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John Abt
Born
John Jacob Abt

(1904-05-01)May 1, 1904
Chicago, Illinois
DiedAugust 10, 1991(1991-08-10) (aged 87)
Hudson, New York
NationalityAmerican
Other names"Amt" (VENONA)
Employer(s)AAA, La Follette Committee, United States Attorney General's office, CIO
Known formembership in Ware Group, Perlo Group, IJA, NLG
Notable workCIO union collective bargaining
Political partyCommunist Party of the United States of America, American Labor Party, Progressive Party
Spouses
  • Jessica Smith Ware
  • Vita Barsky

John Jacob Abt (May 1, 1904 – August 10, 1991) was an American lawyer and politician, who spent most of his career as chief counsel to the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and was a member of the Communist Party and the Soviet spy network "Ware Group" as alleged by Whittaker Chambers. [1]

  1. ^ Abt, John; Myerson, Michael (1993). Advocate and Activist: Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. pp. 78 (Amalgamated), 99 (CIO-PAC), 273 (Angela Davis). ISBN 9780252020308.

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