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[[Image:Document54.GIF|thumb|400px|right|'''Document 54'''

[[Image:Document54.GIF|thumb|400px|right|'''Document 54'''

Alexander and Earl to Foster, 11 July 1928, RTsKhIDNI 534–6–137. Original in English. At this time Browder was working for the Comintern and serving as the first general secretary of the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat. "Alexander" was the alias of a Profintern official named Keetagnian. <ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, Kyrill M. Anderson, Yale University Press, 1996, p. 187, 190.</ref>]]

Alexander and Earl to Foster, 11 July 1928, RTsKhIDNI 534–6–137. Original in English. At this time Browder was working for the Comintern and serving as the first general secretary of the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat. "Alexander" was the alias of a Profintern official named Keetagnian. <ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, Kyrill M. Anderson, Yale University Press, 1996, p. 187, 190.</ref>]]

'''William Z. Foster''' (1881-1961) was a highly influential leader of the American Communist movement.  

'''William Z. Foster''' (1881-1961) was a highly influential leader of the [[Communist Party in the United States of America]] (CPUSA).  

He was born in Massachusetts in 1881 to poor European immigrants and was forced to work full time from the age of 10. As he entered his twenties he began to subscribe to socialist views, joining the Socialist Party in 1901 but was expelled in a faction war, and later the Industrial Workers of the World in 1909, leaving the latter organisation when his plan to infiltrate the American Federation of Labor was turned down. He went on to join the [[AFL]] in the 1910s and soon gained much influence within its ranks.

He was born in Massachusetts in 1881 to poor European immigrants and began to work full time from the age of 10. As he entered his twenties he began to subscribe to socialist views, joining the Socialist Party in 1901 but was expelled in a faction war, and later the Industrial Workers of the World in 1909, leaving the latter organisation when his plan to infiltrate the American Federation of Labor was turned down. He went on to join the [[AFL]] in the 1910s and soon gained much influence within its ranks.

Foster joined the newly formed [[American Communist Party]] (CPUSA) in the 1919, and ran for presidency on its ticket in 1924, 1928 and 1932. After the third attempt he suffered a serious heart attack and was relieved of his post.  Foster became succeeded [[Earl Browder]] as CPUSA General Secretary on July 29, 1945.

Foster joined the newly formed [[American Communist Party]] (CPUSA) in the 1919, and ran for presidency on its ticket in 1924, 1928 and 1932. After the third attempt he suffered a serious heart attack and was relieved of his post.  Foster became succeeded [[Earl Browder]] as CPUSA General Secretary on July 29, 1945.

*[[Earl Browder]]

*[[Earl Browder]]

*[[Eugene Dennis]]

*[[Eugene Dennis]]

 

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