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...York's Representative Leo Isacson, American Laborite who won a Bronx by-election in February with the backing of Henry Wallace, wanted to go to Paris to attend a conference on aid for the Greek guerrillas. He would go as an observer for the American Council for a Democratic Greece, a Communist-front organization. Since the council is opposed to the U.S. policy of aiding the established Greek government, said State, issuance of a passport would not be "in the interests...
Behind State's decision was a fear that many Europeans, unfamiliar with U.S. politics, might interpret Congressman Isacson's presence in Paris as official congressional and administrative blessing upon conference doings. Communists undoubtedly would do their best to give Isacson's visit that appearance. Editorialized the New York Times: "No citizen is entitled to go abroad to oppose the policies and interests of his country. . .. The State Department acted wisely...
Contrary to the previous Democratic explanation--that its voters simply failed to show up at the polls--Flynn attributed the success of Leo Isacson over his nominee Karl Propper to the strong public desire for "protest" on the Palestine issue...
Regimented Communists? The result not only flabbergasted New York's newspapers and professional politicians, but virtually sent Ed Flynn into limbo. Leo Isacson gathered up 22,697 votes to Propper's 12,578-in a district where A.L.P. registration is only about...
...until a short time before election did Boss Flynn appear to realize that Isacson was making dangerous inroads. He called on New York's ailing Mayor Bill O'Dwyer and Eleanor Roosevelt to prop up Propper. The best O'Dwyer could do was appeal to Wallace to come back to the Democratic Party. For his final rally, Isacson drew an overflow crowd of 8,500, who came to hear Wallace and such other notables of the far left as Singer Paul Robeson and Congressman Vito Marcantonio. At another rally the same night Prizefighter Champion Joe Louis, contributed...