Biography
Irwin Schein, a University of Illinois senior gathering information for his college newspaper, was arrested by National Guardsmen when he visited Minneapolis truck-drivers’ strike headquarters in 1934. The Daily Worker of August 10 reports his account of five days held without trial in the National Guard stockade and his release after beginning a hunger strike. Exact arrest and release dates are not established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n191-aug-10-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1