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Show oo JOHN M. NELSON AND SilllCTEO Congressman in a Conspiracy to Violate the Registration Registra-tion Law. MADISON, Wis., Nov. 28. Congressman Con-gressman John M. Nelson and his son, Byron, were Indicted by a federal grand jury today on a charge of conspiracy con-spiracy to violate the registration law. The congressman's son previously had been indictod, charged with failure to register. Thoy will be tried in De-comber. De-comber. Congressman Nelson was charged with advising his son not to register. The trial of Byron C. Nelson, the son who was indicted a month ago for failure fail-ure to register for the selective draft, was set for the December term of tho federal court. Young Nelson Is managing manag-ing his father's ranch in Canada and has promised o appear. Young Nelson, after boing advised by his father of tho first indictment, returned to Madison and registered and then wont to the ofTlce of the United States marshal, where a warrant war-rant was served. He pleaded not guiuy anu judge sandorn hxed bail at $2600. It is claimed by the government that Byron Nelson failed to register upon advice of his father. Tho contention of Congressman Nelson was that, according accord-ing to a provision of tho draft rules, an American citizen not in tho country coun-try need not register, but must do so within five days after reaching an Amorican port. Representative Nelson, when informed in-formed tonight of the indictments, declined de-clined to make any comment. In Soptember, after a warrant had been sworn out for his son on the chargo of evading registration under tho drnft law, Mr. Nelson called on Attorney At-torney General Gregory and explained that his son, working in tho Canadian wheat fields, occupied the same status as any other American temporarily residing re-siding ouLslde the country. His son, Representative Nelson contended, was not amendable to the charge of evading evad-ing registration unless ho returned to the United States and failed to register regis-ter within five days. nn |