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Francis Xavier Waldron (August 10, 1905 – January 31, 1961), best known by the pseudonym Eugene Dennis and Tim Ryan, was an American communist politician and union organizer, best remembered as the long-time leader of the Communist Party USA and as named party in Dennis v. United States, a famous McCarthy Era Supreme Court case.
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Eugene Dennis (born Aug. 10, 1905, Seattle, Wash., U.S.—died Jan. 31, 1961, New York, N.Y.) was an American Communist Party leader and labour organizer. He was general secretary of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) from 1945 to 1957 and national chairman during 1959–61.
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Mar 10, 2024 · In 1945, following the Second World War, when anti-Soviet feeling in the U.S. was burgeoning, a young man named Eugene Dennis succeeded Earl Browder as leader of the U.S. Communist Party. His origins were, at first, obscure. Dennis was born in 1905 to Francis and Nora Waldron of Seattle.
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United States (1951) Written by James L. Walker, published on August 6, 2023 , last updated on February 18, 2024. In Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951), the Supreme Court applied the clear and present danger test to uphold the convictions of Eugene Dennis and 10 other U.S.-based communists for their political teachings.
Jun 2, 2021 · Eugene Dennis was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the United States. He was convicted by a federal court under the Smith Act (1940).
United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951), was a United States Supreme Court case relating to Eugene Dennis, General Secretary of the Communist Party USA. The Court ruled that Dennis did not have the right under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution to exercise free speech, publication and assembly, if the exercise involved the ...
The case originated in 1948 when Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the American Communist Party, along with several other high-ranking communists, was arrested and convicted of having violated the Smith Act.
