COMMUNISTS: Who Are You Kidding?

One U.S. labor leader who knows the Communists like the back of his hand is San Francisco's Harry Lundeberg, a far-left-winger now boss of the A.F.L. Sailors Union of the Pacific. Not long ago, Lundeberg got a letter from William Z. Foster, chairman of the Communist Party, appealing for help in fighting the Mundt-Nixon bill (see The Capital). Tough, tattooed Harry Lundeberg last week punched out this reply:

"You have a hell of a nerve appealing to a bona-fide American trade union for help in view of the scabby disruptive tactics employed by your so-called political party against the American...

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