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Louis F. Budenz details his history with the Communist Party during Tydings Committee testimony

Anti-communist/former Communist Louis Budenz takes oath as he begins testimony before the Tydings Committee; SOT he testifies: "from 1935 to 1945, I was a member of the Communist Party of the United States. For a few months I was secretly a member until Earl Browder returned from Moscow when it was decided that I should be (ultimately) a member. I became labor editor of the Daily Worker, editor of the communist paper, the Midwest Daily Record, and then managing editor of the Daily Worker which is the official daily organ of the Communist Party of the United States" / he names Alexander Trachtenburg, Robert William Weiner, Joseph Brodsky, Alexander Bittelman as officers (Owen Lattimore sits behind him at far right) / Note: exact day not known
Anti-communist/former Communist Louis Budenz takes oath as he begins testimony before the Tydings Committee; SOT he testifies: "from 1935 to 1945, I was a member of the Communist Party of the United States. For a few months I was secretly a member until Earl Browder returned from Moscow when it was decided that I should be (ultimately) a member. I became labor editor of the Daily Worker, editor of the communist paper, the Midwest Daily Record, and then managing editor of the Daily Worker which is the official daily organ of the Communist Party of the United States" / he names Alexander Trachtenburg, Robert William Weiner, Joseph Brodsky, Alexander Bittelman as officers (Owen Lattimore sits behind him at far right) / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
982155620
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
April 01, 1950
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00:03:29:23
Location:
Washington DC, United States
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QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
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35mm B/W Neg
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Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003054_03_04.mov