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by William Z. Foster. Published in The Labor Herald, v. 2, no. 3 (May 1923), pp. 2-6, 25-27. St. Joseph, Michigan, scene of the “Red” trials, is a town of some 8,000 people situated on the shore of Lake Michigan about 60 miles by boat from Chi-cago or 100 miles around by railroad. It has few in-dustries, depending for its sustenance upon ...
A fter deliberating 31 hours and taking 38 ballots, the jury of eleven men and one woman which tried William Z. Foster at St. Joseph, Mich., on the charge of criminal syndicalism split in...
2 Minor: The Trial of William Z. Foster [April 1923] society into a communist state. The dictatorship of the proletariat is to be the transitional period. We will show that the workers, and only the workers are to take charge of the state — and that means the state of Michigan — and abolish it. They would hold to the
Vol. II. MAY, 1923 No. 3 On Trial In Michigan By Wm. Z. Foster ST. JOSEPH, Michigan, scene of the "red" trials, is a town of some 8,000 people situ-., ated on the shore of Lake Michigan about 60 miles by boat from Chicago or 100 miles around by railroad. It has few industries, de-pending for its sustenance upon the extensive
FOSTER TRIAL JURY SENT HOME AFTER 31 HOUR DEADLOCK. Panel Stands 6 to 6 After Long Argument and 38 Ballots Fail To Bring Conviction or Acquittal. ST . JOSEPH , April 5 . —Hopelessly deadlocked after 31 hours deliberation , the jury trying William Z .
William Z. Foster (February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical American labor organizer and Communist politician, whose career included serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957.
William Z. Foster, leader of the Steel Strike of 1919, and next to Eugene Debs the most prominent radical in the country, was the first of the Communists to be brought to trial. The specific...
