Original sentence: In 1948 the federal government tried Bridges for allegedly perjuring himself when he stated in his application for naturalization that he was not a member of the Communist Party.In 1950, after an internal trial, the CIO expelled the ILWU.While Bridges may not have been a member of the Communist Party, he closely hewed to its line throughout the late 1930s and 1940s
Edited sentence: 3 (Summer 1994).Although Professor Harvey Klehr recently discovered and published evidence from Soviet-era archives which prove Bridges' membership in the Communist Party USA.Bridges hewed to the Communist Party line throughout the late 1930s and 1940s.Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes: "Communists and the CIO: From the Soviet Archives," in Labor History, vol 35, no.In 1948 the federal government tried Bridges for perjuring himself when he stated in his application for naturalization that he was not a member of the Communist Party.In 1950, after an internal trial, the CIO expelled the ILWU due to its subordination to communist leadership.Recent evidence from Soviet archives indicate that he was a "secret" member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party USA