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Sammie A. Abbott (1908-1990) —
of New York; Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born April
25, 1908.
Communist. Activist and labor organizer; arrested
about 50 times in connection with demonstrations
and strikes; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1934; mayor
of Takoma Park, Md., 1980-85; defeated, 1985.
Died December
15, 1990 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1938 to Ruth
Gracie Yalsic. |
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William Albertson (1910-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
May
7, 1910.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 16th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1934;
secretary-treasurer, Local 16, Hotel and Restaurant Workers
Union.
Indicted,
along with other Communist leaders, by a federal grand jury in
August, 1951; tried,
in Pittsburgh, starting in November 1952, and convicted
in August, 1953, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to advocate the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; sentenced
to five years in prison;
the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the convictions in 1956. Expelled
from the Communist Party in 1964 over claims that he served as an
undercover police agent; in 1976, it was revealed that the charge was
founded on a phony letter planted by the F.B.I.
Died, in an automobile
accident, February
19, 1972 (age 61 years, 288
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president, Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
German
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
26, 1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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Morton Bahr (1926-2019) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 18,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980,
1984;
president, Communication Workers of America, 1985-2005;
president, Jewish Labor Committee, 1999-2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004.
Jewish.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
2019 (age 93 years, 12
days).
Cremated.
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Max Bedacht (1883-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1883.
Communist. Barber;
president, Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (19th District), 1936 (14th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; national secretary,
International Workers Order; expelled from the Communist Party in
1948 over factional differences.
German
ancestry.
Died July 4,
1972 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Bickhart —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Democrat. President, Dunkirk Area Central Labor Council;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Michael F. Breen (b. 1875) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
10, 1875.
Democrat. President of Local 21, Union of Billposters and
Billers of America; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1927-35;
defeated, 1935.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Joseph Brennan (1918-1996) —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president,
Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1973-75.
Died of lymphatic
cancer in Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
2, 1996 (age 78 years, 131
days).
Interment at St.
Charles Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Socialist. Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers;;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930; founder
of the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first
president; expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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William J. Butler —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Secretary of the Streetcarmen's Organization labor
union, 1916; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1938-40, 1945-60;
defeated, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph D. Cannon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Labor organizer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917 (15th District), 1918 (21st
District), 1926 (19th District); delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1920; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1921; candidate for New York
state senate 18th District, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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Sol Chick Chaikin (1918-1991) —
also known as Sol C. Chaikin —
of Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
9, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
president, International Ladies Garment Workers Union,
1975-86; vice-president, AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish.
Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Died, from heart
failure, in Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, New Hyde Park, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1991 (age 73 years, 82
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) —
also known as Edgar E. Clark —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
18, 1856.
Republican. Train
conductor; Grand Senior Conductor (1889), and Grand
Chief Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors
of America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1906-21; chair, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.
Member, Order
of Railway Conductors; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
1, 1930 (age 74 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hunter Corregan (b. 1860) —
also known as Charles H. Corregan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1860.
Socialist. Printer;
president, Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse,
1892; vice-president, New York State Federation of Labor,
1893; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1896; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Corregan and Susannah (Gilmore) Corregan; married, May 3,
1890, to Margaret Watson. |
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George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) —
also known as George S. Counts —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; New Hope, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born near Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan., December
9, 1889.
University
professor; author;
president, American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York
American Labor Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,
1955-59.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
10, 1974 (age 84 years, 336
days). His body was
donated to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble)
Counts. |
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Frank P. Cox (1895-1977) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
16, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
president, Albany Typographical Union No. 4;
vice-president, Albany Central Federation of Labor; member of
New
York state assembly, 1960-68 (Albany County 1st District 1960-65,
113th District 1966, 102nd District 1967-68).
