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Charles Starocarski

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
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Biography

Charles Starocarski was arrested with three other speakers at a strike meeting in Manayunk, Philadelphia, on May 3, 1932. The speakers urged the strikers to form grievance committees and picket lines. Authorities charged them with disorderly conduct, and each received a ten-day jail sentence.

Labor Defender, July 1932, records the May 3 arrest of four Manayunk strike speakers after they urged grievance committees and picketing. It lists disorderly conduct and ten-day sentences, relying on company witnesses’ allegations of incitement. This corroborates the existing case; ten days is imposed punishment, not independently established completed service, and no May 13 release is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1932/v08n07-jul-1932-LD.pdf#page=16

Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct arising from speaking at a Manayunk strike meeting.
Arrested: May 3, 1932
Sentence: Ten days in jail.
Convicted: Yes