| |  Sammie A. Abbott (1908-1990) — of New York; Takoma Park,MontgomeryCounty, Md.BornApril25, 1908.Communist. Activist andlabor organizer;arrestedabout 50 times in connection withdemonstrationsand strikes; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 37th District, 1934;mayorof Takoma Park, Md., 1980-85; defeated, 1985.DiedDecember15, 1990 (age82 years, 234days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives:Married1938 to RuthGracie Yalsic. |
| | William Albertson (1910-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Odessa, Russia (nowUkraine),May7, 1910.Communist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 16th District, 1932; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1934;secretary-treasurer, Local 16, Hotel and Restaurant WorkersUnion.Indicted,along with other Communist leaders, by a federal grand jury inAugust, 1951;tried,in Pittsburgh, starting in November 1952, andconvictedin August, 1953, under theSmithAct, of conspiring to advocate theviolentoverthrow of the U.S. government;sentencedto five years inprison;the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the convictions in 1956. Expelledfrom the Communist Party in 1964 over claims that he served as anundercover police agent; in 1976, it was revealed that the charge wasfounded on a phony letter planted by the F.B.I.Died, in anautomobileaccident,February19, 1972 (age61 years, 288days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Arnold (1890-1956) — also known asGunther Edward Arnold Schneider — of Encino, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1890.Republican.Actor;appeared in more than 150movies,most during 1932-56;president, Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1944.Germanancestry. Member,ScreenActors Guild.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April26, 1956 (age66 years, 68days).Interment atSanFernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif. | | Morton Bahr (1926-2019) — of Port Washington,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 18,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1976,1980,1984;president, Communication Workers of America, 1985-2005;president, Jewish Labor Committee, 1999-2001; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1996,2000,2004;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from District of Columbia, 2004.Jewish.Died, frompancreaticcancer, inWashington,D.C.,July 30,2019 (age93 years, 12days).Cremated.  | Max Bedacht (1883-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Munich (München),Germany,October13, 1883.Communist.Barber;president, Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workerscandidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1930 (19th District), 1936 (14thDistrict); candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1934;national secretary,International Workers Order; expelled from the Communist Party in1948 over factional differences.Germanancestry.DiedJuly 4,1972 (age88 years, 265days).Burial location unknown. | | | James Bickhart — of Dunkirk,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.Democrat.President, Dunkirk Area Central Labor Council;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1988.Still living as of 1988. | | Theodore Meir Bikel (1924-2015) — also known asTheodore Bikel — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Vienna,Austria,May2, 1924.Democrat.Actor;singer;musician;composer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1968;president, Actors Equity, 1977-82.Jewish.Died, at Ronald Reagan UCLAMedicalCenter, Westwood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 21,2015 (age91 years, 80days).Interment atHillsideMemorial Park, Culver City, Calif. | | Michael F. Breen (b. 1875) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1875.Democrat.President of Local 21, Union of Billposters andBillers of America; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1927-35;defeated, 1935.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Burial location unknown. | | Peter Joseph Brennan (1918-1996) — Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1918.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;president,Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1973-75.Died oflymphaticcancer in Massapequa,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October2, 1996 (age78 years, 131days).Interment atSt.Charles Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. | | Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) — also known asHeywood Broun — of New York; Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1888.Socialist.Sportswriter;columnistfor New Yorknewspapers;;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1930;founderof the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its firstpresident; expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.Catholic.Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Died, ofpneumonia,in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December18, 1939 (age51 years, 11days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | William J. Butler — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Republican.Secretary of the Streetcarmen's Organization laborunion, 1916; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1938-40, 1945-60;defeated, 1940.Burial location unknown. | | Joseph D. Cannon — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Socialist.Labor organizer; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1916; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1917 (15th District), 1918 (21stDistrict), 1926 (19th District); delegate to Socialist NationalConvention from New York, 1920; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1920; candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1921; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 18th District, 1922.Burial