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Donations are needed to defray legal costs for Samuel L. Popkin. Checks should be made out to the Popkin Legal Fund and mailed to the Fund, care of Government Department, Littauer M-22, Cambridge, Mass...
...that remains now, it seems, is action by the Federal District Court, where the entire process began last March That court, according to U.S. Attorney Warren P Reese, could on its own volition revoke Popkin's bond and place him behind bars for up to 18 months...
Yesterday's action is the second severe disappointment to Popkin and his attorneys in the past eight days. Only last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant a stay so that Popkin could petition to have his case heard by them. Their rejection of his request effectively shattered any hope of further appeal...
...Popkin's stipulation said, in effect, that if that was the limit of the government's interest, he would answer; however, he added that "my refusals have always been directed toward questions requiring disclosure of confidential sources of a sensitive nature, not those relating merely to other scholars...
...Popkin appears to be up against the wall. And there is very little time remaining for him to get down...