services rendered to the church. With the court's agreement, attorney Hays added $100,000, bringing the total suit for damages to $250,000. On June 8, 1943, Hays summarized Davis's lawsuit as a "patriotic service." That afternoon, just before deliberation began, Judge Carew advised the jury that, under the laws of New York State, "no man has a legal right to be a Communist." On June 9, 1943, the New York Supreme Court discharged the jury for failing to reach a verdict. Justice Carew ordered the jury not discuss their deliberations. On June 14, 1943, New York Supreme Court Justice Louis A. Valente denied a second motion for immediate retrial and set October 1, 1943, as the date to assign retrial action. Settlement On January 18, 1945, Davis settled with Curtis Publishing and Stolberg in court for $11,000 of his $250,000 libel suit, before New York State Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora. Personal and death At the height of anti-Communist concerns in the 1950s, Davis refused to testify against colleagues and acquaintances, and was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. He had one daughter, Patricia Davis, and one adopted son, Wilfred Grenfell Davis. He died at home in Olney, Maryland, aged 87, on October 19, 1979. Papers There are two major sets of his papers: University of Oregon holds the "Jerome Davis Papers, 1915-1963," which include correspondence, speeches, articles, book drafts, and manuscripts FDR Library holds "Papers of Jerome Davis: 1912 - 1965," which includes subject files plus speech and writing files Works Davis wrote more than 20 books and numerous articles, including: The Russian Immigrant (New York: Macmillan, 1922) Russians and Ruthenians in America; Bolsheviks or Brothers? (New York: George H. Doran, 1922) Christian Fellowship among the Nations; A Discussion Course Which Will Help Groups of Young People and Adults to do Straight Thinking on Our Greatest Problem with Roy B. Chamberlin (Boston and Chicago: Pilgrim Press, 1925) Adventuring in World Cooperation (Boston and Chicago: United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1925) Business and the Church with introduction by Jerome Davis (New York and London: Century Co., 1926) Christianity and Social Adventuring edited and with introduction by Jerome Davis (New York and London: Century Co., 1927) Labor Speaks for Itself on Religion; A Symposium of Labor Leaders Throughout the World edited and with an introduction by Jerome Davis (New York: Macmillan, 1929) Contemporary Social Movements (New York and London: Century Co.,