
Communist Party : Flyers aginst the AFL
Saturday, December 31, 1938
A2001-074
AF/160409
The first flyer accuse the AFL of hiring goons to attack CIO members. The second flyer accuse the leaders of the AFL of having a history of betrayals, sell-outs and strikebreaking activity of the leadership against the rank and file. Anderson head of the Portland Central Labor Council did not endorsee the Mother Mooney meeting and called the three members of the ILD communist. Date is circa Organizations : Multnomah County Committee, Communist Party People : Carson, Joseph ; Martin, Charles ; Anderson, Gust Key words : Goons ; unions ; labor ; anti - labor ; gangsterism ; Mother Mooney ; International Labor Defense (ILD) ; Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) ; American Federation of Labor (AFL) ; A. F. of L. ; Communist ; Communist Party