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t mo _ . - o ee NY 1100-81752 was granted in effect by Judge BICKS on April 17, 1956, when he read the indictment on voire dire and omitted those portions concerning organizing the Communist Party. The second motion was denied by Judge BICKS in an opinion filed on April 24, 1956, United States District Judge BICKS on February 24, 1956, executed an order permitting co- defendants CHARNEY, TRACHTENBERG, BACHRACH, FINE, MARRON, and JACKSON to visit defendant STEIN at the Federal House of Detention, New York City, for the purpose of preparing for trial. On April 24, 1956, United States District Judge BICKS, after oral .gecument held on February 27, 1956, denied the application of defendant JACKSON for severance from the trial of the other defendants and granted his application for an order permitting him to join in the motions filed by the other defendants. Arsument was hed¥d by United States District Judge BICKS on March 30, 1956, on a motion by all defendants for a postponement of the trial until sometime in the fall of 1956 on the ground that the publicity resulting from the United States Treasury Department's levying an attachment against the assets of the Communist Party for taxes and seizure of the premises occupied by the Communist Party on March 27, 1956, was of such an inflammatory and prejudicial nature that defendants would be unable to obtain a fair trial. This motion was denied on April 3, 1956. Defendant BACHRACH's application for severance because of poor health was denied by United States District Judge BICKS on April 3, 1956, in view of the court-appointed physician's finding (Doctor GEORGE THOMAS PACK) that BACHRACH was physically able to stand trial. - 30- Ce ee a oe aati ~