Case file: 100-3291; December 2, 1942 (Cont.)

The files of the Newark field division reflect that subject signed the Communist Party election petitions in 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1940 and was Communist Candidate for governor of New Jersey in 1940....

The petition nominating EZRA COUNTS (colored) as a candidate on the Communist ticket for State Senator, state of New Jersey, for the November, 1942 election, was made available by (REDACTED) County Clerk, Mercer Country, Trenton, N.J. The petition reflectedc that MANUEL CANTOR was designated as campaign manager....

Subject's Selective Service file was made available by (REDACTED), assistant clerk of Local Board No. 8, Mercer County, Trenton, N.J. Questionnaire dated May 16, 1941 reflected.... he had been employed for the past two years by the Communist Party of Mercer County, Post Office Box 611, Trenton N.J. as the County secretary, doing research, education, and organization work and receiving $10 a week as his salary. The file further reflected that subject married EVA RAPSTEIN 6-22-41 at New York City. He was classified January 21, 1942 as 1-A and reported for induction on 5-21-42 but was rejected at the Reception Center at Fort Dix, N.J., because of poor vision. He was reclassified by the Board on May 22, 1942 as 1-B.