Biography
Arthur Burns was arrested on December 5, 1932, at a meeting of unemployed workers seeking relief at the Home Relief Bureau at Benson and 25th Avenue in Brooklyn. The Daily Worker of December 29, 1932, page 1, reports a charge of inciting to riot and announces a hearing at Coney Island Magistrates Court for the following Friday, December 30. The Burns Defense Committee and the Orphan Jones Branch of the International Labor Defense called for a demonstration. The report does not establish a conviction, sentence or release date.
