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Communist Party Office Bombed; Jdl Denies Involvement, Applauds Action

March 31, 1971
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The national headquarters of the American Communist Party was rocked by a bomb blast early this morning, damaging the building’s first floor windows and public entrance doorway. The blast was reported to the offices of United Press International and Associated Press by an unidentified caller who said: “The Communist Party building has just been bombed. Let the tools and lackeys who throw our brethren into jail know that they too are responsible for the actions of those who they support. Let our people go! Never Again ! The slogan is associated with the Jewish Defense League. “We had no involvement in the bombing,” said Lawrence Fine, executive director of the JDL, “although we do support the actions of those who have acted out their embitterment towards the Soviet Union. We applaud the action.” No comment was immediately available from the Communist Party. A police spokesman told the JTA that there were no clues to the identity of the bombers.

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