Earl Browder speaking at a Communist Party event, and standing with William Schneiderman, Pettis Perry and Carl Winter

Black and white photograph of Earl Browder speaking at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Hall. Black and white photograph of Communist Party leaders from left to right: William Schneiderman, who would go on to lead the Communist Party in California for a quarter century; Earl Browder,Secretary General of the Communist Party of the United States; Pettis Perry, Chairman of the California Communist Party; and Carl Winter, a Communist Party leader who was also editor of "The Worker" and would later be imprisoned for violation of the Smith Act (93-04-12, Photographs).