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died June 4,
1977 (age 81 years, 231
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Etolla L. McCarthy. |
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Peter J. Crotty (c.1908-1992) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel in New York for the United Steelworkers union;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
candidate for mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1953; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1954-65; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1958; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 56th District, 1967.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Mercy Hospital,
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 3,
1992 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Curran (1906-1981) —
also known as Joseph Curran; Joe Curran; "Big
Joe" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1906.
Merchant
seaman; president, National Maritime Union (NMU), 1937-73;
vice-president, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO),
1940-55; American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1940; vice-chair of
New York American Labor Party, 1945.
Died, of cancer,
in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
14, 1981 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1939 to Retta
Toble; married 1965 to
Florence Stetler. |
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article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, June 17,
1946 |
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Daniel De Leon (1852-1914) —
also known as "The Pope" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Curaçao,
December
14, 1852.
Socialist. Leader and theoretician of the Socialist Labor Party;
Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1894 (14th District), 1894 (9th
District), 1896 (9th District), 1908 (9th District); Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1902, 1904; in 1905, was a founder of the
Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to organize
all workers in "One Big Union".
Died May 11,
1914 (age 61 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) —
also known as Francis Xavier Waldron; Tim
Ryan —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
10, 1905.
Communist. Union organizer; fled
to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoid prosecution;
returned to the U.S. in 1935; General Secretary, Communist Party,
1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61; arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died, from cancer,
in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1961 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Farrell Dobbs (1907-1983) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; New York.
Born in Queen City, Schuyler
County, Mo., July 25,
1907.
Socialist. Truck
driver; became involved with a militant Teamsters Union local in
Minneapolis in the 1930s, and helped lead a general strike;
joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1939; convicted
in 1941 of treason
under the anti-Communist Smith
Act, and served one year in prison;
Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; national secretary
of the Socialist Workers Party, 1953-72; historian.
Member, Teamsters
Union.
Died in Pinole, Contra
Costa County, Calif., October
31, 1983 (age 76 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac T. Dobbs. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: The Militant, July 2,
1956 |
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David Dubinsky (1892-1982) —
also known as David Dobnievski —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest, Belarus),
February
22, 1892.
President of International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, from
1932; one of the founders
of the American Labor Party in New York, 1936; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1944, 1958; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1982 (age 90 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zallel Dubinsky and Shaine (Wishingrad) Dubinsky; married 1915 to Emma
Goldberg. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 29,
1949 |
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Evelyn Dubrow (1917-2006) —
also known as Evy Dubrow —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., May 6,
1917.
Democrat. Labor organizer; vice president and lobbyist
for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for many years;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996.
Female.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., June 20,
2006 (age 89 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., July 4,
1878.
Republican. Cement
mason; president, San Francisco Building Trades Council;
member of California
state senate, 1915-22; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died in
office 1926.
Died, in the Hotel
Marseilles, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1926 (age 47 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) —
also known as "Rebel Girl" —
of New York.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
7, 1890.
Communist. Speaker and organizer for the Industrial Workers of
the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one of the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (Communist, at-large), 1954
(Peoples' Rights, 24th District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961.
Female.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964 (age 74 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961) —
also known as William Z. Foster; William Edward
Foster —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in
1919; candidate for President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia; cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Adolph Germer (1881-1966) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk, Kaliningrad
Oblast), January
15, 1881.
Socialist. Miner;
union official in various capacities for the United Mine
Workers of America, 1906-16; member of Socialist National Committee
from Illinois, 1911; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,
Socialist Party of America, 1916-19; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., May, 1966
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) —
also known as Arthur J. Goldberg —
of Illinois; New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
8, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; general counsel,
Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that group with
the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO, 1955; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1960;
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1978.
Died of coronary
artery disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) —
Born in London, England,
January
27, 1850.
Democrat. Cigar
maker; Founder and president, American Federation of
Labor; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Abraham Goodman (c.1885-1926) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel for the Furriers Union and other labor
organizations; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1916-17.
Jewish.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in St. Mark's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1926 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Goodman. |
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Victor Gotbaum (b. 1921) —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
5, 1921.
