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To: kindred
Gus Hall's real name was Hallberg.
He shortened it because he thought it sounded “too Jewish” for the Communist Party.
3 posted on 09/01/2014 6:59:57 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

God bless Israel and all who bless her knowing how that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will return and destroy all who fight to destroy her, set up His millenaial kingdom and save all those who being destroyed by Satan and his familiars in the communist parties who hate God, Israel, and the Lord Jesus Christ.


4 posted on 09/01/2014 7:08:40 AM PDT by kindred (There is no difference between the GOP and communist libs and they are one now.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“Hall was born Arvo Kustaa Halberg in 1910 to Matt and Susan Halberg in Cherry, a rural community on Northern Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range. Hall’s parents were Finnish immigrants from the Lapua region, and were politically radical: they were involved in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and were early members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in 1919”

“In 1934, Hall was jailed for six months for taking part in the Minneapolis Teamster’s Strike (led by Trotskyist Farrell Dobbs). After serving his sentence, Hall was blacklisted and was unable to find work under his original name. He changed his name to Gus Hall, derived from Kustaa (Gustav) Halberg. The change was confirmed in court in 1935.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Hall


32 posted on 09/01/2014 10:48:05 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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