Meyendorff Freed from Ellis Island To Wait Deportation Proceedings

After spending six months in the Ellis Island Deportation Quarter, Alexander L. Meyendorff, graduate student here last year and former member of the American Communist Party, has been released pending the final disposition of his case, he revealed yesterday in a letter to the CRIMSON.

Meyendorff was confined last June because of his Communistic affiliations, and his native country, Russia, has refused to take him back because of the war conditions.

A relative of the man who slew Rasputin, Meyendorff has been in this country since he was 11, and he has obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in America. Last spring he applied for a passport back to Russia, and when it was refused, the government instituted proceedings against him.

Much mystery still cloaks the Meyendorff case. New Republic, on September 15, reported that he had been refused a five year visa, and the date of his hearing is not known.

Commenting on the Japanese war, his letter said, in part, "I want to take this opportunity to express my disgust of the treacherous actions of the Japanese aggressors and to say that I am sure that the American people will show as much heroism and staying power in repelling the Japanese as have shown the Russian defenders during the past six months."