Joseph Forer
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Joseph Forer was a 20th-century American attorney who, with partner David Rein, supported Progressive causes, including discriminated communists and African-Americans. Forer was one of the founders of
Silverman Hall at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where Forer studied law
Plaque outside 1099 14th Street NW in Washington, D.C., the NLRB HW (2013), whete Forer worked in the 1930s
Cartoon of Albert Einstein, shed of "Pacifism" wings, standing near pillar of "World Peace," rolling up sleeves and holding sword of "Preparedness" (by Charles R. Macauley, c. 1933)
Supreme Court of the United States
Lee Pressman
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Lee Pressman was a labor attorney and earlier a US government functionary, publicly alleged in 1948 to have been a spy for Soviet intelligence during the mid-1930s, following his recent departure from
Pressman testifies before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, 1938
Pressman in the Cornell University yearbook, 1926
Barn on tenant's farm in Walker County, Alabama, a symbol of AAA efforts, 1937
CIO leaders meet with UAW president Homer Martin in Washington, D.C., 1938. (L-R): Philip Murray, Lee Pressman, R. J. Thomas, Homer Martin, John L. Lewis, and John Brophy.