Biography
Robert Noble was a Los Angeles political agitator and leader of the Friends of Progress, which he directed with Ellis O. Jones. He advocated pension proposals and promoted pro-Axis and antisemitic politics. He faced separate California and federal prosecutions before the 1944 Washington trial; his Washington case was severed while he was serving a separate sentence. He was named in the January 3, 1944 Washington indictment alleging conspiracy to undermine military loyalty under the Smith Act.
