Lena Davis Scherer

Released
Full name:Lena Scherer
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
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Biography

Lena Davis Scherer, who came from Russia in 1913 and was the wife of labor organizer Marcel Scherer, was arrested for deportation in 1958 on a charge of being a present member of the Communist Party. She was freed on $2,500 bail while the government disputed her claim of derivative citizenship.

Case

Charges: Walter-McCarran Act deportation
Sentence: Held on $2,500 bail; fighting deportation Charges as recorded: Walter-McCarran Act deportation — alleged present Communist Party membership
Convicted: Arrested for deportation; free on bail

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