Benjamin Stolberg

Benjamin Stolberg (1891–1951) was an American journalist and labor activist.

Career

Stolberg worked as associate editor of

The Bookman, as well as a columnist for leading US newspapers, such as The New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune

'.

Stolberg was a member of the

Moscow Trials

.

Libel Suit

Stolberg wrote for the

Saturday Evening Post

– and from 1939 to 1945 he and its publisher, the

ACLU co-founder Arthur Garfield Hays as his lawyer. Stolberg hired Louis Waldman, an "Old Guard" Socialist and anti-communist labor lawyer. The case went before the New York Supreme Court, with Justice John F. Carew presiding.^[1]^[2]^[3]

On December 4, 1939, Davis brought a $150,000 libel suit in Manhattan against Curtis Publishing and Stolberg.

CPUSA head Earl Browder,^[7] former Saturday Evening Post editor William W. Stout and American Federation of Teachers vice president John D. Connors,^[7] AFL vice president Matthew Woll,^[8] American Mercury editor Eugene Lyons,^[9] and Georgetown University president Dr. Edmund A. Walsh.^[10] Davis' attorney Hays added $100,000 to the suit.^[11] On June 9, 1943, a New York Supreme Court discharged the jury for failing to reach a verdict, and Justice Carew ordered the jury not discuss their deliberations.^[12] On June 14, 1943, New York Supreme Court Justice Louis A. Valente denied a second motion for immediate retrial and set October 1, 1943, as date to assign retrial action.^[13] Finally, on January 18, 1945, Davis settled with Curtis Publishing and Stolberg in court for $11,000 of his $250,000 libel suit before Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora.^[14]

Legacy

Benjamin Stolberg's papers are housed at Columbia University in New York City.^[15]

Works

Stolberg wrote histories of the labor movement, including:

The Economic Consequences of the New Deal (1935)^[16]
Preliminary Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made Against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials (1937)^[17]
The Story of the CIO (1938)^[18]^[19]
Tailor's Progress: The Story of a Famous Union and the Men Who Made It (a history of the
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union) (1944)^[20]
- Ṿi azoy Sṭolbergs bukh "Teylors progres" zeṭ oys in di oygn fun a ḳloḳmakher (Yiddish translation) (1944)^[21]

References

^ Waggoner, Walter H. (24 October 1979). "Jerome Davis, Educator, 87, Dies; Active in World Peace Movement". The New York Times.
^ Kutulas, Judy (1995). The Long War: The Intellectual People's Front and Anti-Stalinism, 1930-1940. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. pp. 49 (Stalin), 134 (non-communist), 202 (libel). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Dr. Davis Defended by Sherwood Eddy: Former Teachers Union Head 'Always Attacked Evils of Communism,' Jury Hears". The New York Times. 20 May 1943.
^ "Libel Suit Asks $150,000: Head of Federation of Teachers Sues on Magazine Article". The New York Times. 5 December 1939.
^ "Dr. Davis Testifies in His Libel Action". The New York Times. 18 May 1943.
^ "Fosdick, SS Wise Testify for Davis: Minister Says Plaintiff in Libel Suit 'Couldn't Be a Communist if He Tried'". The New York Times. 22 May 1943.
^ ^a ^b "Browder Is Quoted in Davis Libel Case: Stolberg Says Communist's Books Were Part of His Basis for Calling Teacher a Red". The New York Times. 26 May 1943.
^ "Woll Links Davis to Ranks of Reds: Even 'Some Communists' Thought Educator Was Party Member". The New York Times. 28 May 1943.
^ "Soviet Leanings Seen in Book by Dr. Davis: Former Moscow Correspondent Points to 'Omissions' in Work". The New York Times. 2 June 1943.
^ "Dr. Davis Classed As 96% Red Backer: Catholic Educator First Says Union Leader Is 10% Short of Favoring Communism". The New York Times. 3 June 1943.
^ "$100,000 More Asked in Davis Libel Suit: Hays Reveals Court Granted Motion to Seek Higher Damages". The New York Times. 8 June 1943.
^ "Jury Discharged in Davis Libel Suit". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 10 June 1943. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "New Davis Please Denied: Justice Valente Acts on Second Motion for Libel Retrial". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 15 June 1943. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ "Libel Suit Settled: Dr. Jerome Davis Accepts $11, 000 in His $150,000 Suit". The New York Times. 19 January 1945.
^ "Benjamin Stolberg Papers, 1914-1951: Finding Aid," Columbia University Libraries, Archival Collections.
^ Stolberg, Benjamin; Vinton, Warren Jay (1935). The Economic Consequences of the New Deal. Harcourt, Brace.
LCCN 35001989
.

