Saposs, David J. (David Joseph), 1886-1968

David Joseph Saposs was the special advisor to the European Labor Division, ECA-MSA Paris, 1948-1952.

From the description of Three manuscripts, and one telegram, 1954-1968. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35819871

Labor economist, historian, and teacher, who investigated the Americanization of immigrant workers, the steel strike of 1919, and the labor movement and cooperatives in France between 1918-1929, and who served as senior research associate for the Twentieth Century Fund from 1934-1945. From 1935-1940 Saposs was chief economist for the National Labor Relations Board, a position he was forced to resign because of House Un-American Activities Committee accusations that he was a Communist, though he served other government agencies from 1940 to 1954.

From the description of David J. Saposs papers [microform], 1918-1967. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45840136