Democrat. Leader of AFSCME District Council 37 in New York
City, 1965-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972,
1984,
1988.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker;
union organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers'
strike in 1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) —
also known as Abdul Hamid; Eugene Brown; "The
Black Hitler"; "The Harlem Hitler";
"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi Abdul
Hamid" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1903.
Self-styled cleric;
labor leader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban
and a green velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in
Harlem whose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;
conducted street
rallies in Harlem where he denounced
Jews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war against
the Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933; arrested
in October 1934; tried and
found guilty on misdemeanor charges of making a
public speech without a permit, and selling books without a
license, and sentenced
to ten days in jail;
later suspected
of inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led to injunctions
against his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,
Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, and shot
at him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded the
Buddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.
Buddhist
or Muslim.
African
ancestry.
Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out of
fuel and crashed
near Wantagh, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1938 (age 35 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Hillman (1887-1946) —
of New York.
Born in Zagare, Lithuania,
March
23, 1887.
President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), and
one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations (CIO); New York American Labor Party state chair, 1945.
Jewish.
Died in Point Lookout, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 10,
1946 (age 59 years, 109
days).
Entombed at Westchester
Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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James P. Hooley (b. 1855) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, July 12,
1855.
Iron
molder; organizer for the Knights of Labor; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1884-85.
Irish
ancestry.
Interment at St.
John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Morgan Hooley and Mary Margaret (Coffey) Hooley. |
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Jack French Kemp (1935-2009) —
also known as Jack Kemp —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1935.
Republican. Professional football
player, National and American Football Leagues, 1957-70;
cofounder and president, American Football League
Players Association; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-89 (39th District 1971-73,
38th District 1973-83, 31st District 1983-89); candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-93; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of cancer,
in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2009 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Kukucka —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Democrat. President, Local 304, United Electrical Workers;
candidate for mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1955.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Charles Lacey (b. 1886) —
also known as Robert C. Lacey —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886.
Democrat. Coal and
ice dealer; president, Buffalo Central Labor Council,
1920; member of New York
state senate 49th District, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Lacey was charged
in federal court with transporting the explosives
in his car; he falsely
testified to his non-involvement; later confessed to his part in
the incident; pleaded
guilty to perjury
over his earlier testimony; sentenced
to one day in jail and fined
$500; pardoned
in 1924 by President Calvin
Coolidge; in 1925, he was again indicted
for complicity in the bombing,
and pleaded not guilty; after some others were acquitted, the charges
were dropped; in December 1937, during an investigation
into corruption involving the Buffalo city council, he was charged
with perjury.
Member, Eagles;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lacey and Sarah (Cooper) Lacey; married, September
30, 1908, to Harriet 'Hattie' Noack. |
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Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Revisch, Hungary,
1884.
School
teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the
founders and a vice-president of the American
Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in the union.
Member, Urban
League; American
Federation of Teachers.
Collapsed and died in a barber
shop, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1956 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Queens, N.Y.
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James Lustig (b. 1902) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
1902.
Communist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; agent, United Electrical
Workers; candidate for New York
state senate 22nd District, 1932; member, Joint Anti-Fascist
Refugee Committee; the group was investigated for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; indicted
in 1947, along with other members, for contempt
of Congress over their refusal to provide records demanded by the
House committee; convicted
in 1947; sentenced
to three months in jail, and fined
$500.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Jay Mazur (born c.1932) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1932.
Democrat. President, International Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, 1986-95; president, Union of Needletrades, Industrial,
and Technical Employees (UNITE), 1995-2001; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1988,
1996,
2000.
Still living as of 2006.
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Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
3, 1904.
College
instructor; concert
violinist; legislative representative, College Teachers
Union;; American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New York
City Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41; legislative
director, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44; legislative
representative, political action director, and later
international representative, United Electrical Workers;
American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Labor
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, from nephritis,
in Cape Cod Hospital,
Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
9, 1957 (age 52 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph McMahon (born c.1883) —
also known as Patrick J. McMahon —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1883.
