Joseph Pass

Joseph Pass, a writer from New York, New York, was arrested in New York City in October 1917 for " pro-peace " activity and sentenced to two years in prison. He served in McNeil Island Penitentiary. After prison Pass served on the National Committee of the International Labor Defense and from 1936 to 1943 was editor of Fight, a newspaper published by the American League Against War and Fascism. In the 1950s and 1960s Pass was subjected to surveillance by the FBI, which used agents and informants to keep tabs on him. After determining that the " subject " was a "writer by profession, " they recommended against interviewing him because he " might cause embarrassment to the Bureau " in his publications.