Archival Folder
News clippings : Harry Bridges
Friday, January 1, 1937
Saturday, December 31, 1938
A2001-074
AF/162963
News clippings regarding Harry Bridges and the Longshoreman unions : 4 C.I.O. leaders to decide to quite harry Bridges' C.I.O. industrial union council, charging that he had brought the council under communist control to the detriment of labor ; Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said that the immigration bureau is making a very thorough investigation of the legal right of Harry Bridges, West coast Longshoreman leader ; U.S looks into drive at Bridges, government starts cautious investigation of deportation campaign against dock leader and head of woodworkers ' drive against Pritchett ; Red's plans to dominate I.L.A. bared, western delegation is split between supporting I.L.A. President Ryan or joining Bridges in his attempt to oust Ryan. Also includes news clippings regarding : a letter to the editor defending the Spanish Loyalist ; National Lawyers' guild charged today the United States government has violated treaty obligations toward the Spanish republic ; letter to editor criticizing the Red Squad and Catholic Sentinel Organization : Oregon Journal ; Oregonian People : Bridges, Harry ; Perkins, Frances ; Pritchett, Harold ; Martin, Charles H. ; Ryan, Joseph P. Key Words : C.I.O. ; labor ; union ; Longshoremen ; I.L.A. ; deportation ; immigration ; Secretary of Labor ; Spain ; Spanish Civil War ; Red Squad
