Biography
Erling was a Norwegian seaman detained for deportation after an organizing-related arrest in Portsmouth, Virginia.
The June 5 report identifies the Norwegian seaman as arrested the previous year while organizing in Portsmouth, Virginia and currently detained for deportation at the immigration place at Third Fish Pier, Brooklyn. It connects his case to the Marine Workers Industrial Union and Norwegian Seamen’s Church. Exact physical custody endpoints and complete duration are unreported. Daily Worker, June 5, 1933, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v010-n134-NY-jun-05-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
