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Russell (CHARLES EDWARD an American)

CHARLES EDWARD, an American journalist and author, born at Davenport, Iowa, in 1860. He was educated at St. Johnsbury Academy, and for several years was engaged in newspaper work. He was a student of Socialism and one of the most prominent Socialists in the United States up to the entrance of the United States in the World War, when he withdrew from the regular Socialist Party organization. He was Socialist candidate for governor of New York in 1910 and 1912. In 1917 he was a member of the diplomatic mission sent to Russia by the United States and in 1919 was a member of the President's Industrial Commission. His writings include "Business, the Heart of the Nation" (1911); "Unchained Russia" (1918); "After the RUSSELL Whirlwind" (1919); "Bolshevism and the United States" (1919).