James Lustig

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months
Support
Labor Organizing Communism Anti-Fascism United Electrical Workers (UE) Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
James Lustig

Biography

James Lustig was a United Electrical Workers organizer awaiting trial in 1951 for inciting to riot during the 1946 Phelps-Dodge copper strike in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He had already served a contempt jail term as an official of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee who refused to name the committee's donors.

Cases

Charges: Inciting to riot (1946 Phelps-Dodge strike); earlier, contempt.
Sentence: A prior contempt jail term; faced strike-related charges. Charges as recorded: Inciting to riot (1946 Phelps-Dodge strike); earlier, contempt for refusing to name anti-fascist committee donors.
Convicted: Previously jailed for contempt; awaiting trial for inciting to riot (1951).
Charges: Contempt of Congress — as an executive-board member of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, refused to surrender the organization records subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee
Incarcerated: Jun 7, 1950
Released: September 1950
Sentence: Three months and a $500 fine Entered federal custody June 7, 1950 and released in early September 1950. The September 1, 1950 Daily Worker reported the remaining eight JAFRC prisoners due out the following week, which places the release at approximately September 3-9, 1950; no individual release day has been found, so the release is recorded at month precision and the counter reports the documented three months rather than a day-level span. The previously recorded September 7, 1950 release was the sentence length added to the surrender date, not a reported release. This is his JAFRC contempt term; the 1946 Phelps-Dodge strike prosecution is the separate case row on this record.
Convicted: Yes

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