Biography
W. H. Langley was arrested with W. Howard in San Pedro, California, on May 11, 1932, on suspicion of criminal syndicalism. The International Labor Defense publicized their arrests during a campaign against the prosecution of labor organizers.
Labor Defender, July 1932, lists Langley with W. Howard arrested May 11 in San Pedro on suspicion of criminal syndicalism. It supplies no physical discharge or actual service total. The initials are retained without an unsupported full-name expansion, and no duplicate case is added. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1932/v08n07-jul-1932-LD.pdf#page=16
