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Bert Salwen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Jersey
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Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Bert Salwen was a Communist Party candidate ruled off the New Jersey ballot in 1954 under the new Communist Control Act, which sought to outlaw the party outright. He challenged the exclusion as a denial of political rights.

Case

Charges: No criminal charges — barred from the ballot under the Communist Control Act of 1954
Sentence: Ballot exclusion.
Convicted: Ruled off the ballot (1954).