William Schneiderman

Released
Date of birth:14. 12. 1905
Date of death:29. 01. 1985
Age:79† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
William Schneiderman

Biography

William Schneiderman was the secretary of the California Communist Party and, after the 1951 arrests, its acting national head. Seized in New York on $100,000 bail and taken to California in handcuffs, he was a lead Smith Act defendant; he had earlier been the subject of the Supreme Court's 1943 Schneiderman v. United States denaturalization case.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government (California CP secretary).
Sentence: Five years; reversed on appeal.
Convicted: Arrested 1951; convicted 1952; reversed after Yates (1957).

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