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Bob Levy

Released
Era:1930s
State:New York
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Labor Organizing
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Biography

Bob Levy was one of five Ohrbach department-store pickets arrested in New York on Saturday, April 4, 1936. The April 7 Daily Worker reported that Magistrate Clapp released the five into the custody of union attorney Louis Unger for a court appearance scheduled for April 9. The picketing campaign was conducted under Local 1250 of the Department Store Employees Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The report does not establish the eventual disposition of the charges.

Case

Charges: Arrest during Ohrbach department-store strike picketing; statutory charge not identified in the newspaper.
Arrested: Apr 4, 1936
Sentence: Released into union attorney Louis Unger’s custody pending an April 9, 1936 court appearance; no conviction or sentence established.
Judge: Clapp