Marx Lewis; Veteran Labor Organizer
Marx Lewis, 93, veteran labor organizer. Lewis earned a law degree from the American University in 1924 but never practiced, choosing to become an organizer for the Cap and Millinery Workers Union. A socialist in his youth, he held several labor positions and helped organize the Liberal Party of New York. He served in the Administration of Republican New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in the 1930s and 1940s and later became a Republican. On Tuesday in Silver Spring, Md.
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