Charges Communist originated "sit-down" strike. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18. Jacob Spolansky, Detroit, Sheriff's Investigator, today told the House Committee investigating Un-American activities that Joseph Kowalski, described as a Communist representative, was the man "who conceived" in Michigan. Bec

Appears before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 14. Zygmund Dobrzynski, of Detroit, United Automobile Workers Organizer, told the House Committee investigating un-American affairs that the Communist party once sought control of auto unions believing that in event of war, they could paralyze th

Charges new Michigan State Senator is a Communist. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Richard Lager, Detroit automobile worker, today charged before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that Stanley Novak, newly elected Michigan State Senator, is a Communist

First sit down strike in U.S. traced to Reds. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. Clyde Morrow, an employee of the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, told the House Committee on Un-American Activities that Communists engineered the first sit-down strike in Michigan--at the Midland Steel Co. Plant in 1936. Morrow, wh

Chowderhead" in spotlight. Washington, D.C. Sept. 23. A highlight at today's hearing of the investigating in labor relations was furnished by S. Cohen, alias "Chowderhead," who testified he had been in the strikebreaking business for 20 years. After admitting that he would work for any agency that w

60 per cent of Akron, O. population now on relief, Dies Committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Testifying today before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, C. Nelson Sparks, Akron, O., former Mayor and Chairman of a Law and Order League during the 1936 rubber strike, declare

FORMER SOVIET ADIE GIVES DIES COMMITTEE INSIGHT OF COMMUNIST IN RUSSIA. Walter G. Krivitsky, left, who said he formerly headed the Soviet Union's Central European Military Intelligence Service, told the Dies committee today that Josef Stalin "destroyed" 35,000 red army offices in 1937 and sent milli

Dies committee told country is being flooded with racial propaganda. Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. The House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities was today told by its ace investigator, John Metcalfe, that at least 200 organizations in the U.S. are disseminating racial propaganda, and describ

Charges that John L. Lewis 'saw to' the discharge of men to coerce workers. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Joe Ozanic, International President of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, testified before the Smith Committee investigating the National Labor Relations Board. He charged that John L. Lewis