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One thing, however, annoyed me very much. Bonham proved to be a man who didn't care about the Department, but cared about himself. He was not going to play in the Department's line if he didn't have to. Bonham leaked it to the press that real charges had now been made against Bridges. That, of course, was absolutely unfaithful. He shouldn't have done it, because we hadn't gotten the charges ready. Bridges heard of it. Bonham leaked it to the press. The press put it in the paper. Bridges wrote a letter and said, “What about this? I read in the paper that I'm going to be accused of being a Communist. Don't I have some rights in this matter? Haven't I got a right to be heard?” In other words, he demanded to be heard, which of course he would have been in any event.

He was examined in supplementary proceedings in Baltimore. The Immigration Service held those hearings. I didn't attend. Reilly went over to it, I think, but I'm not even sure that he did. Perhaps Thomas Shoemaker went. Anyhow, he was examined in Baltimore because he was there. That was the only reason we examined him there rather than somewhere else. He was in Baltimore on some business.

At this moment I don't recall exactly what Bridges's replies to the questions were. They were, I presume, a