Biography
Rade Radokovich, whose surname also appears as Radikovich in the headline, was detained in Tucson, Arizona for deportation after an arrest in March1930. The Daily Worker of July9 reports that he had been moved to Galveston on July8 for imminent deportation. Authorities accused him of Communist Party membership and illegal entry through Nogales. The International Labor Defense retained Galveston attorney Frank Anderson to seek a stay. The article does not establish whether deportation occurred or his eventual release date.
Gene Hally’s article, spelling the name Rade Radekovitch, explicitly reports completed deportation from Galveston on September 12, 1930 to Yugoslavia. It describes the illegal-entry allegation as arising from his return through Nogales after ten minutes in Mexico. This resolves the earlier report’s uncertainty about whether removal occurred. Its warnings of torture and death abroad are prospective, not proof of a later death. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1930/v05n10-oct-1930-LD.pdf#page=11
The September 1 bulletin, spelling Radekovitch, expressly distinguishes an initial 1929 arrest and subsequent ILD-secured release from a February 1930 rearrest without bond. February conflicts with the earlier July report’s March 1930 wording and is preserved as a source discrepancy without replacing an exact field. Voluntary departure to a safer country had been refused. Deportation was still prospective in this bulletin; the later October magazine independently reports completed September 12 removal. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v07-n211-NY-sep-02-1930-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
The explicitly reported 1929 arrest and ILD-secured release are recorded separately from the 1930 rearrest and deportation. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v07-n211-NY-sep-02-1930-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2