COMMUNIST ACTIVITY
GANGSTERS EMPLOYED WORK IN AMERICA PROMOTING STRIKES (Reed. Oct. 14, 2.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Maurice Malkin, a charter member of the United States Communist Party, testified before the Dies Committee that the party had its nuclei in Brooklyn, naval yard, one of the largest in the United States, transmitting secret information to the Soviet for years through n Ogpu agent located in New York, in the same way as information relating to industrial plants was forwarded. Malkin testified that the Communist Party employed many New York gangsters, such as Jack “Legs” Diamond, to eliminate recalcitrant persons or groups blocking the Communist infiltration. The party did its utmost to promote strikes, particularly on the west coast among maritime workers, where it played a predominant role.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 11
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127COMMUNIST ACTIVITY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 11
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