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Travers Clement
was an American
socialist
writer, politician, and political functionary. He is best remembered as an assistant to
Angelica Balabanoff
in the writing of her memoirs and for his tenure as the National Executive Secretary of the
Socialist Party of America
beginning in April 1939.
Biography
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Early years
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Travers Clement lived in
Los Gatos, California
during the 1930s, where he was active in the local organization of the
Socialist Party of America
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Clement was an active member of the
Newspaper Guild
and the
Sailor's Union
during the 1930s.
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Political career
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In 1928, Clement was named the national publicity director of the
American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU), a position which he retained through 1929.
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In that year, he became secretary of the National
Mooney
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Billings
Committee.
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He remained an active member of the executive board of the ACLU's local committee in
San Francisco
.
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Clement was the author of several pamphlets for the ACLU, as well as material dealing with the Mooney-Billings case and the Maritime Union. He was also a periodic contributor to
The New Republic
magazine.
Clement was elected to the governing National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party at the April 1938 convention of the organization held in
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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When Executive Secretary
Roy E. Burt
resigned early in April 1939, the NEC named Clement as the new head of day-to-day operations of the organization.
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"Travers Clement Named National Secretary of SP,"
The Socialist Call,
vol. 5, no. 7, whole no. 200 (April 29, 1939), pg. 3.