Ben Margolis

Ben Margolis (April 23, 1910 – January 27, 1999) was an American attorney, best known for defending the Hollywood Ten and the Sleepy Lagoon murder suspects and for helping to draft the United Nations Charter.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Margolis had a law partnership for half a century with John T. McTernan.[5]

Margolis testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) on September 30, 1952, and refused to answer questions or name names. He told the committee that he had "no intention of becoming one of your stool pigeons," and he told them that they had "terrorized ... the people of the United States."[6]

Personal life

Margolis commissioned a noteworthy home by architects Gregory Ain and James Garrott in 1951.[7][8] The two architects had been partners for 11 years at the time,[9][10][11] and it's not clear what roles they played in the design of the Margolis property. Garrott is the only architect named on the original building permits[12] and also the only architect named in a 2004 book titled African American Architects.[13] They were alternately "Garrott & Ain" or "Ain & Garrott," depending on who was responsible for design, while on other projects they simply assisted each other's solo work without credit.[14][15]

References
  1. "Ben Margolis Dies; Defense Lawyer in 'Hollywood 10' Case". Los Angeles Times. February 6, 1999. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  2. "Law and Social Conscience, Ben Margolis". University of California, Special Collections. 1984. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  3. "John McTernan Dies". Washington Post. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. "Ben Margolis: A Lifetime of Contempt for Injustice and Oppression". Guild Practice. National Lawyers Guild. 1999. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. "Religion an Issue at Trial of 16 Reds". New York Times. 17 April 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1952), Communist activities among professional groups in the Los Angeles area. Hearings, 3, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  7. Denzer, Anthony (2008). Gregory Ain: The Modern Home as Social Commentary. Rizzoli Publications. ISBN 0-8478-3062-4. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  8. Goldin, Greg (August 18, 2011), "Ben Margolis and Gregory Ain: A meeting of radical minds", Los Angeles Times
  9. "Architect Garrott Moves Office; Takes On Partner". California Eagle. Los Angeles. May 2, 1940. pp. 9B.
  10. "GREGORY AIN (1908-1988)". US Modernist. Modernist Archive, Inc. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  11. "JAMES H. GARROTT (1897-1991)". Black Past. BlackPast.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  12. "Los Angeles Department of Building Safety". Online Building Records. City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  13. Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (2004). African American Architects. New York: Routledge. p. 230. ISBN 0-415-92959-8.
  14. "2143 Panorama Terrace - James H. Garrott, AIA". Legacies of L.A. Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  15. "Gregory Ain". Judeo-graphie. Yonah Productions and Shalom Haverim Org.

Additional Sources
  • University of California, Special Collections (1984). "Law and Social Conscience, Ben Margolis". Interview with Margolis conducted by Michael S. Balter. Available online.
  • 1946 photo of Ben Margolis at Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.