Reminiscences of Victor Rabinowitz, 1990

Biographical Note

Lawyer; interviewee b.1911

Scope and Contents

Family background, education; early legal work for trade unions, New York, N.Y.; American Labor Party, 1936; Boudin, Cohn and Glickstein, 1938-42; association with Communist-influenced unions, national and state labor boards; foundation of own firm, 1942; effects of Taft-Hartley Act, internal security investigations, American Communications Association vs Douds, Steve Nelson case; discussion of Judith Coplon and Rosenberg cases; Teachers Union, New York, N.Y., and Board of Education; Jimmy Hoffa; representing Castro government from 1960

Subjects

• Civil rights--United States.
• Constitutional law.
• Hogan, Lenore B., interviewer.
• Internal security--United States.
• International law.
• Interviews.
• Labor laws and legislation.
• Labor unions and communism.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Practice of law.
• Rabinowitz, Victor--Interviews.

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Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1992