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The [[Free Trade Union Committee]] (FTUC) was created at the 1994 convention of the [[American Federation of Labor]] to support non-communist unions abroad. The resolution was drafted by [[Jay Lovestone]] who became Executive Secretary.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, p.144.</ref> [[Irving Brown]] became the FTUC's key man in Europe, leaving for Paris in October 1945. [[Henry Rutz]] became the Committee's representative in Germany at around the same time.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, p.153.</ref>
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In December 1948, FTUC chairman [[Matthew Woll]] introduced [[Jay Lovestone]] to [[Frank Wisner]] of the [[Office of Policy Coordination]]. In his book ''Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War'' Hugh Wilford states that Lovestone began receiving [[CIA]] funds from Wisner a month later. Irving Brown also began receiving Marshall Plan funds.<ref>Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.93.</ref>
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The [[Free Trade Union Committee]] (FTUC) was created at the 1944 convention of the [[American Federation of Labor]] to support non-communist unions abroad. The resolution was drafted by [[Jay Lovestone]] who became Executive Secretary.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, p.144.</ref> [[Irving Brown]] became the FTUC's key man in Europe, leaving for Paris in October 1945. [[Henry Rutz]] became the Committee's representative in Germany at around the same time.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, p.153.</ref>
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In December 1948, FTUC chairman [[Matthew Woll]] introduced [[Jay Lovestone]] to [[Frank Wisner]] of the [[Office of Policy Coordination]]. In his book ''Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War'', Hugh Wilford states that Lovestone began receiving [[CIA]] funds from Wisner a month later. Irving Brown also began receiving Marshall Plan funds.<ref>Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.93.</ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
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[[Matthew Woll]] | [[Jay Lovestone]] | [[Irving Brown]] | [[Willard Etter]] | [[Carmel Offie]]
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===Committee Members===
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*[[Matthew Woll]] - Chairman
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*[[David Dubinsky]] -Vice-chairman
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*[[William Green]] - Honorary Chairman
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*[[George Meany]] - Honorary Secretary<ref>Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.329.</ref>
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*[[Abraham Bluestein]] - Executive Secretary 1944-46<ref>Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.328.</ref>
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*[[Jay Lovestone]] - Executive Secretary 1946-<ref>Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.328.</ref>
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===Staff===
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*[[Irving Brown]]
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*[[Serafino Romualdi]]
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*[[Harry Goldberg]]
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*[[Richard Deverall]]
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*[[Henry Rutz]]<ref>Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.328.</ref>
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*[[Willard Etter]]
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*[[Carmel Offie]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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The Free Trade Union Committee (FTUC) was created at the 1944 convention of the American Federation of Labor to support non-communist unions abroad. The resolution was drafted by Jay Lovestone who became Executive Secretary.[1] Irving Brown became the FTUC's key man in Europe, leaving for Paris in October 1945. Henry Rutz became the Committee's representative in Germany at around the same time.[2]

In December 1948, FTUC chairman Matthew Woll introduced Jay Lovestone to Frank Wisner of the Office of Policy Coordination. In his book Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Hugh Wilford states that Lovestone began receiving CIA funds from Wisner a month later. Irving Brown also began receiving Marshall Plan funds.[3]

People

Committee Members

Staff

Notes

  1. ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, p.144.
  2. ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, p.153.
  3. ↑ Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.93.
  4. ↑ Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.329.
  5. ↑ Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.328.
  6. ↑ Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.328.
  7. ↑ Godson, Roy(1975) 'The AFL foreign policy making process from the end of World War II to the merger', Labor History, 16: 3, p.328.
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