United States v. Schneiderman

MATHES, District Judge.

The defendants in these two cases are under indictment charged with conspiracy “to commit offenses against the United States” prohibited by Section 2 of the Smith Act, 54 Stat. 671 (1940), 18 U.S.C. (1946 ed.) § 10, and 18 U.S.C. (1948 ed.) § 2385, “by so conspiring * * * to advocate and teach the duty and necessity of overthrowing the Government of the United States by force and violence, and * * * to organize and help organize as the 'Communist Party of the United States of America a * * * group * * * of persons who teach and advocate the overthrow and destruction of…