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[[File:Molotovbridges.JPG|thumb|350px|right|'''Harry Bridges''' (right) with V. Pavlov [http://www.archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=scopeofsovietact7275unit] (center) and Soviet Foreign Minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] (left). [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii.pdf] ]]

[[File:Molotovbridges.JPG|thumb|350px|right|'''Harry Bridges''' (right) with V. Pavlov [http://www.archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=scopeofsovietact7275unit] (center) and Soviet Foreign Minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] (left). [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii.pdf] ]]

'''Alfred Renton Bridges''' was an Australian citizen, a San Francisco labor leader, a secret member of the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party]],<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, p. 120</ref> and a clandestine Soviet operative.  

'''Alfred Renton Bridges''' was an Australian citizen, a San Francisco labor leader, a secret member of the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party]],<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, p. 120</ref> and a clandestine Soviet operative.  

Bridges was born in 1901 in Melbourne, Australia and settled in [[San Francisco]] in 1920 where he became an organizer of the longshoremen. In 1921 he joined the [[anarchist]] Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).  Between 1938 and 1956 the [[United States Government]] tried to [[deport]] Bridges. In four different federal hearings Bridges denied his [[CPUSA]] membership under oath.

Bridges was born in 1901 in Melbourne, Australia and settled in [[San Francisco]] in 1920 where he became an organizer of the longshoremen. In 1921 he joined the [[anarchist]] Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).  Between 1938 and 1956 the [[United States Government]] tried to [[deport]] Bridges. In four different federal hearings Bridges denied his [[CPUSA]] membership under oath.

==Elected to CPUSA Central Committee==

==Elected to CPUSA Central Committee==

John Leech, a former official in the California Communist Party, testified that within the party, Bridges went under the pseudonym "Rossi."<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, p. 119</ref> According to Herbert Romerstein, former director of the United States Information Agency's Office to Counter Soviet Disinformation and Active Measures, [[Comintern]] archives in Moscow confirm his testimony, identifying "Rossi" as "President of the Dockers' and Warehouse Workers' Union."<ref>Comintern Archives, Moscow, Fond 495, Opus 74, Delo 467 as cited in Herbert Romerstein, "[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf The Communist Assault on Hawaii]" (America's Survival, Inc.), p. 10</ref> Leech also testified that in 1936 the California Communists put forward Bridges as a candidate for the CPUSA Central Committee, and the national CPUSA convention ratified Bridges' election. Ex-Communists Paul Crouch and Manning Johnson corroborated Leech's testimony, testifying that they had been at the 1936 convention and had witnessed the vote putting Bridges on the Central Committee.<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, pp. 119-120</ref> Their testimony was confirmed by a 1938 exchange in which the Communist Party sent a list of names to Moscow for approval to serve on the American party's Central Committee. Among those given Moscow's seal of approval was Bridges.<ref>Comintern Archives, Moscow, Fond 495, Opus 74, Delo 467 as cited in Herbert Romerstein, "[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf The Communist Assault on Hawaii]" (America's Survival, Inc.), p. 10</ref> According to historian Harvey Klehr, documents from the Soviet [[Comintern]] archives reveal that:

John Leech, a former official in the California Communist Party, testified that within the party, Bridges went under the pseudonym "Rossi."<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, p. 119</ref> According to Herbert Romerstein, former director of the United States Information Agency's Office to Counter Soviet Disinformation and Active Measures, [[Comintern]] archives in Moscow confirm his testimony, identifying "Rossi" as "President of the Dockers' and Warehouse Workers' Union."<ref>Comintern Archives, Moscow, Fond 495, Opus 74, Delo 467 as cited in Herbert Romerstein, "[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf The Communist Assault on Hawaii]" (America's Survival, Inc.), p. 10</ref> Leech also testified that in 1936 the California Communists put forward Bridges as a candidate for the CPUSA Central Committee, and the national CPUSA convention ratified Bridges' election. Ex-Communists Paul Crouch and Manning Johnson corroborated Leech's testimony, testifying that they had been at the 1936 convention and had witnessed the vote putting Bridges on the Central Committee.<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, pp. 119-120</ref> Their testimony was confirmed by a 1938 exchange in which the Communist Party sent a list of names to Moscow for approval to serve on the American party's Central Committee. Among those given Moscow's seal of approval was Bridges.<ref>Comintern Archives, Moscow, Fond 495, Opus 74, Delo 467 as cited in Herbert Romerstein, "[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/hawaii-obama.pdf The Communist Assault on Hawaii]" (America's Survival, Inc.), p. 10</ref> According to historian Harvey Klehr, documents from the Soviet [[Comintern]] archives reveal that:

{{cquote|Bridges was, not only a member of the Communist Party, but a member of its ruling Central Committee. The Comintern documents would indicate that he deceived John Landis in 1938, perjured himself before an immigration examiner in 1941, deceived a majority of the Supreme Court in 1945, committed perjury at his naturalization hearing in 1945, and lied once again at his 1949 trial for perjury, as well as deceiving quite a few historians.<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, pp. 119-120</ref>}}

