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inside. In due course, all four were convicted of being or harboring fugitives from justice, Their own lawyer 7 later referred to them as “these communists." (231 Fed. 2d, 155) according to the opinion in the Court of Appeals, which referred to the case as a "depressing tale of Lies, disguises, and aliases resorted to by a group of seasoned subversives --" This book knows nothing of the real facts. The Supreme Court opinion carefully omitted any mention of whether the four were such and that Thompson and Stein- berg had been indicted under the Smith Anti-Communist Law. Instead it used the sympathetic title of "fugitives." The Supreme Court opinion is devoted mainly to attacking the action of the FBI agents. The FBI men went to the cabin with a warrant for Coleman and Steinberg. There they found the whole group living at the cottage rented under a different name. The agents considered it their duty to arrest the other two for the crime they considered as committed under their very eyes, the crime of “harboring” fugitives from arrest, That called for evidence that they all had been inhabiting the place together. The evicence consisted of the spare clothing and personal effects in the cabin. So they gathered it all up, with no reported protest from the four accused. They all were convicted in the United States District Court. The-convictions—were-affirmedin--the-United States. District—Court-.— The convictions were affirmed in the United States Court of Apveals. Then the Supreme Court took over the case, giving as its reason for its special attention "the unusual character of the search and seizure." (p.347). Then it refers to an "exhaustive search” of the cabin. Just who was exhausted is like most mountain rentals, it probably took about two twists of the eyebalis to search it all. . And what was unusual about the seizure is not apparent. Sn emer eo a eum . eee ee