location unknown. | | Edward F. Cassidy (1868-1937) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in1868.Socialist.Organizer andvice-president, New YorkTypographical Union; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1902 (Social Democratic, 15thDistrict), 1904 (Social Democratic, 12th District), 1904 (SocialDemocratic, 17th District), 1906 (Socialist, 8th District), 1913(Socialist, 20th District), 1926 (Socialist, 18th District), 1930(Socialist, 18th District), 1934 (Socialist, 20th District);candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1908 (New York County 17th District), 1910 (NewYork County 22nd District), 1914 (New York County 22nd District),1915 (New York County 22nd District), 1918 (New York County 18thDistrict), 1924 (New York County 18th District), 1930 (New YorkCounty 16th District); candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1909; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate, 1916 (20th District), 1932 (18th District);delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1922; candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1925, 1929; candidate forboroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1933.Member,TypographicalUnion.Died, fromheartdisease, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1937 (ageabout 69years).Interment atCypressHills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Sol Chick Chaikin (1918-1991) — also known asSol C. Chaikin — of Great Neck,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January9, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;president, International Ladies Garment Workers Union,1975-86;vice-president, AFL-CIO; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1980,1984.Jewish. Member,TrilateralCommission.Died, fromheartfailure, in Long Island JewishMedicalCenter, New Hyde Park,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April 1,1991 (age73 years, 82days).Interment atMt.Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.  | Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) — also known asEdgar E. Clark — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born in Lima,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1856.Republican.Trainconductor;Grand Senior Conductor (1889), andGrandChief Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductorsof America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1904;member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1906-21; chair, InterstateCommerce Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.Member,Orderof Railway Conductors;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Monrovia,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December1, 1930 (age74 years, 286days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Hunter Corregan (b. 1860) — also known asCharles H. Corregan — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1860.Socialist.Printer;president, Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse,1892;vice-president, New York State Federation of Labor,1893; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 27th District, 1896; Socialist Laborcandidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1900, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1904.Episcopalian.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William H. Corregan and Susannah (Gilmore) Corregan; married,May 3,1890, to Margaret Watson. |
| | George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) — also known asGeorge S. Counts — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Hope,BucksCounty, Pa.Born near Baldwin City,DouglasCounty, Kan.,December9, 1889.Universityprofessor;author;president, American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New YorkAmerican Labor Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,1955-59.Member,American CivilLiberties Union;DeltaTau Delta;PhiDelta Kappa;KappaDelta Pi.Suffered astroke,and died two weeks later, in ahospitalat Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,November10, 1974 (age84 years, 336days). Hisbody wasdonated to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble)Counts. |
| | Frank P. Cox (1895-1977) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;president, Albany Typographical Union No. 4;vice-president, Albany Central Federation of Labor; member ofNewYork state assembly, 1960-68 (Albany County 1st District 1960-65,113th District 1966, 102nd District 1967-68).Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks.DiedJune 4,1977 (age81 years, 231days).Interment atSt.Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Etolla L. McCarthy. |
| | Peter J. Crotty (c.1908-1992) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y., about 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;general counsel in New York for the United Steelworkers union;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948,1956,1960,1964,1972;candidate formayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1953;chair ofErie County Democratic Party, 1954-65; candidate forNew Yorkstate attorney general, 1958;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 56th District, 1967.Irishancestry.Died, following aheartattack, in MercyHospital,Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1992 (ageabout 84years).Burial location unknown.  | Joseph Edward Curran (1906-1981) — also known asJoseph Curran;Joe Curran;"BigJoe" —of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1906.Merchantseaman;president, National Maritime Union (NMU), 1937-73;vice-president, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO),1940-55; American Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1940; vice-chair ofNew York American Labor Party, 1945.Died, ofcancer,in Boca Raton,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,August14, 1981 (age75 years, 166days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1939 to RettaToble; married1965 toFlorence Stetler. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, June 17,1946 |
