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Abram Flaxer

Released
Date of birth:1904
Date of death:11. 01. 1989
Age:85† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Labor Organizing
Abram Flaxer

Biography

Abram Flaxer was president of the United Public Workers of America. He refused to surrender the union’s membership records to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in 1951. A jury convicted him of contempt of Congress on October 6, 1953, and the court imposed two months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Appeals stayed the sentence. The Supreme Court vacated the judgment in 1957, and the prosecution ultimately ended without Flaxer serving the jail term.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress for refusing to surrender union membership records
Prosecutor: William Hitz; Oliver Gasch; Lewis Carroll; John D. Lane; Harold D. Rhynedance Jr. (counsel for the United States on appeal)
Convicted: Yes