Biography
Michael Davidow, secretary of the Relief Workers League, was arrested with Paul Block and another activist while distributing leaflets at the ferry entrance to the Governors Island-Fort Jay relief project in New York. More than two hundred workers had struck against a mass layoff. The July 18, 1934 Daily Worker says the arrests occurred last week and announces trial that day in First District Magistrates Court, Franklin and Center Streets. The prospective trial is not a verdict. No exact arrest day, statutory count, discharge or complete duration is established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n171-jul-18-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
Arrested May 24, 1933 at a Brooklyn open-air meeting opposing eviction of a family with six children; charged with disorderly conduct. The June 14 report announces trial that day at Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenues. No verdict, physical discharge or completed duration is established. Daily Worker, June 14, 1933, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v010-n142-NY-jun-14-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
