Government hearings files of Presidential Assistant Les Finnegan, 1948-1959 (bulk 1952-1957).

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Government hearings files of Presidential Assistant Les Finnegan, 1948-1959 (bulk 1952-1957).

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From 1948 to 1959 the UE and other alleged Communist-dominated unions became the chief focus of congressional and federal probes concerning Communist infiltration of American labor unions and vital defense industries. The IUE and Carey, seeking to discredit the UE's left-wing leadership in hopes of fomenting a disaffiliation movement among remaining UE locals, offered its full cooperation in providing evidence and key witnesses to substantiate UE ties to the Communist Party of America (CPA) and other Communist-front organizations. Carey's testimony before various House and Senate subcommittees is contained within this series. Several IUE members--formerly associated with the UE and CPA--were key witnesses in the HUAC hearings and the "Red" probes associated with the McCarthy era. Lee Lundgren, Samuel DiMiria, Ernst Pollock, and James B. McLeish appeared before the HUAC and chronicled communist influence within UE locals and districts in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and the New England region.

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