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| 113 COMMDNIST CONSTITUTION AND PERSONNELL SOOTH DAKOTA Clarence Sharp Sioux Falls TEXAS David Carpenter Houston UTAH Wallace Talbot Salt Lake City VIRGINIA Alice Burke Richmond WASHINGTON Barbara Hartle Seattle Henry Huff Seattle Harold Johnston Seattle William Wallace Bellingham WISCONSIN Fred Blair Emil Costello Joseph El 1is Ed Jones CANADA Tim Buck, Toronto, (Chairman, Labor Progressive Party of flanada.) Of the 93 delegates, 71 had what was classed as a "working class background"• Twenty-two were white collar workers; 45$ were full-time Communist Party functionaries, with an additional high percentage classified as volunteer Communist Party functionaries; 41 of the delegates represented CIO unions; 10 represented AFL unions; 18 negroes were official delegates* The leading trade unionists taking part were Ruth Young of the UE and Louis Weinstock of the Painters Union* Weinstock was officially elected to the National Committee* In a committee meeting John V/illiamson was quoted as stating that Rugh Young would likewise be a member of the National Committee except that the "top UE people did not want her exposed." While he did not agree with this opinion, Ueinstock stated that she would be made a member of the National Committee when the time is more appropriate, along with Louis Merrill of the U.O.P.W.A. and Abram Flaxer of the State, County, and Municipal ^"orkers* |