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Jesse Van Camp

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Colorado
Support
Labor Organizing Communism
Jesse Van Camp

Biography

Jesse R. Van Camp was a Mine-Mill international representative prosecuted in the federal conspiracy case over Taft-Hartley non-Communist affidavits. His December 1959 conviction was reversed with the other defendants. At the retrial, the jury found him not guilty on September 20, 1963. He remained free on bail and did not serve a prison sentence.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to file false Taft-Hartley non-Communist affidavits
Sentenced: Mar 14, 1960
Sentence: No imprisonment. He remained free on bail and was acquitted at retrial.
Prosecutor: Lafayette Broome; Francis Worthington
Judge: Alfred A. Arraj
Indicted: November 16, 1956
Convicted: Yes