Childhood in Pittsburgh; education, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Columbia, 1921; early involvement with labor unions, 1920s-1930s; New Yok City public school teaching career; Director, Worker's School, 1925-29; political movements, 1920s-1940s; Director, American Labor Party, 1943-44; Executive Director, Liberal Party of New York State, 1944-77: founding convention, organizational development, fund raising, relationship of Democratic, Conservative and Liberal Parties in New York City and state; legal actions against Liberal Party; detailed chronological account of city, state, and national campaigns 1944-77. Impressions of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Robert F. Wagner, Herbert H. Lehman, Rudolph Halley, Alex Rose, John Lindsay, many others
Politicians--United States; Labor unions; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 20th century; New York (State) Politics and government 20th century; United States Politics and government 20th century; Davidson, Ben; American Labor Party of the State of New York; Liberal Party of New York State