Biography
Joseph Russo of Boston was indicted under the membership clause of the Smith Act — which made knowing membership in the Communist Party a crime — and was awaiting trial in 1958 as that clause was tested in the Scales and Lightfoot cases.
Joseph Russo of Boston was indicted under the membership clause of the Smith Act — which made knowing membership in the Communist Party a crime — and was awaiting trial in 1958 as that clause was tested in the Scales and Lightfoot cases.