| | | Daniel De Leon (1852-1914) — also known as"The Pope" — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inCuraçao,December14, 1852.Socialist. Leader and theoretician of the Socialist Labor Party;Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1894 (14th District), 1894 (9thDistrict), 1896 (9th District), 1908 (9th District); Socialist Laborcandidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1902, 1904; in 1905, was afounder of theIndustrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to organizeall workers in "One Big Union".DiedMay 11,1914 (age61 years, 148days).Burial location unknown. | | Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) — also known asFrancis Xavier Waldron;TimRyan —Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,August10, 1905.Communist.Union organizer;fledto the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoidprosecution;returned to the U.S. in 1935; General Secretary, Communist Party,1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61;arrestedin 1948, along with other party leaders, andchargedwithadvocatingthe violent overthrow of the United States;convictedin 1949, andsentencedto five years inprison.Died, fromcancer,in Mount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1961 (age55 years, 174days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.  | Farrell Dobbs (1907-1983) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Queen City,SchuylerCounty, Mo.,July 25,1907.Socialist.Truckdriver; became involved with a militant Teamsters Union local inMinneapolis in the 1930s, and helpedlead a general strike;joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1939;convictedin 1941 oftreasonunder the anti-CommunistSmithAct, and served one year inprison;Trotskyist Anti-War candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1945; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; national secretaryof the Socialist Workers Party, 1953-72;historian.Member,TeamstersUnion.Died in Pinole,ContraCosta County, Calif.,October31, 1983 (age76 years, 98days).Burial location unknown.  | David Dubinsky (1892-1982) — also known asDavid Dobnievski — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest,Belarus),February22, 1892.President of International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, from1932; one of thefoundersof the American Labor Party in New York, 1936; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1936;vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1944, 1958;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1982 (age90 years, 207days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Zallel Dubinsky and Shaine (Wishingrad) Dubinsky; married1915 to EmmaGoldberg. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 29,1949 |
| | Evelyn Dubrow (1917-2006) — also known asEvy Dubrow — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Passaic,PassaicCounty, N.J.,May 6,1917.Democrat.Labor organizer;vice president andlobbyistfor the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for many years;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1984,1988,1996.Female.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1999.Died, in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,June 20,2006 (age89 years, 45days).Burial location unknown. | | Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in San Mateo,San MateoCounty, Calif.,July 4,1878.Republican.Cementmason;president, San Francisco Building Trades Council;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1915-22;U.S.Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died inoffice 1926.Died, in theHotelMarseilles, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 13,1926 (age47 years, 344days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) — also known as"Rebel Girl" — of New York. Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,August7, 1890.Communist. Speaker andorganizer for the Industrial Workers ofthe World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one of thefoundersof the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelledher for being a Communist; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1942 (Communist, at-large), 1954(Peoples' Rights, 24th District);convictedunder theanti-CommunistSmith Act, andsentencedto three years inprison;released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.in 1961.Female.Irishancestry. Member,American CivilLiberties Union;IndustrialWorkers of the World.Died inRussia,September5, 1964 (age74 years, 29days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961) — also known asWilliam Z. Foster;William EdwardFoster —of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Taunton,BristolCounty, Mass.,February25, 1881.Communist.Labor organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in1919; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1930;arrestedafter ademonstrationin 1930, andjailedfor six months;indictedon July 20, 1948 under theSmithAct, andchargedwith conspiring toadvocatethe overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.Irishancestry.Died, in asanatoriumat Moscow,Russia,September1, 1961 (age80 years, 188days).Cremated;ashes interred atKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia; cenotaph atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | Adolph Germer (1881-1966) — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk,KaliningradOblast),January15, 1881.Socialist.Miner;union official in various capacities for the United MineWorkers of America, 1906-16; member of Socialist National Committeefrom Illinois, 1911; candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1912; candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,Socialist