Criminal Syndicalism and the Law in California: 1919-1927

1969. Whitten, Woodrow C. Criminal Syndicalism and the Law in California: 1919-1927. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1969. 73 pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Moderate shelfwear and soiling with fading to covers. Internally clean. A very good copy. $35. * Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; New Series, V. 59, Pt. 2. Contents: Introduction; "Sedition Laws Will Come"; The Wheatland Episode; The Criminal Syndicalism Bill of 1917; Enactment of the Criminal Syndicalism Law; Bombs, Rumors, Raids, and Arrests; Autumn and Winter of 1919; The Case of Charlotte Anita Whitney; Survey of the I.W.W. Cases; Conclusion; Appendix A. Text of the California Criminal Syndicalism Law; Appendix B. Summary of Criminal Syndicalism Legislation by States; Appendix C. Summary of California Criminal Syndicalism Cases; Appendix D. Criminal Syndicalism Indictments; Appendix E. Text of the "Busick Injunction