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Show AMERICAN COMMUNISTS Jury Indicts Six Top U. S. Communists A federal grand jury ordered contempt of congress prosecution against former Communist boss Earl Browder and Frederick Van-derbilt Van-derbilt Field, New York millionaire and alleged "angel" of Red causes. The jury also Indicted Philip Jacob Jaffe, former editor of the defunct Amerasia magazine and a key figure in the 1945 "stolen secrets" case. Also indicted for contempt were Joseph P. Kamp, executive vice-chairman vice-chairman of the constitutional educational edu-cational league; Edward A. Rumely, executive secretary of the committee commit-tee for constitutional government, and William L. Patterson, executive secretary of the civil rights congress. con-gress. All face heavy fines and prison pris-on sentences if convicted on contempt con-tempt charges. |