Archival Folder
News clippings : Communist 1941
Saturday, March 1, 1941
Thursday, July 31, 1941
A2001-074
AF/162797
News clippings regarding communist activities : Communist start a 60 day recruiting campaign for party membership ; Mrs Ella Reeve Bloor is honored at local meeting ; Riley rejects plea of reds ; Murphy contends that Captain John J. Keegan and Lieutenant William Browne had intimidated persons who attended a political meeting in Viking park in 1938 ; Communist Denounces Hitler in Portland park (includes a photo of the mass meeting, Harold Spring, party official is shown pleading for a united fight against Hitler and a campaign to free Earl Browder. Harry Pilcher, county communist chairman, is standing near the American flag). Other articles include ; hundreds of Reds in New York Teachers Union ; Burt Nelson district organizer for Harry Bridges' International Longshoreman and Warehousemen's union was found guilty of contempt of court. Organization : Oregon Journal ; Oregonian ; New York Times People : Bloor, Ella Reeve ; Browne, William ; Huff, Henry ; Keegan, John J. ; Murphy, James A. ; Nelson, Burt ; Pilcher, Harry ; Remes, Andrew ; Riley, Robert Earl ; Spring, Harold Key Words : Communist ; Communist Party ; union ; labor ; Longshoremen ; ILWU ; C.I.O. ; teacher ; New York ; Mayor ; Viking park ; Red Squad ; police ; Hitler ; WWII ; Plaza blocks
