Records, 1940-1971.

ArchivalResource

Records, 1940-1971.

The records contain yearbooks, legal materials and correspondence relating to the placing of the LDS of the Attorney Generals list, printed ephemera, and articles about the 1926 trial of Anthony Bimba, later a leading member of the LDS.

0.5 linear ft. (1 box).

lit,

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 7581973

Churchill County Museum

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Bimba, Anthony

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Anthony Bimba (b. 1894) was born in Užusieniai, Lithuania. After coming to the United States, Bimba, a journalist, was also active in politics. He was a member of the left-wing of the Lithuanian American Socialists, and participated in the formation of the Lithuanian Communist League of America which in 1919 joined the Communist Party of America. Bimba became editor of Laisvė (Liberty) in 1924 and remained at that post until 1973. In 1926, he was tried and acquitted in a famous trial in Brockt...

Lietuvių darbininkų susivienijimas.

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The Association of Lithuanian Workers, commonly known by its Lithuanian acronym, LDS (Lietuvių Darbininkų Susivienijimas), a progressive fraternal organization was founded in 1930. From 1953 to 1957 the LDS was on the U.S. Attorney Generals list of subversive organizations. As of 2003, the LDS continued to administer an insurance program, and in 2006 the LDS was merged into the Royal Arcanum, a non-ethnically-based fraternal organization. From the description of Records, 1940-1971....