Secure Release of Last of 16 Arrested for Criminal Syndicalism in McComb, Miss. (Telegram)
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October 19, 1964

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Press Releases, Volume 1. Secure Release of Last of 16 Arrested for Criminal Syndicalism in McComb, Miss. (Telegram), 1964. 27e77c5a-b592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0a8c75e3-c334-446b-856f-39685f664fac/secure-release-of-last-of-16-arrested-for-criminal-syndicalism-in-mccomb-miss-telegram. Accessed June 17, 2025.
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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM © 7" ta: W. P. MARSHALL. | 12:30 Ti. | —NRACP Legal Defense and ) _lBayeat fonal FuQGe Inc. es—Ne Send'the following message, subject to October 19, 1964 NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ATTORNEYS TODAY SECURED RELEASE FOR LAST 16 PERSONS ARRESTED IN MC COMB MISSISSIPPI UNDER "CRIMINAL SYNDICALSIM" LAW, NO HEARING DATE HAS BEEN SET ON THE DEFENSE FUND MOTION OF SEPTEMBER 25 IN FEDERAL COURT TO STOP THE PROSECUTIONS ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE LAW VIOLATES FREEDOM OF SPEECH, IS VAGUE, AND IS BEING ENFORCED SOLELY TO HARRASS CIVIL RIGHTS EFFORTS. NO. ACTION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN ON THE FUND'S SEPTEMBER 29 PETITION ASKING THAT THE CASES BE REMOVED TO FEDERAL COURT. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ATTORNEY MARION WRIGHT 601- 35ara943. JESSE DE VORE DIRECTOR PUBLIC INFORMAT ION NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND Pa