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News clippings : Oregon Commonwealth Federation
Thursday, June 16, 1938
Tuesday, February 28, 1939
A2001-074
AF/162940
News clippings regarding the Oregon Commonwealth Federation : Beckman hopes to be Democratic Chairman ; Osborne , executive secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, views with alarm the attempt of the Oregon Commonwealth Federation to take over the chairmanship and control of the Democratic Multnomah county central committee ; Beckman elected chairman of Multnomah forces for third time, Federation victorious in committee vote ; Oregon Commonwealth Federation fail to rule democrats, move to curb party Chieftain fail ; socialist quit the Oregon Commonwealth Federation ; Oregon Commonwealth to hold its fourth state convention, endorse political candidate (governor, congress) ; Commonwealth group sues paper at Salem ; article by Richard L. Neuberger, "Progressive or Red? 'Communist!' cry Oregon Commonwealth group foes, 'Progressive, ' assert its supporters." The article gives a brief history of the two year old Federation, including its platforms, officers, ties to labor (good relations with the C.I.O. but is opposed by the official bodies of the A.F. of L.) and their campaign to defeat Governor Martin. Includes Newsprint images of : Howard Costigan ; S. Stevenson Smith ; Monroe M. Sweetland Also includes news clippings regarding : Dies hits ouster for Labor Secretary, Perkins if she fails to enforce the law under which Harry Bridges is clearly deportable ; John Stracher, British leftist barred from U.S. entry ; record voter registration for the State of Oregon, 557,875 ; congress will repeal the silver purchase act ; Organization : Oregon Journal ; Oregonian ; New York Times People : Absher, Albert ; Bridges, Harry ; Blumenthal, Lou ; Costigan, Howard ; Decker, Beatrice ; Dies, Martin ; Epps, Dave ; Gleason, Walter B. ; Haefner, Ruth ; Hess, Henry ; Honeyman, Nan Wood ; Kenin, Harry ; Mashoney, Willis E. ; McDonald, Lucile ; Mitrovich, Neuberger, Richard L. ; Olga ; Osborne, Ben T. ; Perkins, Frances ; Pierce, Walter ; Reynolds, Frank ; Smith, S. Stevenson ; Spring, Harold ; Starchey, John ; Stone, Ruth ; Sweetland, Monroe M. ;Todd, Victor ; Williams, Sam Key Words : Democratic Party ; elections ; politics ; political parties ; progressive ; communist ; immigration ; deportation ; C.I.O. ; A.F. of L. ; socialist ; Dies committee ; Oregon governor ; British ; immigration
