Acronyms Used in the Book
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union
ACPFB: American Committee for Protection of the Foreign Born
AFL: American Federation of Labor
CAIL: Church Association for the Assistance of Industrial Labor
CAW: Congress of American Women
CCCL: Citizens' Committee for Constitutional Liberty
CIO: Committee for Industrial Organization. Later, Congress of Industrial Organizations
CLID: Church League for Industrial Democracy
CPA: Communist Political Association
CPUSA: Communist Party USA
CRC: Civil Rights Congress
DAR: Daughters of the American Revolution
ECCI: Executive Committee of the Communist International
ECFP: Emergency Committee for a Free Press
ECLC: Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
ELSA: Episcopal League for Social Action
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FOR: Fellowship of Reconciliation
FSA: Farm Security Administration
FSU: Friends of the Soviet Union
HUAC: House Un-American Activities Committee
ILD: International Labor Defense
INS: Immigration and Naturalization Service
IRS: Internal Revenue Service
IURW: International Union of Revolutionary Writers
IWO: International Workers Order
IWW: Industrial Workers of the World (aka “Wobblies”)
JAFRC: Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
KPD: German Communist Party, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands
LID: League for Industrial Democracy
LRA: Labor Research Association
NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAM: National Association of Manufacturers
NCLC: National Child Labor Committee
NCUSI: National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance
NRA: National Recovery Administration
NTWU: National Textile Workers Union
NWP: National Woman’s Party
NYTSD: New York Training School for Deaconesses
RILU: Red International of Labor Unions
SA: Sturmabteilung
SAC: special agent in charge
SCHC: Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
SVM: Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions
TUEL: Trade Union Educational League
TUUL: Trade Union Unity League
USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WIDF: Women's International Democratic Federation
WTUL: Women's Trade Union League
YWCA: Young Women's Christian Association
ACPFB: American Committee for Protection of the Foreign Born
AFL: American Federation of Labor
CAIL: Church Association for the Assistance of Industrial Labor
CAW: Congress of American Women
CCCL: Citizens' Committee for Constitutional Liberty
CIO: Committee for Industrial Organization. Later, Congress of Industrial Organizations
CLID: Church League for Industrial Democracy
CPA: Communist Political Association
CPUSA: Communist Party USA
CRC: Civil Rights Congress
DAR: Daughters of the American Revolution
ECCI: Executive Committee of the Communist International
ECFP: Emergency Committee for a Free Press
ECLC: Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
ELSA: Episcopal League for Social Action
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FOR: Fellowship of Reconciliation
FSA: Farm Security Administration
FSU: Friends of the Soviet Union
HUAC: House Un-American Activities Committee
ILD: International Labor Defense
INS: Immigration and Naturalization Service
IRS: Internal Revenue Service
IURW: International Union of Revolutionary Writers
IWO: International Workers Order
IWW: Industrial Workers of the World (aka “Wobblies”)
JAFRC: Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
KPD: German Communist Party, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands
LID: League for Industrial Democracy
LRA: Labor Research Association
NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAM: National Association of Manufacturers
NCLC: National Child Labor Committee
NCUSI: National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance
NRA: National Recovery Administration
NTWU: National Textile Workers Union
NWP: National Woman’s Party
NYTSD: New York Training School for Deaconesses
RILU: Red International of Labor Unions
SA: Sturmabteilung
SAC: special agent in charge
SCHC: Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
SVM: Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions
TUEL: Trade Union Educational League
TUUL: Trade Union Unity League
USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WIDF: Women's International Democratic Federation
WTUL: Women's Trade Union League
YWCA: Young Women's Christian Association