Biography
J. Lerner organized a tenant rent strike at 552 Sutter Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. The July 4, 1934 Daily Worker reported that police took Lerner to the station on a charge of sending threatening letters after a confrontation with landlord B. Kerner. Lerner was released under $500 bail. A settlement reached Friday, June 29 included withdrawal of the charges. The report gives only an initial for the first name and does not establish the arrest day.
Source: Daily Worker, July 4, 1934.
