Biography
P. Blumkin, identified only by the printed initial and surname, was one of six protesters against Harry Eisman’s imprisonment reported as serving ten-day jail terms after refusing $50 fines at the 54th Street night court in New York. The March 25, 1930 Daily Worker describes their Saturday-night hearing; only March 1930 is recorded for sentencing. The ten days is an imposed term, not a verified completed custody total.
P. Blumkin, identified only by the printed initial and surname, was one of six protesters against Harry Eisman’s imprisonment reported as serving ten-day jail terms after refusing $50 fines at the 54th Street night court in New York. The March 25, 1930 Daily Worker describes their Saturday-night hearing; only March 1930 is recorded for sentencing. The ten days is an imposed term, not a verified completed custody total.
The source does not establish an exact arrest, physical jail admission or release day. The initial is not expanded into a full given name, and no identity with another Hart or Blumkin is assumed.
Daily Worker, March 25, 1930, page 2, Get Ten Days for Fight Against Jailing Eisman.
