William Mackie

Released
Date of birth:1908
Age:118
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Oregon
Support
Labor Organizing Communism
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Biography

William Mackie was a 49-year-old Portland, Oregon house painter who fought deportation from 1948 onward over alleged Communist Party membership in 1937–39. In 1958 Federal Judge Gus Solomon called the case 'outrageous' but refused to dismiss the deportation order; Mackie refused to identify associates.

Case

Charges: Walter-McCarran Act deportation
Sentence: Under deportation order; fighting removal Charges as recorded: Walter-McCarran Act deportation — alleged past Communist Party membership
Convicted: Deportation order; refused dismissal 1958

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