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Government's Perjury Against Harry Bridge: Conspiracy Case j Due To End Soon 'Editor's Note: The trial of CIO Longshore Leader Harry Bridget on rhargts of conspiracy is approaching lis end. The following aispatcn. writ ten bv the reporter who has covered the lenethv trial from IU beginning last November, fives the background on ine case.j By Robert Blackmon United Press Correspondent San Francisco, Mar. 9 IU.PJ Harry Bridges, CIO longshore leader, testifies again today to deny government charges that he lied in denying he was a com munist when he became a citi zen nearly five years ago. Defense attorneys were ex Dected to conclude their sur-re- buttal with the Australian-born Bridges' final testimony. That will open the way for final ar guments before presenting the case to the jury 01 etgnt men ana four women. That day may not come for another week. Defense Attorney Vincent Hallinan wants four days for his summation and James Maclnnes wants a day or a day and a half. Prosecutor F. Joseph Donohue says he will take a day tor nis iinai argu' ments. Exoensiv Trial To date, the 67-day trial has cost the government an estimat ed $5U0,uuu and the detense from $100,000 to $110,000. Bridges said 35 to 40 per cent of the defense money comes from non-union sources. On trial with Bridges are two union aides, J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt, who acted as witnesses in Bridges naturaliza tion hearing in 1945. The gov ernment says they knew Bridges was a communist, although they swore then he was not. If found guilty, the three men face jail sentences totaling seven Presbyterians In Phoenix Plan To Dedicate Manse Phoenix. Mar. 9 Dedication of the new manse of the Phoe nix Presbyterian church will be held Sunday, March 12, during the 11 a.m. service, according to an announcement by the minis ter, the Rev. E. J. Clark. Sunday afternoon, between 3 and 5 p.m., and in the evening between 7 and 9 p.m., the min ister and his wife will hold open house in the new home and all members and friends of the church and anyone in the com munity interested are invited to attend. The Rev. Mr. Clark and Mrs. Clark ask that there be no gifts. Ground was broken for the new manse last October. Labor for the building was largely do nated, and materials were fur nished at a discount, resulting in a substantial, saving to the church, it was reported. The min ister and his wife said they wish to thank all those in the church and everyone, both in Phoenix and Medford, who contributed "so generously" to the building. Many who have seen the new manse have commented favor ably on its construction and appearance. Checker-Chess Club To Celebrate 1st Year The Medford Checker and Chess club will celebrate its first anniversary this Sunday, with a checker tournament at the Car penters' hall, 123V4 West Main street. Winner of the tournament will be considered the champion of Medford. Prizes will be giv en to winners, and play will be gin at 10:30 a.m. All checker and chess players in and around Medford are invited, according to Cliff Heeter, secretary. FARM PLANTS AVAILABLE The habitat improvement de partment of the state game com mission announced today that 175.000 trees and shrubs are now available for planting on farms and ranches in eastern Oregon, ONLY BIGGEST FOR HIM New York, Maf. 9 U.R) The New York philharmonic-symphony reported today that a thief had entered its instrument room and marched off with the biggest thing he could find the bass ..drum. years and fines totaling $15,000 In addition, the government has filed a civil suit seeking to revoke Bridges' citizenship and deport him to his native Aus tralia. The success of that suit depends on the outcome of this trial. Bridges, now 50, came to this country in 1920 and first be came prominent during the bloody San Francisco longshore strike in 1934. He has been president of the powerful CIO Inter national Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union for a number of years. Two Attempts Fail The government has tried to deport him twice before, both times unsuccessfully. However, this is the first criminal case against him. This trial beean Nov. 14. 1949. In the 67 trial days since then, t the government called li wit nesses in its case-in-chief and three in its rebuttal. In essenpe, the government witnesses gave testimony to show that Bridges attended 59 communist party meetings. One i witness, Mervyn Rathborne, said he attended at least 40 with , Bridges. , Government witnesses also; placed Schmidt at 15 party meet ings and testified that Robertson was a member of the party. Each of the defendants denied being a member of the party Bridges testified he accepted the help of the communist party, during the 1934 and 1936 long shore strikes, as he did any per son or group that was on the side of the longshoremen. The trial has been marked by bitter clashes between the pro secution, defense and the court. Attorney Sentenced Federal udge George B. Har ris sentenced Defense Attorney Hallinan to six months for con tempt of court, while he has cited Maclnnis for contempt, with sentence to be passed at the end of the trial. Sex entered the 1,462,000 words of testimony when two women, Mrs. Betty Teixeira and Mrs. Jean Murray were accused of trying to tamper with Rath borne, the prosecution's chief re buttal witness. They will be tried soon. They are accused of threaten ing to tell Rathborne's wife he was intimate with them, if Rath borne persisted in his intention to testify against Bridges. Both women appeared yesterday to deny the charges. They will deny them again at their own trial. One government witness, Paul Crouch, testified that Strip Teaser Gypsy Rose Lee once kissed Bridges in public. The government opened its case with testimony from John Schomaker, an ex communist who said another longshoreman, Bruce Jones, talked Bridges in to becoming a communist party member in 1934. ' Schomaker testified he saw Bridges pay party dues and heard Bridges solicit members for the party. But Jones, testifying for the defense, called Schomaker a " liar." Bridges On Stand Bridges was on the stand for 10 days. During that time, the defense and the prosecution ex plored minutely his attitudes and beliefs on trade unions, the world situation and Russia. He accused government witnesses of "lying like hell" In calling him a communist and said they should be prosecuted for perjury instead of him. He also charged the FBI was tapping his teletypes and tele phones. 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