Sandberg, William Carl, 1894-1978.

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Businessman, political activist, and Cleveland social gadfly during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was a union organizer, led the Ohio Hunger March in 1931, and ran for Congress on the Communist Party ticket in the 1930s. In 1961 he wrote a play, Rotten righteousness, which he later adapted into a screenplay. Over the years he wrote countless letters to public officials and local newspapers concerning political and social matters, ranging from U.S. involvement in southeast Asia to Legionnaires' disease.

From the description of Papers, 1928-1978. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22655840

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Ohio
United States
Cleveland (Ohio)
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Communism
Government
Political letter writing
World War, 1914-1918
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Birth 1894

Death 1978

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