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Muste, A. J. (Abraham John), 1885-1967 (Personal Name)

Preferred form: Muste, A. J. (Abraham John), 1885-1967
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  • Earlier heading: Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967
  • Muste, Abrahm John, 1885-1967

His The automobile industry and organized labor ... 1936.

Robinson, J. A. A.J. Muste, pacifist & prophet, c1981: t.p. (A.J. Muste)

OCLC, Jan. 10, 2014 (hdgs: Muste, A. J., Muste, A. J. (Abraham John), 1885-1967, Muste, Abraham J., Muste, Abraham Johannes, 1885-1967, Muste, Abraham John, Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967, Muste, Abrahm John, 1885-1967; usage: A.J. Muste, Abraham J. Muste, Abraham John Muste, Abraham Johannes Muste, Abrahm John Muste)

Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 10, 2014: A.J. Muste page (A.J. Muste; born Jan. 8, 1885, in Zierikzee, Netherlands; emigrated with family to United States in Jan. 1891, eventually settling in Grand Rapids, Mich.; became naturalized American citizen in 1896; earned bachelor's degree from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, in 1905, and later attended the Theological Seminary of the Dutch Reformed Church, graduating in 1909; obtained Bachelor of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in 1913; after his views diverged from those of the Reformed Church, Muste became an independent Congregationalist minister at the Central Congregational Church of Newtonville, Mass., in 1915, a position he resigned in 1917 due to conflict within the church over his pacifist views; it was as a Quaker minister in Providence, R.I., that he became involved in trade union activity, taking part in a 16-week long textile strike in Lawrence, Mass.; headed the Amalgamated Textile Workers of America; organized the Conference for Progressive Labor Action (CPLA) in 1929; later left socialist politics to return to his roots as a Christian pacifist, serving as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an influential Protestant pacifist organization; helped build the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; died Feb. 11, 1967)

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