Life of a leftist labor lawyer
By: introduction by James R. Herman ; interview conducted by Estolv Ethan Ward ; The Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office,
Contributors: Ward, Estolv Ethan, 1900-; Herman, James.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Berkeley, California
Subjects: Bridges, Harry, 1901-; Grossman, Aubrey.; Leonard, Marjorie.; Harris, George B.; University of California, Los Angeles. School of Law.; Columbia University. School of Law.; Gladstein, Grossman and Margolis.; International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.; Pacific Maritime Association.; United States. National Labor Relations Board.; Communist Party of America.; Marine Cooks and Stewards Union.; United States. Supreme Court.; Freedom of speech.; Homosexuality -- Law and legislation.; Labor unions -- Law and legislation -- California -- San Francisco.; Conscientious objectors -- California.
Other titles: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Oral history series.
Description: Interview chronicles his Bronx boyhood; attendance at UCLA, 1934; Columbia University law degree; association with immigration lawyer Carol King; work with the leftwing San Francisco law firm of Gladstein, Grossman and Margolis, 1938; defense of Harry Bridges, leftist workers, conscientious objectors, sit-ins for job equality, homosexuals, Free speech Movement activists; the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union and locals, and various longshore-related unions; Pacific Maritime Association; the National Labor Relations Board; the courts and Judge George B. Harris; comments on fellow labor lawyers Aubrey Grossman, Richard Gladstein; problems caused by M & M (Modernization and Mechanization); WWII Naval service; marriage to Marjorie, sons and family life.

Remarks prepared by Leonard for a 1993 panel, "The trials of Harry Bridges."