[1] Bail attended the third national convention of the Workers Party of America (Dec 30, 1923-Jan 2, 1924) representing the third district, centered in Philadelphia.
In the late 1930s he was put in charge of the Lovestonites operation in the United Auto Workers assisting Homer Martin in his fight with the communists within that union.
[7] By 1948 Bail had emerged as the secretary-treasurer of the Playthings, Jewelry and Novelty Workers' International Union, CIO.
In 1950 he was member of an ad hoc committee of New York area CIO officials that was formed to "financially and morally" support the Transport Workers Union of America in their conflict with the New York Board of Transportation over wages and hours of work for transit workers.
The committee pressured Mayor William O'Dwyer into naming a fact finding commission to see if this financially tenable.