1949 Press Photo General Secretary of the Communist Party Eugene Dennis On Trial

Eugene Dennis, General Secretary of the Communist Party, and number 1 defendant in the trial of 11 top U.S. Communists, appears in Federal Court where he made opening statement for Communist defendants 3/21. He said the defense would "expose the sinister political purposes behind this heresay trial."

Photo is dated 1949.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.