'''Rudy Baker''' became head of the [[CPUSA]]'s underground secret apparatus in 1938 succeeding [[J. Peters]]. Baker was born in 1898 in Vukovar, [[Croatia]], probably under the name Rudolph Blum. Baker immigrated to the United States with his family in 1909. Baker had little formal education. | '''Rudy Baker''' became head of the [[CPUSA]]'s underground secret apparatus in 1938 succeeding [[J. Peters]]. Baker was born in 1898 in Vukovar, [[Croatia]], probably under the name Rudolph Blum. Baker immigrated to the United States with his family in 1909. Baker had little formal education. |