Luka Skako

Era:1930s
State:Oregon
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Biography

Luka Skako was a Communist worker in Portland, Oregon. The February 16, 1931 Daily Worker reports that, while already on $3,000 bail for a Communist-membership prosecution, he was arrested during the February 10 unemployment demonstration for selling the pamphlet of William Z. Foster’s testimony before the Fish Committee. Taken to the police station, he was released within a few hours without charges after the crowd demanded his release. The two proceedings are kept separate; no prison term or days-long duration is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n041-NY-feb-16-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Cases

Charges: Earlier prosecution attributed by the newspaper to Communist Party membership; statutory count not specified.
Sentence: On $3,000 bail before the February 10, 1931 pamphlet-selling detention. No earlier arrest date, sentence or custody duration supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n041-NY-feb-16-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
Charges: Detention for selling the Foster Fish Committee testimony pamphlet at the Portland unemployment demonstration; released without charges.
Arrested: Feb 10, 1931
Released: Feb 10, 1931
Sentence: Released from the police station after a few hours on February 10, 1931, with no charges. No whole-day duration assigned. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n041-NY-feb-16-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

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