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pm, only to be ruled out of order, a number of radicals bolted the hall and gathered in a meeting room of their own. A city committee of 14 was elected, with Cohen as executive secretary. The group was to compose a manifesto and wage a campaign to win over the rank and file of the party to the ideas
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Socialist Party, Cohen cast his lot with the insurgents. In January 1919 a joint meeting of representatives of all the SP branches of Local Greater New York was called. The meeting was chaired by
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politician of the early 20th century. Cohen held a series of important posts during the pivotal year of 1919, including secretary of the
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