Biography
Edward Bender was a Philadelphia International Labor Defense organizer arrested during the Willie Brown defense campaign.
Philadelphia district ILD organizer Edward Bender was arrested at the ILD office amid the defense campaign for Willie Brown. The April 7 dispatch describes three outdoor meetings, four other workers released from inciting-to-riot accusations, and calls for Bender’s immediate release. It supplies no charge or exact arrest day for Bender and no final disposition. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n084-NY-apr-08-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3