Democrat. Inspector of highways; Master Workman of the Bronx
Knights of Labor; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 34th District, 1913.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Labor; Elks; Woodmen;
Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907 to
Wilhelmina Hamberg. |
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John T. McManus (1904-1961) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1904.
Reporter
and movie critic for the New York Times; movie and radio
critic for Time magazine;
entertainment editor for PM (newspaper);
general manager, Weekly Guardian newspaper;
president, Newspaper Guild of New York, 1943-47;
international vice president of the American Newspaper Guild;
member, New York CIO Council; member of New York American
Labor Party Executive Committee, 1945; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (American Labor), 1954 (American Labor), 1958
(Independent Socialist); in 1956, called before a U.S. Senate
subcommittee, he took the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
in refusing to answer questions about the Communist
Party.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
22, 1961 (age 56 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. McManus; married to Jane Bedell. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, November
24, 1958 |
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George Meany (1894-1980) —
Born in City Island, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
16, 1894.
Plumber;
president, American Federation of Labor, 1952-55;
president, AFL-CIO, 1955-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died January
10, 1980 (age 85 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John P. Nugent (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1879.
Democrat. Worked in shipbuilding;
business agent of his Railroad Iron Workers local; appraiser;
insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Max O. Pabis (1916-1989) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in 1916.
Union organizer; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 46th District, 1946.
Died in 1989
(age about
73 years).
Interment at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Walter Polakowski (b. 1888) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
18, 1888.
Socialist. Upholsterer;
member, Federated Trades Council of Milwaukee; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1921-22; member of Wisconsin
state senate 3rd District, 1923-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1928, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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George Edward Powers (b. 1892) —
also known as George E. Powers —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
15, 1892.
Sheet metal
worker; candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1929 (Workers), 1933 (Communist);
Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1930; in April 1932, he was arrested
at City Hall Park, during a demonstration
which was characaterized as "riot"; convicted
of unlawful assembly, but the sentence was suspended; also in 1932,
he was publicly accused
of taking part in an alleged Communist
conspiracy to cause bank failures in Chicago by spreading
rumors (in a "whispering campaign" of "anti-bank propaganda"); he
denied this; Communist candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932; vice-president,
International Workers Order; Communist candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1934; Communist candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1936;
following the Hitler-Stalin pact in 1939, he resigned from the
Communist Party, took part in anti-Communist organizations; at Earl
Browder's trial for passport fraud in 1940, he testified for the
prosecution; Liberal candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1948, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Powers and Sarah Powers. |
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April
15, 1889.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924;
organizer, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters;
vice-president, AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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Philip Aaron Raymond (1899-1983) —
also known as Philip Raymond —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1899.
Communist. Labor organizer; in January, 1930, he was arrested
in Pontiac, Mich., and charged
with leading a
demonstration; again arrested
in April, 1934, in Dearborn, Mich., when he was seen talking with
strikers picketing an auto plant; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1930; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1936, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1946.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
21, 1983 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carlos M. Rios (1914-1980) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, March 5,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
president, Independent Theater Employees Union; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died, following a stroke,
in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1980 (age 66 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Candida Santos. |
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Elmer Rosenberg (c.1886-1951) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
about 1886.
Socialist. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1918; defeated,
1915 (New York County 6th District), 1919 (New York County 6th
District), 1920 (New York County 6th District), 1932 (Sullivan
County), 1933 (Sullivan County), 1934 (Sullivan County); executive
vice-president, International Ladies Garment Workers Union;
American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 27th District, 1938.
Died in Lake Huntington, Sullivan
County, N.Y., 1951
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ignatz Rosenberg and Theresia Rosenberg; married to Rose
Braverman; father of Esterita
Blumberg. |
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Frank G. Rossetti —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1943-44, 1955-72 (New York County 20th District
1943-44, New York County 16th District 1955-65, 76th District 1966,
68th District 1967-72); defeated, 1944; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964;
vice-president, Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons
International Association.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Schifferdecker (b. 1862) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1862.