Party of America, 1916-19;indictedin Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep.VictorL. Berger, and three others, for makingspeechesthat encourageddisloyaltyand obstructedmilitaryrecruitment;triedandconvicted;sentencedto twenty years inprison;the conviction was later overturned; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.Member,UnitedMine Workers.Died in Rockford,WinnebagoCounty, Ill., May,1966(age85years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Gitlow (1891-1965) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,December22, 1891.Communist.Organizer andpresident, Retail Clerks Unionof New York, 1913; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1918; defeated(Socialist), 1918;convictedoncriminalanarchycharges,1920;sentencedto five to ten years inprison;lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1925; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1921 (Communist), 1925 (Workers);candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1924, 1928; Workers candidate forGovernorof New York, 1926; after 1939, he became an anti-Communistwriter andlecturer.Died in Crompond,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1965 (age73 years, 209days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) — also known asArthur J. Goldberg — of Illinois; New York;Washington,D.C.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August8, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War II;general counsel,Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that group withthe American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO, 1955; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1960;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1961-62;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1968;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to, 1977-78.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;Americansfor Democratic Action.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1978.Died ofcoronaryartery disease, inWashington,D.C.,January19, 1990 (age81 years, 164days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) — Born in London,England,January27, 1850.Democrat.Cigarmaker;Founder and president, American Federation ofLabor; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December13, 1924 (age74 years, 321days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument atGompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue atGompers Park, Chicago, Ill.| | Samuel GompersHighSchool (built 1930, closed about 2012), inBronx, NewYork, wasnamed forhim. — GompersSchool(also known as Eastern High School),Baltimore,Maryland, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Gompers (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theSouthPacific Ocean) wasnamed forhim; a secondLibertyship,SS Samuel Gompers II, (built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1960) was alsonamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Abraham Goodman (1884-1926) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1884.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lecturer;lawyer;counsel for the Furriers Union and otherlabororganizations; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 8th District, 1916-17.Jewish.Died, followingappendicitissurgery, in St. Mark'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 27,1926 (age41 years, 262days).Interment atMt.Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Goodman. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Victor Gotbaum (b. 1921) — of Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September5, 1921.Democrat.Leader of AFSCME District Council 37 in New YorkCity, 1965-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1972,1984,1988.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Gus Hall (1910-2000) — also known asArvo Kustaa Halberg — of Youngstown,MahoningCounty, Ohio; Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October8, 1910.Communist.Lumberjack;steelworker;union organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers'strike in 1937; candidate formayorof Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during WorldWar II;indictedin 1948, andconvictedin 1949, under theSmithAct, of conspiring to teach theviolentoverthrow of the U.S. government;fledto Mexico;arrestedin 1951 and sent back; spent eight years inprison;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.Finnishancestry.Died, of complications fromdiabetes,in Lenox HillHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 2000 (age90 years, 5days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.  | Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) — also known asAbdul Hamid;Eugene Brown;"TheBlack Hitler";"The Harlem Hitler";"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi AbdulHamid" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January6, 1903.Self-styledcleric;labor leader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turbanand a green velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores inHarlem whose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;conductedstreetrallies in Harlem where hedenouncedJews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war againstthe Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933;arrestedin October 1934;tried andfound guilty on misdemeanor charges ofmaking apublic speech without a permit, and selling books without alicense, andsentencedto ten days injail;latersuspectedof inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led toinjunctionsagainst his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, andshotat him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded theBuddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.BuddhistorMuslim.Africanancestry.Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out offuel andcrashednear Wantagh,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 30,1938 (age35 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. |  | Benjamin Hanford (1860-1910) — also known asBen Hanford — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January9, 1860.Socialist.Printer;typesetter;labor organizer; Socialist Labor candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1897; Social Democraticcandidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1898, 1900, 1902; Social Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1901; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1904, 1908.Member,TypographicalUnion.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January24, 1910 (age50 years, 15days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass. | | Henry A. Hicks (1856-1927) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Hasbrouck Heights,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in1856.Stairbuilder; People's candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1892;Grand Master Workman,Knights of Labor, 1897.Member,Knightsof Labor.DiedAugust27, 1927 (ageabout 71years).Burial location unknown.  | Sidney Hillman (1887-1946) — of New York. Born in Zagare,Lithuania,March23, 1887.President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), andone of thefounders of the Congress of IndustrialOrganizations (CIO); New York American Labor Party state chair, 1945.Jewish.Died in Point Lookout,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 10,1946 (age59 years, 109days).Entombed atWestchesterHills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. | | James P. Hooley (b. 1855) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Connecticut,July 12,1855.Ironmolder;organizer for the Knights of Labor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1884-85.Irishancestry.Interment atSt.John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Morgan Hooley and Mary Margaret (Coffey) Hooley. |
| | Jack French Kemp (1935-2009) — also known asJack Kemp — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Hamburg,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 13,1935.Republican. Professionalfootballplayer, National and American Football Leagues, 1957-70;cofounder andpresident, American Football LeaguePlayers Association;U.S.Representative from New York, 1971-89 (39th District 1971-73,38th District 1973-83, 31st District 1983-89); candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1988;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-93; candidateforVicePresident of the United States, 1996.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaTau Omega.Died, ofcancer,in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 2,2009 (age73 years, 293days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Kukucka — of North Tonawanda,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Democrat.President, Local 304, United Electrical Workers;candidate formayorof North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1955.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Robert Charles Lacey (b. 1886) — also known asRobert C. Lacey — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1886.Democrat.Coal andice dealer;president, Buffalo Central Labor Council,1920; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 49th District, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; during arailway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train linewasdynamited,wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Lacey waschargedin federal court with transporting theexplosivesin his car; hefalselytestified to his non-involvement; later confessed to his part inthe incident;pleadedguilty toperjuryover his earlier testimony;sentencedto one day in jail andfined$500;pardonedin 1924 by PresidentCalvinCoolidge; in 1925, he was againindictedfor complicity in thebombing,and pleaded not guilty; after some others were acquitted, the chargeswere dropped; in December 1937, during aninvestigationinto corruption involving the Buffalo city council, he waschargedwithperjury.Member,Eagles;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Lacey and Sarah (Cooper) Lacey; married,September30, 1908, to Harriet 'Hattie' Noack. |
| | Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) — of Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Revisch,Hungary,1884.Schoolteacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among thefounders and avice-president of the AmericanFederation of Teachers; fought against Communists in the union.Member,UrbanLeague;AmericanFederation of Teachers.Collapsed and died in abarbershop, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1956 (ageabout 72years).Intermentsomewherein Queens, N.Y. | | James Lustig (b. 1902) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Budapest,Hungary,1902.Communist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;agent, United ElectricalWorkers; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1932; member, Joint Anti-FascistRefugee Committee; the group was investigated forsubversionby the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities;indictedin 1947, along with other members, forcontemptof Congress over their refusal to provide records demanded by theHouse committee;convictedin 1947;sentencedto three months in jail, andfined$500.Hungarianancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Jay Mazur (born c.1932) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1932. Democrat.President, International Ladies' Garment WorkersUnion, 1986-95;president, Union of Needletrades, Industrial,and Technical Employees (UNITE), 1995-2001; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1988,1996,2000.Still living as of 2006.  | Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1904.Collegeinstructor;concertviolinist;legislative representative, College TeachersUnion;; American Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New YorkCity Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41;legislativedirector, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44;legislativerepresentative,political action director, and laterinternational representative, United Electrical Workers;American Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Laborcandidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1953.Member,AmericanFederation of Teachers.Died, fromnephritis,in Cape CodHospital,Hyannis, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,August9, 1957 (age52 years, 310days).Burial location unknown. | | Patrick Joseph McMahon (born c.1883) — also known asPatrick J. McMahon — of Bronx, New York County (nowBronxCounty), N.Y.Born in New York, about 1883. Democrat. Inspector of highways;Master Workman of the BronxKnights of Labor;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 34th District, 1913.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Labor;Elks;Woodmen;Eagles.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1907 toWilhelmina Hamberg. |
 | John T. McManus (1904-1961) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Montrose,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1904.Reporterand movie critic for theNew York Times; movie and radiocritic forTimemagazine;entertainment editor forPM (newspaper);general manager,Weekly Guardiannewspaper;president, Newspaper Guild of New York, 1943-47;international vice president of the American Newspaper Guild;member, New York CIO Council; member of New York AmericanLabor Party Executive Committee, 1945; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1950 (American Labor), 1954 (American Labor), 1958(Independent Socialist); in 1956, called before a U.S. Senatesubcommittee, he took the Fifth Amendment right againstself-incriminationin refusing to answer questions about theCommunistParty.Died, of aheartattack, in Montrose,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1961 (age56 years, 362days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward J. McManus; married to Jane Bedell. | | | | Image source: The Militant, November24, 1958 |
|  | George Meany (1894-1980) — Born in City Island, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,August16, 1894.Plumber;president, American Federation of Labor, 1952-55;president, AFL-CIO, 1955-79.Irishancestry.DiedJanuary10, 1980 (age85 years, 147days).Burial location unknown. | | | John P. Nugent (b. 1879) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1879.Democrat. Worked inshipbuilding;business agent of his Railroad Iron Workers local;appraiser;insurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930.Burial location unknown. | | Max O. Pabis (1916-1989) — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in1916.Union organizer; American Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 46th District, 1946.Died in1989(ageabout73 years).Interment atSt. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.  | Jacob Panken (1879-1968) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brookfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Kiev (Kyiv),Ukraine,January13, 1879.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; in 1899, hefounded theWaistmakers Union, which later became the International LadiesGarment Workers Union;lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1903 (New York County 8th District), 1904 (NewYork County 8th District), 1905 (New York County 8th District), 1907(New York County 8th District), 1909 (New York County 8th District),1915 (New York County 4th District), 1916 (New York County 4thDistrict); candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 11th District, 1908; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910, 1929, 1931; in 1914,he helpedorganize the Amalgamated Clothing Workers ofAmerica; municipal judge in New York, 1918-27; delegate to SocialistNational Convention from New York, 1920; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1920; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1921; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1922, 1930; candidateforjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1923; candidate forchiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1926; Judge, New York City Domestic Relations Court,1934-55.Jewish.Died, im the FairfieldNursingHome, Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1968 (age89 years, 22days).Burial location unknown. | | | Walter Polakowski (b. 1888) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1888.Socialist.Upholsterer;member, Federated Trades Council of Milwaukee; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1921-22; member ofWisconsinstate senate 3rd District, 1923-33; candidate forU.S.Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1928, 1932.Burial location unknown. | | George Edward Powers (b. 1892) — also known asGeorge E. Powers — of Watertown,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Astoria, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February15, 1892.Sheet metalworker; candidate forboroughpresident of Queens, New York, 1929 (Workers), 1933 (Communist);Workers candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1930; in April 1932, he wasarrestedat City Hall Park, during ademonstrationwhich was characaterized as "riot";convictedof unlawful assembly, but the sentence was suspended; also in 1932,he was publiclyaccusedof taking part in an allegedCommunistconspiracy to cause bank failures in Chicago byspreadingrumors (in a "whispering campaign" of "anti-bank propaganda"); hedenied this; Communist candidate forchiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932;vice-president,International Workers Order; Communist candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1934; Communist candidateforNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1936;following the Hitler-Stalin pact in 1939, he resigned from theCommunist Party, took part in anti-Communist organizations; atEarlBrowder's trial for passport fraud in 1940, he testified for theprosecution; Liberal candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1948, 1950.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George E. Powers and Sarah Powers. |
 | Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) — also known asA. Philip Randolph — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Crescent City,PutnamCounty, Fla.,April15, 1889.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;candidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1920; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1924;organizer, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters;vice-president, AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks;American CivilLiberties Union;UnitedWorld Federalists.Recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.DiedMay 16,1979 (age90 years, 31days).Cremated. | | Philip Aaron Raymond (1899-1983) — also known asPhilip Raymond — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1899.Communist.Labor organizer; in January, 1930, he wasarrestedin Pontiac, Mich., andchargedwithleading ademonstration; againarrestedin April, 1934, in Dearborn, Mich., when he was seen talking withstrikers picketing an auto plant; candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1930; Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1930; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1934; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1936, 1940; Communist candidate for PresidentialElector for Michigan,1940;candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1946.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,March21, 1983 (age84 years, 45days).Burial location unknown. | | Carlos M. Rios (1914-1980) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Ponce,PonceMunicipio, Puerto Rico,March 5,1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;president, Independent Theater Employees Union; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1963-65.Protestant.PuertoRican ancestry.Died, following astroke,in the Veterans AdministrationHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1980 (age66 years, 93days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Candida Santos. |
| | Elmer Rosenberg (c.1886-1951) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;SullivanCounty, N.Y.Born in Budapest,Hungary,about 1886.Socialist. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 6th District, 1918; defeated,1915 (New York County 6th District), 1916 (New York County 6thDistrict), 1919 (New York County 6th District), 1920 (New York County6th District), 1932 (Sullivan County), 1933 (Sullivan County), 1934(Sullivan County);executive vice-president, InternationalLadies Garment Workers Union; American Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 27th District, 1938.Died in Lake Huntington,SullivanCounty, N.Y.,1951(ageabout65 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Ignatz Rosenberg and Theresia Rosenberg; married to RoseBraverman; father ofEsteritaBlumberg. |
| | Frank G. Rossetti — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1943-44, 1955-72 (New York County 20th District1943-44, New York County 16th District 1955-65, 76th District 1966,68th District 1967-72); defeated, 1944; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1948,1956,1960,1964,1968;vice-president, Operative Plasterers and Cement MasonsInternational Association.Member,HolyName Society;Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Jacob Schifferdecker (b. 1862) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1862.Organizer andpresident, Bartenders Union Local 70;realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1911-13.Burial location unknown. | | Paul Schrade (b. 1924) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Newhall (now part of Santa Clarita),LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1924.Democrat.Aerospacemanufacturing worker;president, United Auto Workers localrepresenting workers at North American Aviation; later, westernregional director, United Auto Workers; early supporter ofCesarChavez's efforts to unionize farm workers; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1956,1968,1972;supported and worked forRobertF. Kennedy's presidential campaign, and on June 5, 1968, whenKennedy was shot, Schrade was one of five others who were alsoshot andwounded.Germanancestry.Still living as of 2018.| | Relatives: Sonof Florence Anna (Keil) Schrade and William Theodore Schrade; nephewofHenryGottlieb Schrade. |
| | Anthony Scotto (b. 1934) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1934.Democrat.Longshoreman;vice-president, International Longshoremen's Association;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972;member of the Gambinocrimefamily;chargedin 1979 on 44 counts ofacceptingpayoffs,evadingincome taxes and racketeering;triedandconvictedon 33 of the counts;sentencedto five years inprison;released in 1984.Italianancestry.Still living as of 2007.| | Relatives:Married to Marion Anastasio. |
