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 Jud ith Coplon and Rosenberg cases; Teachers Union, New York, N.Y., and Board of Education; Jimmy Hoffa; representing Castro government from 1960
Lawyers; Practice of law; Labor unions and communism; Internal security--United States; Constitutional law; Civil rights--United States; International law; Labor laws and legislation; Rabinowitz, Victor
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1990
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer; interviewee b.1911
Note
Interviewed by Lenore B. Hogan on October 10, October 17, October 25, November 8, November 14, November 21, and December 6, 1978, and March 2, March 7, November 7, December 5, and December 11, 1979. Interviewed by Norman I. Silber on June 13, June 20, June 28, and November 2, 1989 and April 27, 1990