Ben Dobbs

AKA: Benjamin Isgur
Released
Date of birth:23. 02. 1912
Date of death:21. 03. 1993
Age:81† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 11 Months 2 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Ben Dobbs

Biography

Ben Dobbs was a Southern California CPUSA organizer; WWII Army infantry vet. Yates defendant; conviction reversed; later ran for Congress on Peace and Freedom; co-founded New American Movement / DSA.

The study identifies the name variants Benjamin Isgur.

Tuomas Savonen, Minnesota, Moscow, Manhattan, 2020, PDF page 113.

Cases

Charges: Smith Act (1951 Los Angeles prosecution; convictions reversed by Yates v. United States, 1957)
Arrested: Jul 25, 1951
Sentenced: Aug 7, 1952
Incarcerated: Jul 25, 1951
Released: Jun 16, 1957
Sentence: 5 years; reversed by Yates v. US 1957
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Contempt of a federal grand jury investigating Communism in Los Angeles.
Incarcerated: Oct 26, 1948
Released: Nov 4, 1948

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