Jack Hall

Released
Date of birth:28. 02. 1915
Date of death:02. 01. 1971
Age:55† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Hawaii
Support
Labor Organizing Communism Communist Party USA
Jack Hall

Biography

Jack Hall was the regional director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in Hawaii, where the union had transformed the islands' plantation economy. His arrest in August 1951 was the first Smith Act arrest of a ranking union leader; convicted in 1953, he won reversal after the Yates decision.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government, as ILWU regional director (the 'Hawaii Seven').
Arrested: Aug 28, 1951
Sentenced: Jul 3, 1953
Sentence: Five years; reversed on appeal.
Convicted: Yes

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