Biography
Carolyn Hart was prosecuted after an anti-war demonstration in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 1934. A jury found her guilty of riot and inciting to riot. She was fined six and a half cents on the riot conviction and committed to the Industrial Home for Women at Muncy; the sentence on the incitement conviction was suspended. Hart remained active in Communist Party campaigning while her case was on appeal. She entered Muncy on October 6, 1936, and was released on May 28, 1937.
In April 1935 Hart appealed to the McKeesport Central Labor Union for defense of the twenty-four defendants arrested at the September 1934 International Youth Day demonstration. Nineteen defendants belonged to the steelworkers union. An April 10 report anticipated trial on April 15; the April 20 issue instead reported April 22 after repeated postponements. These scheduled dates do not establish a fresh arrest. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n086-NAT-apr-10-1935-DW-Q.pdf#page=3
The October 1936 Young Communist Review describes Carolyn Hart’s imposed sentence as eighteen months to three years in its McKeesport antiwar-prisoner appeal. It collectively dates sentence commencement for Hart, Alexander and Safis to October 5. This differs by one day from the October 6 Muncy entry date already recorded for Hart; the conflicting contemporary account is preserved without overwriting that individual entry date or her later documented release. The term imposed is not equated to actual time served. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/young-communist-review/v01n02-oct-1936-YCR.pdf#page=3
