 1922 when police raided a convention of the Party at Bridgman, Mich.
Among those involved in the case are William Z. Foster, Communist candidate for president in the last election. Charles E. Ruthenberg, secretary of the Party till his death in 1927, was convicted in the case in 1923 and served a jail sentence.
The upholding of the criminal syndicalism charges means that the state of Michigan is given a weapon which it can at any time use against the working class by bringing the 19 leaders to trial. The International Labor Defense, which has been handling the case, will continue, with the support of workers throughout the country, its fight to smash the charges.
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Lansing, Mich.; Bridgman, Mich.
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Jan. 3 (Court Decision); Arrests 1922; Conviction 1923; Death 1927
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State Supreme Court refuses to dismiss criminal syndicalism charges against 19 Communist Party leaders arrested in 1922 at Bridgman convention. William Z. Foster involved; Charles E. Ruthenberg convicted in 1923 and jailed. Charges upheld, allowing potential trials; International Labor Defense continues fight.