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Abram Flaxer

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Labor Organizing Civil Liberties
Abram Flaxer

Biography

Abram Flaxer was president of the United Public Workers union who refused to surrender the union's membership list to the McCarran Senate subcommittee during the McCarthy era. He was prosecuted in Washington, D.C. for contempt of Congress.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress (refusing to surrender the union's membership list to the McCarran subcommittee)
Sentence: Unknown
Convicted: Prosecuted for contempt of Congress, Washington, D.C.