| | Albert Shanker (1928-1997) — of Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1928.Democrat.Schoolteacher;president, American Federation of Teachers,1974-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1980,1984(speaker),1988,1996.Jewish.Russianancestry. Member,AmericanFederation of Teachers.Died, of complications frombladdercancer, at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancerCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1997 (age68 years, 161days).Interment atKing David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, N.Y. | | Clara Lemlich Shavelson (1886-1982) — also known asClara Shavelson;Clara Lemlich;ClaraGoldman —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Gorodok,Ukraine,March28, 1886.Communist.Labor organizer; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1936.Female.Jewishancestry.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 25,1982 (age96 years, 119days).Interment atNewMontefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, N.Y.  | Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1934) — also known asAbraham I. Shiplacoff — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Province of Chernigov,Russia,December25, 1877.Socialist.Labor union official; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18;defeated, 1914, 1922; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1918 (10th District), 1926 (10thDistrict), 1928 (10th District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9thDistrict); delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York,1920.Jewish.Died, of aninfectionsecondary tokidneystones, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1934 (age56 years, 44days).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. | | Vincent Tuero (1881-1953) — also known asVicente Sifuentes Tuero — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; North Tonawanda,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Southfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.; San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born inDurango,January26, 1881.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;streetcarconductor;financial secretary andTreasurer,Street Carmen's Union; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1918; during arailway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train linewasdynamited,wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Tuero andothers wereindictedin federal court for conspiring to steal, transport, and place thedynamite; atrialwas held in January 1926, but the charges against Tuero weredismissed by the judge at the end of the prosecution's case.Mexicanancestry.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in LaurelwoodRestHome, San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,July 9,1953 (age72 years, 164days).Intermentsomewherein San Antonio, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Mariano Tuero and Dolores (Sifuentes) Tuero. |
| | Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) — also known asIrving C. Velson;Irving CharlesShavelson;Charles Wilson;"Nick";"Shavey" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,June 3,1913.Machinist;boilermaker;shipfitter;president, Local 13,ShipbuildersUnion; American Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify beforeCongressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,including efforts toinfiltratethe U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answerquestions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right againstself-incrimination;as a result, he was "barred forlife" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served asinternational representative for the (West Coast)International Longshoreman's and Warehousemen's Union.Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the WorldWar II era), released in 1995, show that he was anagentfor Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February18, 1976 (age62 years, 260days).Cremated;ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay. | | Randi Weingarten (b. 1957) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornDecember18, 1957.Democrat.Schoolteacher;president, United Federation of Teachers andAmerican Federation of Teachers; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2000,2004,2008(speaker);Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 2004-08.Female.Lesbian. Still living as of 2009.| | Relatives:Daughter of Gabriel Weingarten and Edith (Appelbaum)Weingarten. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | William W. Weinstone (1897-1985) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Vilna (now Vilnius),Lithuania,December15, 1897.Communist.Labor organizer; Workers candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1924 (New York County 17th District), 1927 (NewYork County 8th District); Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1926; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1929; editor of the Communistnewspaper,The Daily Worker, 1931-32; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1932;convictedin 1953 of advocating theviolentoverthrow of the government, and served two years inprison.Died, in LaGuardiaHospital,Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,October22, 1985 (age87 years, 311days).Burial location unknown. | | John H. Westbrook (b. 1890) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,April 6,1890.Democrat.Sheet metalworker;president, Local 15, Sheet Metal Workers;delegate, Central Federation of Labor, 1912;president,Troy Building Trades Council, 1918;president, New York StateCouncil of Sheet Metal Workers, 1921-22;contractor;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1924.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Moose.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1896-1983) — also known asCharles Zimmerman;AlexanderUbsushone —of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Talna, Russia (now Talne,Ukraine),1896.Communist.Garmentworker; Workers candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1925 (Bronx County 7th District), 1926 (BronxCounty 5th District), 1928 (Bronx County 4th District); expelled fromCommunist Party, 1929; broke with Communism by mid-1930s, and becameanti-Communist by 1946;vice-president, International LadiesGarment Workers Union, 1934-72; becameblindin 1966.Jewishancestry.DiedJune 3,1983 (ageabout 86years).Burial location unknown.
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