Elizabeth Dilling

Released
Date of birth:19. 04. 1894
Date of death:30. 04. 1966
Age:72† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1940s
State:Illinois
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Elizabeth Dilling

Biography

Elizabeth Dilling was a Chicago writer and organizer known for The Red Network and other anti-Communist and antisemitic publications. She participated in far-right organizing and opposition to American entry into World War II. She was named in the January 3, 1944 Washington indictment alleging conspiracy to undermine military loyalty under the Smith Act. The mass trial ended in a mistrial on December 7, 1944. The indictment was dismissed in December 1946; no conviction resulted in this case.

Case

Charges: Washington sedition prosecution: conspiracy under former 18 U.S.C. § 11 to violate the Smith Act’s military-insubordination provision, former 18 U.S.C. § 9.
Sentence: No sentence imposed
Judge: Edward C. Eicher; Bolitha J. Laws (dismissal proceedings)
Indicted: January 3, 1944 superseding indictment naming thirty defendants.
Convicted: No

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