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Benjamin Cruz

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
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Biography

Benjamin Cruz was a Guatemalan-born Los Angeles labor organizer and officer of the Furniture Workers Union who became a United States citizen in 1945. In March 1958 the government served him with notice of a civil denaturalization action alleging that he had not disclosed Communist Party membership. The reviewed record does not establish an arrest, detention, or prison term.

Case

Charges: Civil denaturalization proceeding based on alleged nondisclosure of Communist Party membership
Sentence: Denaturalization sought; no arrest or confinement established.