Libel vs Westbrook Pegler et. al. An article posted in the Call Bulletin and Post Enquirer on September 26th, 1944, implied the following: 1) that money raised for Bridges' defense fund was given to the Communist party, and 2) that L.K. Hyde was ousted from Local 34 because of his declaration to vote Tom Dewey for President (Dewey lost to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944, and again in 1948 to Harry Truman).