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

Press Release
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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W. P. MARSHALL. 

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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 

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