Lewis, Marx, 1897-1990.

Biographical Note.

• 1897, December 28: Born, Brooklyn, New York
• 1917 - 1919 : Secretary to Representative Meyer London
• 1919 - 1920 : Associate Editor, New York Call
• 1923 - 1929 : Secretary to Representative Victor Berger
• 1929 - c. 1934 : Lawyer, Washington, D.C.
• 1934 - 1938 : Executive Secretary, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union
• 1938 - 1939 : Deputy Treasurer, City of New York
• 1939 - 1949 : Executive Vice President, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union
• 1949 - 1960 : General Secretary-Treasurer, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union
• 1950 - : Chairman, Council Against Communist Aggression (subsequently known as the Council for the Defense of Freedom)

Marx Lewis was a member of the Board of Directors of the League for Industrial Democracy; he was Chairman of the National Legislative Committee, Liberal Party of New York State for l4 years, as well as a member of its State Executive and Trade Union Committees; and he was on the Labor Advisory Committee of the National Labor Service, American Jewish Committee.

From the guide to the Marx Lewis Papers, 1907-1988., (Hoover Institution Archives)