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John Janosco

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Socialism Labor Organizing
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Biography

John Janosco was a western field representative of the United Packinghouse Workers in Los Angeles whom the Justice Department tried to deport for alleged affiliation with the Socialist Workers Party in 1937–40. In March 1958 a hearing officer ruled the government had failed to substantiate the charges, and he won.

Case

Charges: Walter-McCarran Act deportation
Sentence: Won — deportation charges not substantiated Charges as recorded: Walter-McCarran Act deportation — alleged Socialist Workers Party affiliation
Convicted: Deportation sought; charges found unsubstantiated (1958)