Show French Scientist Freed After Detention by U S 5 NEW V YORK March 19 UP p Mme Irene Curle Curie French scientist was released Friday from Ellis Island where where she had been de detained by immigration authorities authorities authorities' au nu- since her arrival Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day night by plane from France Atty Gen Torn Tom Clark in Washington Wash Wash- ington ordered her release without without with with- out bond for 15 days the exact period of her proposed visit In this country Earlier the justice department department de- de had said she would be beheld beheld held un until it could be determined whether he entry would be prejudicial prejudicial to the best interests interest of the United States Although the visit was as authorIzed authorized author- author zed in a st state tc department visitors visitor's visa in Paris an official said the I f first word the justice department had md was when she arrived at LaGuardia LaGuardia LaGuardia La- La Guardia field Ho He said there was waso tto no o advance information that the theisa theisa visa isa isa had been issued Leaves Island The daughter of the discoverers of f radium left Ellis island shortly after fter noon A delegation from the joint Fascist anti-Fascist refugee committee commit commit- tee ee was on hand at the barge office to o gre greet t her but missed her After Waiting Baiting half halt an hour the group telephoned committee headquarters and nd learned the scientist already had lad arrived ed there She is in the U. U J. J S. S on a lecture tour arranged by y the committee In Washington a justice department department department depart depart- ment official said there were no strings string's attached to the release and that hat she was at liberty to go on ona ona a speaking tour In a formal statement issued after Mme Curies Curie's detention detention tion on the chairman of the group Dr r. r Edward Barsky said Mrs Curie Jurie came to the United States t to 6 speak at a dinner in her honor honoro to o be given by the thc joint antiFascist anti Fas Fas cist refugee committee on March 31 1 Her visa was approved by American officials in France but upon pon her arrival she was whisked off ff by government agencies and denied access to counsel and friends friends with no charge against her er made known To Talk on Exiles Barsky said Mme Curie Curle had lad come to this country to acquaint acquaint ac quaint the American people with the ic immediate immediate needs of the Spanish Spanish Span- Span ish sh republicans in jn exile A New York surgeon Dr Barsky was indicted last July for refusing to yield records of the refugee organization for inspection y r f Mme Curle Carle French scientist Is hi detained released by the house un-American un activIties activities activities ties committee Convicted of contempt contempt contempt con con- tempt of congress along with other members he appealed a six- six month jail term and fine finer The conviction was upheld Thursday by the U. U S S. S court of appeals in Washington The organization was accused during the thc trial of being honeycombed honeycombed honeycombed honey combed with Communists |