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John Brown (New York relief delegation, 1935)

Full name:John Brown
Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

JohnBrown,representing unattached and transient workers was one of three CentralGrievanceCommittee delegates arrested after refusing to leave administratorT.R.Eisenstandt’s office at376LafayetteStreet without relief for homeless workers. They were taken to NightCourt,54thStreetand8thAvenue and actually released when the official did not press disorderly-conduct charges. The report gives no exact arrest/release day. The December1935 NewYork delegate is not abolitionistJohnBrown or the CampHill sharecropper namesake. Source: https://marxists.architexturez.net/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1935/v12-n310-NY-dec-25-DW-Q.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct while presenting relief grievances.
Sentence: Actually released in NightCourt after complainant did not press charges; exact dates and duration unknown.