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Line 12: − In 1936 the California Communists put forward Bridges as a canddidate for the CPUSA Central Committee, and the national CPUSA convention ratified Bridges election. [[Comintern]] Archives in [[Moscow]] corroborate the events, noting in a brief biography (original in Russian) Bridges as "President of the Dockers' and Warehouse Workers' Union. He is a strong leader of the union movement and mass worker but up till now has only limited party knowledge and experience."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=44cLamYUpWYC&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=harry+bridges%2Bcomintern&source=bl&ots=n2_jTqNU4E&sig=PgTPYpC-jDbgV6wx7XuZHdXcufE&hl=en&ei=wT1uSua-FJCi8gSZ7Y2NDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 ''The Cold War: Cold War espionage and spying''] By Lori Lyn Bogle.</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=MBHSY0bCFWoC&pg=PA104&dq=Harry+Bridges%2Bklehr&lr= ''The Secret World of American Communism''], By Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov.</ref> According to historian Harvey Klehr, documents from the Soviet [[Comintern]] archives reveal that:+ − + + + + +
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==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"; 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. [[Comintern]] Archives in [[Moscow]] corroborate the events, noting in a brief biography (original in Russian) Bridges as "President of the Dockers' and Warehouse Workers' Union. He is a strong leader of the union movement and mass worker but up till now has only limited party knowledge and experience." 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, p. 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, ''[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>}}
Joshua Muravchek writes that the documents show that Bridges was directly approved for membership in the Central Committee by the Kremlin.<ref>Joshua Muravchik, "[ Pelosi's Favorite Stalinist]," ''The Weekly Standard'', Vol. 12, No. 39 (June 25 - July 2, 2007)</ref>
==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, [[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>
==Dies Committee==
==Dies Committee==