Morris U. Schappes

Released
Date of birth:03. 05. 1907
Date of death:03. 06. 2004
Age:97† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1940s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 1 Month 3 Days
Support
Communism Marxism Communist Party USA
Morris U. Schappes

Biography

City College of New York English tutor and Communist Party member targeted in the Rapp-Coudert Committee investigation of subversion in New York's municipal colleges. Indicted by Manhattan DA Thomas Dewey on a felony perjury charge after testifying before the committee in 1941 that only three other CP members had worked at City College (two of whom had died in Spain). Convicted and served 13 months in prison before parole in 1944; later edited Jewish Currents.

Case

New York City Penitentiary (Rikers Island)
Charges: Perjury (for denying knowledge of other Communists on the City College faculty before the Rapp-Coudert Committee)
Incarcerated: Dec 1, 1943
Released: Jan 4, 1945
Sentence: 1 to 2 years; served 13 months before parole Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted of perjury, sentenced to one to two years
Prosecutor: Manhattan District Attorney's Office (Thomas E. Dewey)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New York

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