Biography
Tony Rada was arrested during the Baltimore dressmakers' strike after asking police not to beat a fellow worker, according to the Daily Worker of March 27, 1935, page 5. The article reports an initial fine of $10 and costs, reduced to $5 on a disorderly-conduct charge. Its wording also says that no charge was pressed against him, an internal inconsistency preserved here rather than resolved by inference. The exact arrest, release and time actually held are unestablished.
Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 259. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.
