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Ben Kirschbaum

Gender:Male
Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

Ben was a National Textile Workers Union youth leader arrested after reforming the Prudential Mill picket line.

BenKirschbaum,a youth leader of the NationalTextileWorkersUnion,was arrested when he reformed the PrudentialMill picket line after fifteen strikers were seized. UTW rank-and-file prisoners refused selective bail until NTWU prisoners were also freed; the report says all were released on bail. Source: https://marxists.architexturez.net/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n208-NY-aug-29-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

Case

Charges: Strike-related arrest; exact statutory count unprinted.
Sentence: See source-qualified description; complete personal custody duration unknown.