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May Miller

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:New York
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

May Miller was a young Communist arrested in New York City in 1930 for distributing anti-militarist leaflets to sailors of the U.S. fleet during the Grover Whalen crackdown, charged with "criminal anarchy".

Samuel Herman names May Miller among the young workers arrested while distributing Communist and Young Communist League antiwar leaflets to visiting US fleet sailors. Her reported accusation was criminal anarchy; no exact custody endpoints, conviction or imposed sentence are supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1930/v05n06-jun-1930-LD.pdf#page=19

Case

Charges: Distributing leaflets to U.S. Navy sailors (New York City)
Arrested: 1930
Sentence: Jailed on the fleet-leaflet charge.