Bertrand Russell Urges Parole for Jacob Mindel [1955]

TWO SENTENCES OF this appeal to the chairman of the Federal Parole Board in Washington D.C. appeared under the title used here in a short piece about the imprisoned American Communist Jacob Mindel (1881-?) in the Daily Worker, New York, 22 Sept. 1955, p. 3 (B&R C55.34). These excerpts were reprinted the following day by the same newspaper (p. 5), the leading organ of the Communist Party of the United States, and in these Communist Party publications in Britain and Canada: “Russell Pleads for U.S. Victim”, Daily Worker, London, 23 Sept. 1955, p. 4; “Bertrand Russell Appeals for Jacob Mindel Parole”, Canadian Tribune, Toronto, 18, no. 949 (3 Oct. 1955): 3.