Biography
Clyde Hough was an IWW activist associated with open defiance of World War I conscription. In 1917, he and other local Wobblies publicly refused to register for the draft and surrendered to authorities, turning their anti-conscription stance into a public confrontation with wartime repression and resulting in a jail sentence. He was later caught in the broader federal dragnet against the IWW, swept into the Chicago conspiracy prosecution and given a multi-year federal sentence—illustrating how antiwar dissent and radical labor organizing were criminalized in the period.
The March1922 official report lists Clyde Hough in List1 of convicted prisoners or parolees. The government entry reports Conspiracy and violating the espionage act, etc. a sentence of August 30, 1918, 5 years at Leavenworth; fined $30,000.. Imposed terms, projected term-expiration dates, parole eligibility and intervals on bond are different measures; none is entered as a complete actual custody total. This attributed government entry is retained alongside the independently established individual chronology. [PDF11]
Government Prosecutions under the Espionage Act, Senate Document159 (March1922), PDF page 11.
