Smith, Edwin S. (Edwin Seymour), 1891-1976

Edwin S. Smith (1891-1976) served on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) during the New Deal, as one of its original members, was a member and president of Friends of the Soviet Union, served as the personnel director of Filene's department store in Boston, and was Commissioner of Labor and Industries in Massachusetts. He also worked for the Oil Workers International Union of the CIO, and the Teachers' Division of the United Public Workers of America. When he appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 he refused to answer questions about alleged Communist affiliation.

From the guide to the Edwin Smith Papers, undated, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)