Biography
David Katz was arrested in Cleveland on October 6, 1953 in the Ohio Smith Act roundup and held under $25,000 bail. At trial, after the prosecution rested, Judge Emerich B. Freed directed a judgment of acquittal for Katz on January 5, 1956 because the evidence was insufficient. The reviewed record does not establish a custodial interval after his arrest.
National Guardian, October 19, 1953, national page 16: The paper reports the October 6 early-morning FBI roundup of seven Ohio Communist organizers, identifying this defendant as arrested in Cleveland. Brandt was held under $50,000 bail and the others under $25,000. Campbell is identified as a former Ohio party educational director and Brandt as a former organizational secretary. Bail amounts are conditions set, not proof of payment or release; the report does not establish custody endpoints or actual service totals. The abbreviated Greenfield spelling is retained in source evidence rather than used to replace the fuller existing identity. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/national-guardian/1953-10-19-5-52-nat-guardian.pdf