{{cquote|Bridges was, not only a member of the Communist Party, but a member of its ruling Central Committee. The Comintern documents would indicate that he deceived John Landis in 1938, perjured himself before an immigration examiner in 1941, deceived a majority of the Supreme Court in 1945, committed perjury at his naturalization hearing in 1945, and lied once again at his 1949 trial for perjury, as well as deceiving quite a few historians.<ref>Harvey Klehr, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8TXhy5pl2A0C The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History]'' (Transaction Publishers, 2009) ISBN 1412810566, pp. 119-120</ref>}}

==Dies Committee==

==Dies Committee==

==Legacy==

==Legacy==

The Port of Los Angeles still honors Bridges with a "Harry Bridges Boulevard."<ref>[http://www.portoflosangeles.org/newsroom/2010_releases/news_030810_harrybridges.asp PORT OF LOS ANGELES BREAKS GROUND ON $22 MILLION FEDERALLY FUNDED HARRY BRIDGES BOULEVARD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS] (portoflosangeles.org)</ref> In 1992 the University of Washington established the Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies.<ref>Harvey Klehr and John Haynes, "[http://search.opinionarchives.com/Summary/AmericanSpectator/V25I12P34-1.htm The Comintern's Open Secrets]," ''The American Spectator'', Vol. 25, No. 2 (December 1992), pp. 34-43, reprinted in Lori Lyn Bogle, ed., [http://books.google.com/books?id=44cLamYUpWYC ''The Cold War, Vol. IV: Cold War espionage and spying''] (Taylor & Francis, 2001), pp. 295-296</ref> In 2001, nine years after Bridges' membership in the CP Central Committee had been publicly exposed, the university renamed its Center for Labor Studies "the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies."<ref>[http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/about.html About the Bridges Center], Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington</ref> That year, [[Speaker of the House]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] (D-CA) inserted into the ''Congressional Record'' an encomium memorializing the centennial anniversary of his birth, honoring Bridges as "arguably the most significant labor leader of the twentieth century... beloved by the workers of this Nation, and recognized as one of the most important labor leaders in the world."<ref>Joshua Muravchik, "[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/783zfoqh.asp Pelosi's Favorite Stalinist]," ''The Weekly Standard'', Vol. 12, No. 39 (June 25 - July 2, 2007)</ref> In 2009, a [http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc101/vtm20002000/?action=view&current=062.jpg Harry Bridges memorial] was erected in San Pedro, California.<ref>"[http://www.peoplesworld.org/harry-bridges-sculpture-unveiled/ Harry Bridges sculpture unveiled]," ''People's World'', May 17, 2009</ref> The following year, the city of Long Beach, California, renamed Queen Mary Events Park "[http://presstelegram.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=28339188&event=957415&CategoryID=28712 Harry Bridges Memorial Park]."<ref>"[http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/queen-mary-events-park-renamed-harry-bridges-memorial-park/ Queen Mary Events Park to be renamed after labor leader Harry Bridges]," EverythingLongBeach.com, March 5, 2010</ref>

The Port of Los Angeles still honors Bridges with a "Harry Bridges Boulevard."<ref>[http://www.portoflosangeles.org/newsroom/2010_releases/news_030810_harrybridges.asp PORT OF LOS ANGELES BREAKS GROUND ON $22 MILLION FEDERALLY FUNDED HARRY BRIDGES BOULEVARD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS] (portoflosangeles.org)</ref> In 1992 the University of Washington established the Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies.<ref>Harvey Klehr and John Haynes, "[http://search.opinionarchives.com/Summary/AmericanSpectator/V25I12P34-1.htm The Comintern's Open Secrets]," ''The American Spectator'', Vol. 25, No. 2 (December 1992), pp. 34-43, reprinted in Lori Lyn Bogle, ed., [https://books.google.com/books?id=44cLamYUpWYC ''The Cold War, Vol. IV: Cold War espionage and spying''] (Taylor & Francis, 2001), pp. 295-296</ref> In 2001, nine years after Bridges' membership in the CP Central Committee had been publicly exposed, the university renamed its Center for Labor Studies "the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies."<ref>[http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/about.html About the Bridges Center], Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington</ref> That year, [[Speaker of the House]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] (D-CA) inserted into the ''Congressional Record'' an encomium memorializing the centennial anniversary of his birth, honoring Bridges as "arguably the most significant labor leader of the twentieth century... beloved by the workers of this Nation, and recognized as one of the most important labor leaders in the world."<ref>Joshua Muravchik, "[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/783zfoqh.asp Pelosi's Favorite Stalinist]," ''The Weekly Standard'', Vol. 12, No. 39 (June 25 - July 2, 2007)</ref> In 2009, a [http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc101/vtm20002000/?action=view&current=062.jpg Harry Bridges memorial] was erected in San Pedro, California.<ref>"[http://www.peoplesworld.org/harry-bridges-sculpture-unveiled/ Harry Bridges sculpture unveiled]," ''People's World'', May 17, 2009</ref> The following year, the city of Long Beach, California, renamed Queen Mary Events Park "[http://presstelegram.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=28339188&event=957415&CategoryID=28712 Harry Bridges Memorial Park]."<ref>"[http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/queen-mary-events-park-renamed-harry-bridges-memorial-park/ Queen Mary Events Park to be renamed after labor leader Harry Bridges]," EverythingLongBeach.com, March 5, 2010</ref>

==References==

==References==