Free Trade Union Committee
The Free Trade Union Committee (FTUC) was created at the 1944 convention of the American Federation of Labor to support non-communist unions abroad. The resolution was drafted by Jay Lovestone who became Executive Secretary.[1] Irving Brown became the FTUC's key man in Europe, leaving for Paris in October 1945. Henry Rutz became the Committee's representative in Germany at around the same time.[2]
In December 1948, FTUC chairman Matthew Woll introduced Jay Lovestone to Frank Wisner of the Office of Policy Coordination. In his book Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Hugh Wilford states that Lovestone began receiving CIA funds from Wisner a month later. Irving Brown also began receiving Marshall Plan funds.[3]
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Matthew Woll | Jay Lovestone | Irving Brown | Willard Etter | Carmel Offie
