Frank W. Clark

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Washington
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Biography

Frank W. Clark was a Tacoma house painter, former Silver Legion member, and leader of the National Liberty Party. Working with Lois de Lafayette Washburn, he promoted fascist and antisemitic political organizing in the Pacific Northwest. He 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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