Biography
Henry Steinberg was the legislative director of the Los Angeles Communist Party. He was jailed under the Smith Act on July 31, 1951 and spent four months in custody before securing bail. A jury convicted him on August 5, 1952, and the court imposed five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He remained free on appeal bond after trial, and the Supreme Court reversed the conviction on June 17, 1957.
