Hugh Bryson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 0 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

President of the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, a left-led maritime union expelled from the CIO in 1950 for Communist domination. CPUSA member from at least 1937. Signed Taft-Hartley non-Communist affidavits in April 1951; tried and convicted 1955 under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 of falsely denying CPUSA affiliation. Conviction upheld at Bryson v. United States, 396 U.S. 64 (1969).

Case

Charges: False statement (18 U.S.C. § 1001) in non-Communist affidavit under Taft-Hartley §9(h).
Arrested: Jun 14, 1954
Sentenced: Jun 14, 1955
Incarcerated: Jun 14, 1955
Released: Jun 14, 1960
Sentence: 5 years federal prison + $10,000 fine Charges as recorded: False statement (18 U.S.C. § 1001) in non-Communist affidavit under Taft-Hartley §9(h). Affirmed Bryson v. United States, 396 U.S. 64 (1969).
Convicted: Yes

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