Organizer and president, Bartenders Union Local 70; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1911-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Schrade (b. 1924) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Newhall (now part of Santa Clarita), Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
17, 1924.
Democrat. Aerospace
manufacturing worker; president, United Auto Workers local
representing workers at North American Aviation; later, western
regional director, United Auto Workers; early supporter of Cesar
Chavez's efforts to unionize farm workers; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1968,
1972;
supported and worked for Robert
F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, and on June 5, 1968, when
Kennedy was shot, Schrade was one of five others who were also shot and
wounded.
German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Relatives: Son
of Florence Anna (Keil) Schrade and William Theodore Schrade; nephew
of Henry
Gottlieb Schrade. |
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Anthony Scotto (b. 1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1934.
Democrat. Longshoreman;
vice-president, International Longshoremen's Association;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
member of the Gambino crime
family; charged
in 1979 on 44 counts of accepting
payoffs, evading
income taxes and racketeering; tried
and convicted
on 33 of the counts; sentenced
to five years in prison;
released in 1984.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Married to Marion Anastasio. |
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Albert Shanker (1928-1997) —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1928.
Democrat. School
teacher; president, American Federation of Teachers,
1974-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988,
1996.
Jewish.
Russian
ancestry. Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, of complications from bladder
cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1997 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y.
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Clara Lemlich Shavelson (1886-1982) —
also known as Clara Shavelson; Clara Lemlich; Clara
Goldman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Gorodok, Ukraine,
March
28, 1886.
Communist. Labor organizer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1936.
Female.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 25,
1982 (age 96 years, 119
days).
Interment at New
Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, N.Y.
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Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1936) —
also known as Abraham I. Shiplacoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Province of Chernigov, Russia,
December
25, 1877.
Socialist. Labor union official; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18;
defeated, 1914, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1918 (10th District), 1926 (10th
District), 1928 (10th District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9th
District); delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York,
1920.
Jewish.
Died, of an infection
secondary to kidney
stones, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February, 1936
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Vincent Tuero (1881-1953) —
also known as Vicente Sifuentes Tuero —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Durango,
January
26, 1881.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; streetcar
conductor; financial secretary and Treasurer,
Street Carmen's Union; candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1918; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Tuero and
others were indicted
in federal court for conspiring to steal, transport, and place the
dynamite; a trial
was held in January 1926, but the charges against Tuero were
dismissed by the judge at the end of the prosecution's case.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Laurelwood Rest
Home, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 9,
1953 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment somewhere
in San Antonio, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mariano Tuero and Dolores (Sifuentes) Tuero. |
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter;
president, Local 13, Shipbuilders
Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as
international representative for the (West Coast)
International Longshoreman's and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
18, 1976 (age 62 years, 260
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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Randi Weingarten (b. 1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
18, 1957.
Democrat. School
teacher; president, United Federation of Teachers and
American Federation of Teachers; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004-08.
Female.
Lesbian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Gabriel Weingarten and Edith (Appelbaum)
Weingarten. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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John H. Westbrook (b. 1890) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., April 6,
1890.
Democrat. Sheet metal
worker; president, Local 15, Sheet Metal Workers;
delegate, Central Federation of Labor, 1912; president,
Troy Building Trades Council, 1918; president, New York State
Council of Sheet Metal Workers, 1921-22; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1924.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) —
also known as Charles Zimmerman; Alexander
Ubsushone —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne, Ukraine),
1896.
Communist. Garment
worker; Workers candidate for New York
state assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (Bronx
County 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled from
Communist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and became
anti-Communist by 1946; vice-president, International Ladies
Garment Workers Union, 1934-72; became blind
in 1966.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died June 3,
1983 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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