Tag: May 1940
Thomas E. Dewey, Public Corruption, Atlantic City NJ, 1940
In a shocking display of authoritarian tactics, District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey’s agents descended upon the Building Service Employees Int’l Union AFL convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in May 1940. Their target: three union officers and a bookkeeper. The unsuspecting delegates were met with the sudden and unwarranted arrest of Acting President William L.…
