“We have a saying in the union: "If a fellow looks like a duck and quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, the possibility is that he is a duck." That is the way with a Communist. If the guy does everything that the party does, the prospects are very good that he is a party member or fellow traveler.”

Regarding Communists; hearing before the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (1953)

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Labor union leader 1907–1970

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