Oregon Military Department Records Guide
Image Slide Show - "Ball of the Bourgeoisie" Flyer
On to Brig. Gen. Raymond Olson
A flyer pokes fun at public figures while announcing a 1934 Portland gathering called the "Ball of the Bourgeoisie." The Military Department monitored communist and radical socialist and labor groups in the 1930s. Portland was considered a hotbed of radicalism. (Oregon Military Department Records, Communist Activity Intelligence Reports, Brochures, Pamphlets, Publications, 1932-1936, Box 57, Folder 25)