page_title: Abraham Pomerantz
section_title: Alleged communism
hierarchical_section_title: Abraham Pomerantz / Alleged communism
caption_attribution_description: English: George A. Dondero (Michigan Congressman)
context_page_description: Abraham L. Pomerantz was a New York attorney who "pioneered shareholder suits against major corporations and for a time directed the prosecution of German industrialists after World War II." He also defended Soviet diplomat Valentin A. Gubitchev in the 1949-1950 Judith Coplon case.
context_section_description: On July 9, 1947, US Representative George Anthony Dondero named Pomerantz while publicly questioned the "fitness" of United States Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson for failing to ferret out Communist infiltrators in his department.  The cause for concern arose from what Dondero called Patterson's lack of ability to "fathom the wiles of the international Communist conspiracy" and to counteract them with "competent personnel."  Dondero cited ten government personnel in the War Department who had Communist backgrounds or leanings:  Colonel Bernard Bernstein, Russell A. Nixon, Abraham L. Pomerantz, Josiah E. DuBois Jr., Richard Sasuly, George Shaw Wheeler, Heinz Norden, Max Lowenthal, and Allan Rosenberg (member of Lowenthal's staff).  Dondero stated, "It is with considerable regret that I am forced to the conclusion the Secretary Patterson falls short of these standards."
caption: US Representative George Anthony Dondero (here from 1953 Pocket Congressional Directory of the 83rd Congress) accused Pomerantz of Communism
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