Washington, Apr. 19.
The Department of Labour today indefinitely postponed deportation proceedings against Mr. Harry Bridges, Australian born west coast-labour leader, pending the outcome of the Department's appeal to the Supreme Court in the Joseph George and Strecker Hotsh case.
The Department is appealing the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that membership in the Communist Party was not sufficient cause to warrant deportation of the two Britons.
In announcing the Department's decision to delay action against Mr. Bridges, the Immigration Commissioner, Mr. J. L. Houghteling, said he was acting on the advice of the Labour Department Solicitor, Mr. Gerald Reilly. Mr. Houghteling made it plain today that Communism had been the sole charges against Messrs. George and Hotsh in the deportation case against the two Britons—United Press.
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