^ Stolberg, Benjamin;
LCCN 37029395
.

^ Stolberg, Benjamin (1938). The Story of the CIO. Viking.
LCCN 38031214
.

^ Cantwell, Robert (23 February 1938). "The Communists and the CIO". Retrieved 11 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Stolberg, Benjamin (1944). Tailor's Progress: The Story of a Famous Union and the Men Who Made It'. Doubleday, Doran & Co.
LCCN 44005351
.

^ Stolberg, Benjamin (1944). Ṿi azoy Sṭolbergs bukh "Teylors progres" zeṭ oys in di oygn fun a ḳloḳmakher. Translated by Joseph Breslaw. Ḳloḳ un sḳirṭ presers yunyon, loḳal 35.
LCCN 61057998
.

External sources

Columbia University
Christopher Phelps, "Heywood Broun, Benjamin Stolberg, and the Politics of American Labor Journalism in the 1920s and 1930s," Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, vol. 15, no. 1 (March 2018), pp. 25–51.
Works by or about Benjamin Stolberg at Internet Archive

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[NYTobit-1] Waggoner, Walter H. (24 October 1979). "Jerome Davis, Educator, 87, Dies; Active in World Peace Movement". The New York Times.

[Kutulas-2] Kutulas, Judy (1995). The Long War: The Intellectual People's Front and Anti-Stalinism, 1930-1940. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. pp. 49 (Stalin), 134 (non-communist), 202 (libel). Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[Sherwood-3] "Dr. Davis Defended by Sherwood Eddy: Former Teachers Union Head 'Always Attacked Evils of Communism,' Jury Hears". The New York Times. 20 May 1943.

[4] "Libel Suit Asks $150,000: Head of Federation of Teachers Sues on Magazine Article". The New York Times. 5 December 1939.

[5] "Dr. Davis Testifies in His Libel Action". The New York Times. 18 May 1943.

[6] "Fosdick, SS Wise Testify for Davis: Minister Says Plaintiff in Libel Suit 'Couldn't Be a Communist if He Tried'". The New York Times. 22 May 1943.

[New_York_Times-7] "Browder Is Quoted in Davis Libel Case: Stolberg Says Communist's Books Were Part of His Basis for Calling Teacher a Red". The New York Times. 26 May 1943.

[8] "Woll Links Davis to Ranks of Reds: Even 'Some Communists' Thought Educator Was Party Member". The New York Times. 28 May 1943.

[9] "Soviet Leanings Seen in Book by Dr. Davis: Former Moscow Correspondent Points to 'Omissions' in Work". The New York Times. 2 June 1943.

[Catholic-10] "Dr. Davis Classed As 96% Red Backer: Catholic Educator First Says Union Leader Is 10% Short of Favoring Communism". The New York Times. 3 June 1943.

[11] "$100,000 More Asked in Davis Libel Suit: Hays Reveals Court Granted Motion to Seek Higher Damages". The New York Times. 8 June 1943.

[Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle-12] "Jury Discharged in Davis Libel Suit". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 10 June 1943. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[13] "New Davis Please Denied: Justice Valente Acts on Second Motion for Libel Retrial". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 15 June 1943. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[14] "Libel Suit Settled: Dr. Jerome Davis Accepts $11, 000 in His $150,000 Suit". The New York Times. 19 January 1945.

[15] "Benjamin Stolberg Papers, 1914-1951: Finding Aid," Columbia University Libraries, Archival Collections.

[16] Stolberg, Benjamin; Vinton, Warren Jay (1935). The Economic Consequences of the New Deal. Harcourt, Brace.
LCCN 35001989
.

[17] Stolberg, Benjamin;
LCCN 37029395
.

[18] Stolberg, Benjamin (1938). The Story of the CIO. Viking.
LCCN 38031214
.

[19] Cantwell, Robert (23 February 1938). "The Communists and the CIO". Retrieved 11 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[20] Stolberg, Benjamin (1944). Tailor's Progress: The Story of a Famous Union and the Men Who Made It'. Doubleday, Doran & Co.
LCCN 44005351
.

[21] Stolberg, Benjamin (1944). Ṿi azoy Sṭolbergs bukh "Teylors progres" zeṭ oys in di oygn fun a ḳloḳmakher. Translated by Joseph Breslaw. Ḳloḳ un sḳirṭ presers yunyon, loḳal 35.
LCCN 61057998
.

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