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at the bar who comports himself as he has done. Taking into consideration the unquestioned service rendered in the Lee case, the injuries which the respondent suffered at the hands of lawless men while acting as counsel in that case, and the fact that he has already suffered a suspension from the bar of this court for approximately five months, it is believed that a public reprimand will suffice. This will be the judgment of the court." (RE Ades Court Case)
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which explores the life of Ades through the eyes of his daughter Janet. She admires his wisdom, his generosity and his world outlook, and though as a child she thought him larger than life, as an adult she questions his ideology, its implementation and her father's
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An early marriage was dissolved by divorce. In 1935 Ades married Mary Ethel
Hechler, also a Communist Party devotee and had two daughters, Janet and Judith. Widowed in 1959 he married Dora Rubinfine Ziebel who predeceased him by four years.
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In 1940, the FBI began their surveillance of Ades which only ceased when he entered
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José F. (2009). "Freedom of
Association, the Communist Party, and the Hollywood Ten: The Forgotten First Amendment Legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston".McGeorge Law Review 40 (25): 25–54. Retrieved 1 December
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African American farmhand, was accused of murdering a white family of four for refusing to pay his full wages. The case took place in the Eastern Shore of Maryland, still heavily influenced by
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Association, the Communist Party, and the Hollywood Ten: The Forgotten First Amendment Legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston".
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In 1941 New York State certified Ades as a Public
Accountant and he practiced out of offices at 505 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. His clients included
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Moore, Joseph E. (7 Nov 2011). Murder on
Maryland's Eastern Shore: Race, Politics and the Case of Orphan Jones. The History Press. pp. 160, 202–204.
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Correspondence of W. E. B. Du Bois: Selections, 1877-1934. Univ of Massachusetts Press. p. 39.
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