Biography
Jonas Schiffman, reported aged 18 and a Young Workers League member, was arrested June 15, 1928, during City College students’ anti-militarist protest connected with Gerson’s expulsion. The June 21 account reports the hearing before Magistrate Stern at Morrisania postponed. A later hearing does not establish continuous six-day custody. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n146-NY-jun-21-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5
