Pressman, Lee, 1906-1969
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Name (Latin)
Pressman, Lee, 1906-1969
Other forms of name
Pressman, Lee, 1906-
Date of birth
1906
Date of death
1969
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- NUCMC data from Univ. of Washington Lib. for Pritchett, H. Papers, 1935-1971(Pressman, Lee)
- Bio. Dic. of Am. Labor, 1984:p. 472 (Pressman, Lee, 1906- ; lawyer and labor leader; directed efforts of CIO legal staff to analyze and consider ways of circumventing Taft-Hartley Act; had leftist sympathies during period after WWII and was forced to resign as gen. counsel of CIO and United Steelworkers in 1948)
- American national biography online, Apr. 14, 2010(Pressman, Lee (1 July 1906-19 Nov. 1969), lawyer; born on New York City's Lower East Side; d. in Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
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Wikipedia description:
Lee Pressman (July 1, 1906 – November 20, 1969) was a labor attorney and earlier a US government functionary, publicly alleged in 1948 to have been a spy for Soviet intelligence during the mid-1930s (as a member of the Ware Group), following his recent departure from Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) as a result of its purge of Communist Party members and fellow travelers. From 1936 to 1948, he represented the CIO and member unions in landmark collective bargaining deals with major corporations including General Motors and U.S. Steel. According to journalist Murray Kempton, anti-communists referred to him as "Comrade Big."
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