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[[Image:Hillman.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Sidney Hillman]]

[[Image:Hillman.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Sidney Hillman]]

'''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.  

'''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]].  

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]].  

Hillman's counsel, Fiorello LaGuardia, was now Mayor of New York. At LaGuardia's order the Police Captain was told to give to his superiors a complete report on the activities of every member of his staff for every hour of the day for the preceding eight months and thereafter was to continue to report hourly on their activities. LaGuardia was trying to find out what O'Dwyer was investigating. O'Dwyer ordered his chief investigator to refuse to comply with the order, which he did. It was a big scandal in New York.  The murder for which Lepke was convicted and wanted for execution by Gov. Thomas Dewey and shielded by President Franklin Roosevelt was that of Joseph Rosen. <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,850842,00.html?iid=chix-sphere That Lepke], [[Time magazine]], Jan. 10, 1944</ref>

Hillman's counsel, Fiorello LaGuardia, was now Mayor of New York. At LaGuardia's order the Police Captain was told to give to his superiors a complete report on the activities of every member of his staff for every hour of the day for the preceding eight months and thereafter was to continue to report hourly on their activities. LaGuardia was trying to find out what O'Dwyer was investigating. O'Dwyer ordered his chief investigator to refuse to comply with the order, which he did. It was a big scandal in New York.  The murder for which Lepke was convicted and wanted for execution by Gov. Thomas Dewey and shielded by President Franklin Roosevelt was that of Joseph Rosen. <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,850842,00.html?iid=chix-sphere That Lepke], [[Time magazine]], Jan. 10, 1944</ref>

Rosen was a trucking contractor who was hauling to non-union factories in other states for finishing, clothing cut under union conditions in New York. He was put out of business by Lepke in the interest of a local of Hillman's Amalgamated union and Rosen was threatening to go to the district attorney with the information how this was done. To keep him silent, in 1936 Rosen opened a small candy store and the members of the local union were ordered to spend some money in the store. This local was controlled by Lepke and a vice president of the Amalgamated. The highest court in New York State, in its decision on the Rosen case, said that Lepke had supported the faction which gained control of the local and that Paul Berger, the hitman in the Rosen murder, was an intermediary between Lepke and the Amalgamated. In the end, Rosen, like Fererri, was murdered.

Rosen was a trucking contractor who was hauling to non-union factories in other states for finishing, clothing cut under union conditions in New York. He was put out of business by Lepke in the interest of a local of Hillman's Amalgamated union and Rosen was threatening to go to the district attorney with the information how this was done. To keep him silent, in 1936 Rosen opened a small candy store and the members of the local union were ordered to spend some money in the store. This local was controlled by Lepke and a vice president of the Amalgamated. The highest court in New York State, in its decision on the Rosen case, said that Lepke had supported the faction which gained control of the local and that Paul Berger, the hit man in the Rosen murder, was an intermediary between Lepke and the Amalgamated. In the end, Rosen, like Fererri, was murdered.

=="Clear Everything with Sidney"==

=="Clear Everything with Sidney"==