Biography
Hugh J. Hughes was a union official identified with Bill Cruden and Austin Swalde among the first sixteen defendants convicted following the 1935 Fargo drivers strike. The report gives sentences ranging from two to six months but does not assign Hughes an individual term. The April 6 New Militant editorial update reports all sixteen released on bail. His exact arrest, jail admission, bail-release day and actual time served are unknown. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1935/0111/NM0111.pdf#page=2 Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1935/0116/NM0116.pdf#page=2
