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September 18, 1947 TE: CARLES GIoe, with aliases The following information was securec frcm a revicy of the file on <+4s5 individual maintained by the U. S. Board of Parole. Gice was convicted in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Mew York on Yecenber 31, 1941, for conspiracy to interfere with trade and commerce by violence, threats and coercion. He was sentenced to serve ten years imprisonment. He. was originally committed to the U. S. Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, on» + April 4, 1944. He was eligible for parole on July 7, 1947, The maximum expiration of his sentence was larch 7, 1954, with the minimus expiration «=~ ending November 23, 1950. He was released on parole on August 13, 1947. He “i was transferred from the U. S. Penitentiary at Atlanta to Leavenvorth on a. August 8,:1945. He maintained a clear conduct record while in prison..In | accordance vith a parole plan for this individual, he was to reside with his’: ¢ family at the Seneca Hotel, 200 East Chestnut Street, Chicago, Tllinois. He? - ug is to be. employed by tr. P. L. Mann, part owner of the Consolidated Wire, and’ _ wai: Associated Companies, 1635 South Clinton Street, Chicago, Tllinois, as a séles~ -. man, His original parole advisor was ir. Harry A. Ash, Superintendent. of the a - Division of Crime Prevention of the State of Illinois. — a a _ RY ; A notation in the Parole Board file inlicates that because of ma. favorable publicity in the Chicago newspapers, Ash asked that his name be with- . “i; drawn as parole advisor for Gios. Gioe then surgested that Louis J. Pelton be ‘.- named parole advisér and this was approved. This notation was apparently ee prepared by Joseph G, Colosimo, U.S. Probation Officer. -1 | a ated. be ON ‘ . eo ae ke +e aug In connection with Gioe's application for parole, it is noted that. the OM Special Assistant to the Attorney General, Boris Kostelanetz, who originallyt! iy prosecuted Gice for the erime now involved in his parole, answered no coment . relative to the parole of Gice. U. S. District Judge Bright, who sentenced, 1g Gioe to prison, wrote to lr. Kostelanetz on June 15, 1944, advising that he “. ‘4 opposed a parole for Gice and his co-cefendan‘s. The Judge indicated that the .°. activities of this subject and others not only were directed acainst the motion ‘J picture industry, but also against the various unions and union members, as well as others. Judge Bright added: "I know of no better wa; to suppress: .” these kinds of activities than severe punishment." rl The Board of*Parole file reflects that Colonel Harry Cooper 4 1757. No. Street, N. We, Washington, D. C., contacted Director Jumes ¥. Bennett: of the: 0% Bureau of Prisons requestinz permission*for a friend of his, ir. Joe Fogers. of . |. % New York, to visit Gioe at Leavenworth. Gice acvised the Varden at leavenworth ."y that he yould be very glad to see Lr. lorers. epot UM re ae ——_— ’ = eee A , pats aah eas tad vr wh oe oF tug ae ee ed .. SES