Mills, Saul, 1910-1988.

Saul Mills was born to Isidore and Celia Schneidmill in Manhattan, New York, on May 10, 1910.

Between 1927 and 1936 Mills worked in varying capacities on a wide range of newspapers which included The Long Island Press, The New York Daily News, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Brooklyn Standard Union, The Monmouth County Record (New Jersey) and The City News Association. Mills experiences while employed at the Press and at the Eagle provided the impetus toward full-time union work. Mills' association with the noted newspaper columnist Heywood Broun further shaped his burgeoning interest in the labor movement. When in December 1934 Broun called for the establishment of the Newspaper Guild, Mills, then a reporter on the Eagle, became one of its charter members. Mills' subsequent union activity led to his dismissal at the Eagle. It was at this time that Mills came into contact with left-wing and Communist activists within the labor movement.

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