Henry Ohl Jr.

He was elected in 1916 to succeed fellow Socialist Carl Minkley as a member of the State Assembly for the Fourth district of Milwaukee County (20th and 22nd wards of the City of Milwaukee), with 3057 votes to 2987 for Republican F. Meyer and 1381 for Democrat J.P. O'Neil.

[3] Ohl succeeded Frank J. Weber as head of the WSFL in 1917 and continued to lead it until his death, under the titles of general organizer (1917–1923) and then president (1923–1940), lobbying for the labor movement with the legislature after his term was completed.

He served as a member of the Federal Board of Vocational Education and Franklin Roosevelt's Advisory Council on Economic Security.

movement was being used as an instrument for the Communist Party of America to move into and take over American labor unionism.

[5] At the 1937 convention of the American Federation of Teachers, Ohl accused, "The full drama of betrayal, as evidenced by events, exposes a treachery never before perpetrated in the annals of labor anywhere.