in 1934, the american committee for protection of foreign born (acpfb) retained shorr and king defended domenico sallitti (also known as domenic sallitti, an "alien anarchist") in the ferrero-sallitti case in san francisco. sallitti's friend valerio isca organized their defense, created a ferrero-sallittii defense conference, and enlisted rose pesotta of the ilgwu to help raise bail. supporters likened their case to that of sacco and vanzetti.