Marx Lewis papers, 1907-1988.

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Marx Lewis papers, 1907-1988.

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Correspondence, speeches and writings, bulletins, newsletters, press releases, resolutions, trial transcripts, pamphlets, and clippings, relating to the 1919 trial of Victor Berger under the Espionage Act; Socialist Party internal politics, especially during the mid-1930s; post-World War II opposition to communism within American trade unions; and anti-communist activities of the Council Against Communist Aggression and its successor organization, the Council for the Defense of Freedom.

26 ms. boxes.

Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6813565

Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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Berger, Victor L. (Victor Luitpold), 1860-1929

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Victor Luitpold Berger (February 28, 1860 – August 7, 1929) was an Austrian American socialist politician and journalist who was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party of America and its successor, the Socialist Party of America. Born in the Austrian Empire, Berger immigrated to the United States as a young man and became an important and influential socialist journalist in Wisconsin. He helped establish the so-called Sewer Socialist movement. Also a politician, in 1910, he was elected...

Lewis, Marx, b. 1897.

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American labor leader; secretary to Representative Victor Berger, 1923-1929; executive secretary, executive vice president, and general secretary-treasurer, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, 1934-1960; chairman, Council for the Defense of Freedom (originally Council Against Communist Aggression), 1950- From the description of Marx Lewis papers, 1907-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429993 ...

Council for the Defense of Freedom (U.S.)

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Socialist Party (U.S.)

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The Socialist Party (U.S.) was founded in 1901, bringing together moderate socialists from the Social Democratic Party, and dissident members of the Socialist Labor Party. In 1936 the ongoing differences between the “Old Guard” and “Militant” factions, resulted in a split, with the Militant group retaining the SP name and much of the membership, while the Old Guard faction retained most of the organizational and financial assets. From the guide to the Socialist Party (U.S.) Minutes, ...