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Bill Adams (San Pedro marine organizer)

Full name:Bill Adams
Era:1920s
State:California
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The December 2 report names these marine unionists among those actually arrested at San Pedro in the strike and organizing crackdown. It reports vagrancy and incitement allegations and $2,000 bond for each of the seven. The group total is not an individual fine; exact arrest and physical release days and complete duration remain unknown. Daily Worker, December 2, 1929, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1929/1929-ny/v06-n230-NY-dec-02-1929-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

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Charges: Vagrancy and incitement allegations in the San Pedro marine-union crackdown.
Sentence: The December 2 report names these marine unionists among those actually arrested at San Pedro in the strike and organizing crackdown. It reports vagrancy and incitement allegations and $2,000 bond for each of the seven. The group total is not an individual fine; exact arrest and physical release days and complete duration remain unknown. Daily Worker, December 2, 1929, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1929/1929-ny/v06-n230-NY-dec-02-1929-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2