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'''Sidney Hillman''' was born in Zargare, Lithuania in 1887. He arrived in the [[United States]] in 1907. Hillman never worked as a laborer of any kind and was referred to as the only outstanding labor leader who never was a worker. He began his career as one of the organizers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and at 27 became its first president. He held that post to the day of his death and during that time was the unquestioned czar of this union.
Hillman, while not a known [[Communist Party]] member, understood the Communist Party and its methods and would not permit his union to harbor groups that take orders from other sources. The membership of his union was overwhelmingly [[Socialist]] who lived within the capitalist system. Hillman was at all times sympathetic to the Communist philosophy, and was a [[revolutionist]].
After the [[Bolshevik Revolution]], in 1922 Hillman organized the Russian-American Industrial Corporation with himself as president to operate the "textile and clothing industry of Russia." Hillman's corporation sold to labor organizations at $10 a share a quarter of a million dollars of stock. Hillman went to Russia to sell the idea to [[CPSU]] General Secretary [[Vladimir Lenin]]. He cabled back from Moscow: "Signed contract guarantees investment and minimum 8 per cent dividend. Also banking contract permitting to take charge of delivery of money at lowest rate. Make immediate arrangements for transmission of money. Had long conference with Lenin who guaranteed Soviet support."
When the Amalgamated Clothing Workers met in Chicago on May 8, 1922, a message was sent from Moscow by W. Z. Foster, then national chairman of the Communist Party. It read: "The defeat of the employers is the natural result of the splendid spirit of the Amalgamated. Many times in my present tour speaking to your unions I marveled at this growing spirit but since coming to this country I marvel no longer. It is the spirit of the Russian revolution, the spirit that will lead the workers to emancipation."
When the Congress of Industrial Organizations was formed all the leaders were aware that certain Communist unions were moving in.
==References==
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Hillman, while not a known [[Communist Party]] member, understood the Communist Party and its methods and would not permit his union to harbor groups that take orders from other sources. The membership of his union was overwhelmingly [[Socialist]] who lived within the capitalist system. Hillman was at all times sympathetic to the Communist philosophy, and was a [[revolutionist]].
After the [[Bolshevik Revolution]], in 1922 Hillman organized the Russian-American Industrial Corporation with himself as president to operate the "textile and clothing industry of Russia." Hillman's corporation sold to labor organizations at $10 a share a quarter of a million dollars of stock. Hillman went to Russia to sell the idea to [[CPSU]] General Secretary [[Vladimir Lenin]]. He cabled back from Moscow: "Signed contract guarantees investment and minimum 8 per cent dividend. Also banking contract permitting to take charge of delivery of money at lowest rate. Make immediate arrangements for transmission of money. Had long conference with Lenin who guaranteed Soviet support."
When the Amalgamated Clothing Workers met in Chicago on May 8, 1922, a message was sent from Moscow by W. Z. Foster, then national chairman of the Communist Party. It read: "The defeat of the employers is the natural result of the splendid spirit of the Amalgamated. Many times in my present tour speaking to your unions I marveled at this growing spirit but since coming to this country I marvel no longer. It is the spirit of the Russian revolution, the spirit that will lead the workers to emancipation."
When the Congress of Industrial Organizations was formed all the leaders were aware that certain Communist unions were moving in.
==References==
<references/>
[[category:biographies]]