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News clippings : Communist activities 1936
Wednesday, January 1, 1936
Thursday, December 31, 1936
A2001-074
AF/162792
News clippings regarding : the Communist plan for a Third party, signature drive to get the Communist party on the ballot ; The Farmers, Labor party ; Earl W. Browder, Presidential candidate of the Communist Party and his policies ; Browder's support for Roosevelt policies ; Communist threat, united front and Communist on the waterfront ; The Central Labor council's decision to not attend a Farmer Labor Party meeting which was suspected of being Communist influenced but agreed to attend a Farmer Labor Party meeting proposed by Ben Osborne, secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor ; Roosevelt wins Communist vote ; Union Party ; Commissioner Bennett tells the council that no one needs to worry about Communist ; Commissioner Clyde raised the question of the right of a policeman (Walter B. O'Dale) to talk to a newspaper man without first submitting his information to the chief of police ; Communist Party program ; Earl Browder ; request to use the Civic Auditorium for Earl Browder was denied by the city council ; Walter B. O'Dale's reports on Communist ; James Murphy, local organizer of the Communist Party plans to take their court fight on the use of the city auditorium to the state supreme court ; a Portland meeting where Browder states that Communist oppose Landon, Republican presidential candidate ; James W. Ford nominee of the Communist Party for the Vice - Presidency of the United states. Organization : Oregon Journal ; Oregonian People : Browder, Earl ; Murphy, James ; Neuman, Otto ; O'Dale, Walter B. ; Osborne, Ben ; Patrick, W. K. ; Zimmerman, Peter ; Goodman, Irvin ; Thiessen, G. W. ; Osborne, T. ; Epps, Davie ; Slaughet, Albert ; Dern, E. ; Welch, R. O. ; Bennett, Virgil ; Ford, James W. Key Words : Communist ; Communist Party ; police ; Red Squad ; elections ; Presidential candidate ; Labor ; Labor Party ; City Commissioner ;
