Lyons, John, 1881-1957.
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John Lyons (1881-1957), socialist and labor leader, was co-founder of the Rand School, director of the Social Democratic Radio Forum on station WEVD, the New York radio station that had been established by the Socialist Party, a Socialist Party candidate for the New York State Legislature several times during the 1920s, and manager of the Zetex Corporation, a branch of the American Car and Foundry Company. Lyons was executive secretary of Branch 400 of the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, a Jewish fraternal organization then associated with the socialist movement, an organizer of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, chairman of the stabilization and control board of the Cleaners and Dryers of New York, and assistant regional director of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee of New Jersey. In the mid-1930s, Lyons was the Executive Secretary of the National Association of Retail Tailors, Cleaners and Dyers, a National Recovery Act labor-management trade association.
John Lyons (1881-1957), socialist and labor leader, was a co-founder of the Rand School, director of the Social Democratic Radio Forum on station WEVD, the New York radio station that had been established by the Socialist Party, a Socialist Party candidate for the New York State Legislature several times during the 1920s, and manager of the Zetex Corporation, a branch of the American Car and Foundry Company. Lyons was executive secretary of Branch 400 of the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, a Jewish fraternal organization then associated with the socialist movement, an organizer of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, chairman of the stabilization and control board of the Cleaners and Dryers of New York and assistant regional director of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee of New Jersey. In the mid-1930s, Lyons was the Executive Secretary of the National Association of Retail Tailors, Cleaners and Dyers, a National Recovery Act labor-management trade association.
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