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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:

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, "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 testimont 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, "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, ''[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, "[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>

Joshua Muravchek writes that the documents show that Bridges was directly approved for membership in the Central Committee by the Kremlin.<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>