Biography
O’Rourke, identified as a Communist candidate for supervisor in San Jose, was arrested while trying to stop National Guard trucks sent against maritime strikers, according to the July 6 dispatch. The source gives no personal given name, precise charge, arrest day or release. He is not merged with the later D.C. Nine or Irish immigration defendants of the same surname. Daily Worker, July 7, 1934, page 1. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n162-jul-07-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1
