National Affairs: Three Little Men

The big boys in Minnesota labor are three little men, the Dunne brothers. Last week they had grown too big for their boots.

The Dunnes—Miles, Grant and Vincent —moved in on Minneapolis industry in 1934. Of the three, Vincent is the blazingest ball of fire. Born in Minnesota's agricultural country, he streaked into the woods at an early age to be a lumberjack, joined the I.W.W. and became an ardent Wobbly revolutionist. In Minneapolis he signed up with the Communist Party.

When the party split into two main factions, Trotskyist and Stalinist, Vincent Dunne became...

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