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Don Wallam

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Oregon
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Don Wallam was one of three Portland, Oregon contempt-of-Congress defendants from the Velde committee's 1954 West Coast hearings, sentenced to a year and a $250 fine and appealing his conviction in 1956.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: One year and a $250 fine Verdict as recorded: Convicted; on appeal (1956) Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing to answer HUAC
Convicted: Yes