Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries is further divided into four sections - two major cases and two groups of similar cases. Major cases are: USA v. Hugh Bryson, and Lawrence Parker et al v. J. A. Lester et al, a class-action suit challenging the waterfront screening program (Magnuson Act). There are two groups of cases: litigation by shipping companies over "breach of contract," and court cases filed by expelled members...

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Includes: Autobiographical account of Paul Robeson's involvement in Communist Party activities/strikes/unions in USA and abroad (22 pp.), c. 1953; "Statement of Points & Authorities", USA District Court, Southern District of New York; exhibit against Taft-Hartley Act (71 pp.), c.1950s

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Includes: Accounts of red-baiting; Summation list (3 pp.); Memorandum to Abe Unger from Richard Gladstein (16 pp.), Sept. 27, 1948; Memorandum re "Proposed Method of Conducting Smith Act Trial" (3 pp.), Sept. 16, 1951

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Includes: 142-page manual regarding admission of testimony of government witnesses who reported to the FBI on the activities of the Communist Party (pp. 357-398), c. 1950s; Statements by Non-defendants; witness: Blanc, Hidalgo, Philbrick, Hartmen, Struick, Dirk, Cook & Stewart, Nicodemus, Herron, Calomiris, Younglove, Cummings, Lumers, Hymer (38 pp.), c. 1950s

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries is further divided into four sections - two major cases and two groups of similar cases. Major cases are: USA v. Hugh Bryson, and Lawrence Parker et al v. J. A. Lester et al, a class-action suit challenging the waterfront screening program (Magnuson Act). There are two groups of cases: litigation by shipping companies over "breach of contract," and court cases filed by expelled members...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries is further divided into four sections - two major cases and two groups of similar cases. Major cases are: USA v. Hugh Bryson, and Lawrence Parker et al v. J. A. Lester et al, a class-action suit challenging the waterfront screening program (Magnuson Act). There are two groups of cases: litigation by shipping companies over "breach of contract," and court cases filed by expelled members...