Joseph Sharts
[1] Sharts published six novels in all between 1900 and 1913, these being essentially works of light romantic fiction in which protagonists battled obstacles to their realization of true love en route to inevitable happy endings.During World War I he defended a number of individuals tried for various violations of the Espionage Act, including most prominently a position on the defense team of Socialist Party icon Eugene V.[1] He had earlier headed the defense of future Communist Party leaders C. E. Ruthenberg, Alfred Wagenknecht, and Charles Baker, charged with violation of the Espionage Act in Ohio in 1917.[4] In this role he was instrumental in rebuilding the Socialist Party of Ohio, which had been shattered and nearly obliterated in the 1919 split of the left wing to form new Communist political organizations.[1] Sharts was a popular figure within Socialist Party ranks and was among those considered for nomination for President of the United States at the SPA's 1928 convention in New York City.
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