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Amicus Most

Era:1930s
State:District of Columbia
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Biography

Page 3 reproduces his June 30, 1932 letter and identifies him as Socialist Party national organizer. At a permitted outdoor meeting at Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, police took a leaflet distributor to headquarters for advocating recognition of the Soviet Union. The accompanying editorial explicitly identifies the arrested man as Most and says he was free again after a few minutes. The precise day and formal statutory count are not established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n189-NY-aug-09-1932-DW-LOC.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 596. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Detained for distributing Socialist Party literature advocating Soviet recognition; formal statutory count unspecified.
Sentence: Released after a few minutes, according to the accompanying contemporary editorial; exact custody dates unknown.