Biography
Ida Rothstein was a Russian-born garment worker, union organizer, Communist Party activist, and secretary of the San Francisco Civil Rights Congress. Immigration authorities arrested her on January 9, 1951 in a deportation case and released her the same day on $5,000 bail. She claimed United States citizenship through her common-law marriage to an American citizen. Rothstein died on January 15, 1954 after being struck by a car.
Howard Kimeldorf interview with Sam Darcy, May 10, 1986, transcript page 25: Darcy recalls assigning Elaine Black Yoneda and Ida Rothstein to legal work for workers arrested during the 1934 waterfront strike. This is an attributed 1986 recollection of organizing responsibility; it does not establish an additional arrest or exact custody day for either woman. Source: https://www.marxists.org/archive/darcy-sam/darcy-interview.pdf
Pages 1 and 5 identify Communist organizer Ida Rothstein as a vagrancy defendant alongside Louise Todd, defended by Leo Gallagher before Judge Theresa Meikle. The August 15 dispatch reports their acquittal. The San Francisco organizer and same defense cohort connect this to the later immigration defendant; this is a distinct 1934 case. No exact physical custody endpoints are printed. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n196-aug-16-1934-DW-LOC.pdf This source establishes a legal prosecution and acquittal; it does not independently establish physical imprisonment. No custody duration or release is inferred from the verdict.
The November 20 report names Rothstein with Larry Angel in the Jefferson Park election-rally prosecution for speaking without a permit and resisting arrest. November 27 trial before Judge T. Meikle was prospective. This distinct 1934 case is separate from her 1951 immigration arrest.
