Draft:Alfred Newell Johnson

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Alfred Newell Johnson (1915-1989)

He was a candidate for California's Seventh District in the 1940 Congressional election running as a Communist. His brochure advertised him as "For Peace, Jobs and Security".

The New York Public Library has a collection of his papers. A radiotelephone operator license renewal application hearing was held after he was accused of being a Communist.

He was mentioned at a hearing about "Communist Infiltration of the Atomic Bomb Project". He was indentified as a member of the Young Communist League and as a "Negro from Oakland".