Reminiscences of William Sennett : oral history, 1982.

Biographical Note

Communist Party member; executive.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Chicago; early politics: Young Communist League, 1931, Communist Party, 1935; experiences in Spanish Civil War; organizer for Meat Packers Union; army service in World War II; Communist Party organizer; general manager of CHICAGO STAR; recollections of Cold War, revelations of Twentieth Party Congress in 1956; disillusionment and break with Communist Party, 1958; founder of truck leasing company, its growth and success; views on women's rights, marriage, communism, democracy, Soviet Union and Israel.

Subjects

• Communism--United States.
• Communist Party of the United States of America.
• Communists--Interviews.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Labor unions and communism.
• Oral histories.
• Sennett, William, 1914-2003.
• Trucking.
• United States--Economic conditions--1945-
• Windmiller, Marshall, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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