Biography
John Reinecke was a fired schoolteacher and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smith Act during the McCarthy era. He was convicted in July 1953 of conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government.
Photo credit
Honolulu Star-Bulletin file photograph, reproduced October 18, 1999. Caption identifies John E. Reinecke second from the right. Exact rectangular crop of source artg.jpg; photographer and original photograph date unspecified. Source photograph.
The Fujimoto court record and the Supreme Court’s Sawyer opinion identify Jon Wiig as the judge presiding over the Hawaii Smith Act trial.
Court records name John Ernest Reinecke. Fisk reports a week jailed awaiting post-verdict bail; convictions were reversed in January 1958.
Fujimoto, 107 F. Supp. 865, counsel roster; Fisk, The Fire Last Time, printed pages 3026–3027.
