DELEGATES TO THE 1921 FOUNDING CONVENTION OF THE UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY

Convention was held May 15-28, 1921, at the Overlook Mountain House, near Woodstock, NY

 

IMPARTIAL CHAIRMAN

J. Swift [Dr. Jacob Hartman]

 

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN AGENCY OF THE CI

Charles E. Scott [Karlis Janson]

 

 

UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY DELEGATES

(elected at the Kingston Convention, Dec. 1920)

 

D1 [Boston]

Bronk [???] <-- Latvian from Boston; the UCP DO

Long [???] <-- Hungarian from Boston

Smith [???] <-- Latvian man from Boston, NOT Marion Sproule

 

D2 [New York]

Ames [???] <-- Woman from NYC, alternate pseudonym "Sparks"

Baker [Will Weinstone]

Gorny [Joseph Kowalski]

Jerome [???] <-- Jew from NYC

Nelson [Jay Lovestone]

 

D3 [Philadelphia]

Clay [???] <-- District Organizer

Monroe [???]

 

D4 [Pittsburgh]

Ryan [???] <--Bureau of Investigation spy!!!

 

D5 [Cleveland]

Cook [James Cannon]

Dengler [Walter Brustor]

Schiller [???] <-- from Cleveland, the DO

H.D. Wendel [???] <-- from Cleveland, an "American"

A May 14, 1921 BoI report by Special Agent Bliss Morton indicates the other 2 UCP delegates from the Cleveland District were Tom Lewis and Walter Karath.

 

D6 [Detroit]

Cox [???] <-- a Slav. Formerly lived in Pittsburgh

Wilson [???] <-- about age 50; an "American"

 

D7 [Chicago]

Burke [Charles Krumbein]

Evans [???] <-- from Milwaukee, a Slav

Fox [???] <-- a Jew

Lansing [Arne Swabeck]

Mitchell [???] <-- a Jew

 

D8 [St. Louis]

Bower/Baurer [???] <-- a Russian. St. Louis DO.

Page [T.R. Sullivan]

 

D9/10 [San Francisco]

Duffy [Alfred Wagenknecht]

 

D11 [Seattle]

Elk [Ludwig Katterfeld]

 

D12 [Minneapolis]

Jasberg [???] <-- a Slav from Minneapolis

Ward [???] <-- a Hungarian from Minneapolis -- NOT BROWDER

 

D13 [Milwaukee]

Rice [???] <-- a Slav, a barber from Milwaukee

 

D14 [Syracuse]

Marxon [???] <-- a Russian

 

Fraternal Delegates -- Members of the UCP CEC

Collins [Joseph Zack Kornfeder]

Mills [Alexander Bilan]

Flynn [Edward Lindgren]

Ford [Israel Amter]

Duboff [Abram Jakira]

Davidson [Robert Minor]

 

COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA DELEGATES (30)

 

Henry [George Ashkenuzi]

Moore [John Ballam]

Morris [J. Wilenkin]

Nichols [???] <-- a Ukrainian

Baldwin [Oscar Tyverovsky]

Bryant [???]

Nostosh [???]

Davis [???]

Sullivan [A.S. Edwards]

Heller [???] <-- could be A.A. Heller, but probably a pseudonym

+20

 

Fraternal Delegates -- Members of the UCP CEC

Riley [Joseph Stilson]

Leon [???] <-- a Lithuanian

 

 

 

 

source: Comintern Archive, RGASPI, f. 515, op. 1, d. 50, ll. 26-28; H.L. Lenon Bureau of Investigation report (source was "Ryan"), NARA M-1085, reel 942, file Þle 202600-2265.