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Walter C. Lohman Jr.

Released
Full name:Walter Lohman Jr.
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Ohio
Support
Labor Organizing Communism United Electrical Workers (UE)
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Biography

Walter C. Lohman Jr. was an officer of UE Local 768 in Dayton, Ohio, convicted in 1949 of filing a false non-Communist affidavit under the Taft-Hartley Act. In December 1959 the Supreme Court refused to review his case, leaving his five-year sentence to stand.

Case

Charges: Taft-Hartley Act — filing a false non-Communist affidavit
Sentence: Five years Verdict as recorded: Convicted 1949; Supreme Court refused review December 1959
Convicted: Yes