Harry Bridges person
also: labor leader Harry Bridges
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Edgar Hoover spied_on
Harry Bridges documented
document
“After an incident where labor leader Harry Bridges discovered he was under surveillance Attorney General Francis Biddle announced that FBI agents were in fact authorized to tap wires in cases involving espionage sabotage and serious crimes …”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.287
Harry Bridges headed
West Coast longshoremen's union reported
document
“According to the FBI Director the Nest Coast longshore men's union headed by Harry Bridges 'was practically controlled by Communists…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.399