James Lustig

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months
Support
Labor Organizing Communism Anti-Fascism
James Lustig

Biography

James Lustig was a United Electrical Workers organizer awaiting trial in 1951 for inciting to riot during the 1946 Phelps-Dodge copper strike in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He had already served a contempt jail term as an official of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee who refused to name the committee's donors.

Cases

Charges: Inciting to riot (1946 Phelps-Dodge strike); earlier, contempt.
Arrested: 1946
Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentenced: Jul 16, 1947
Incarcerated: Jun 7, 1950
Released: September 1950
Sentence: Three months and a $500 fine Entered federal custody June 7, 1950 and released in early September 1950. The September 1, 1950 Daily Worker reported the remaining eight JAFRC prisoners due out the following week, which places the release at approximately September 3-9, 1950; no individual release day has been found, so the release is recorded at month precision and the counter reports the documented three months rather than a day-level span. The previously recorded September 7, 1950 release was the sentence length added to the surrender date, not a reported release. This is his JAFRC contempt term; the 1946 Phelps-Dodge strike prosecution is the separate case row on this record.
Convicted: Yes

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