Bridges

The United States Government has moved this Court to revoke the order made on April 10, 1950, admitting the defendant Harry Bridges to- bail. The order was made after his conviction of a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 88 , now 18 United States Code Annotated, Section 371, in that he was found guilty, after trial by jury, of conspiring with Henry Schmidt and J. R. Robertson to defraud the United States in petitioning for and obtaining naturalization; also of a violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 746 (a), subdivision (1), now 18 United States Code Annotated, Section 1015(a), in that he knowingly gave a false statement under oath in the naturalization proceeding.

The -basis for the prosecution was that Bridges lied when, under oath, he denied his membership in the Communist Party. Thereafter, on June the 20th, 1950, this Court, on motion of the United States Government and after a full and complete hearing thereon, duly revoked, set aside and declared void the order admitting Mr. Bridges to citizenship.

The present motion is made upon the ground that Mr. Bridges has pursued and will continue to pursue a -course of conduct and activity dangerous to…