Abraham Henry Raskin (April 26, 1911 – December 22, 1993), known as A. H. Raskin, was a Canadian-born labor reporter, editorial writer, and assistant editor of The New York Times from 1934 to 1977. Background Abraham Henry Raskin was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on April 26, 1911. His family was visiting Berlin during the hyperinflation; they settled in New York City. He was educated at Townsend Harris Hall. He graduated from City College in education and government, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1931; he was president of the senior class. As a student at City College, Raskin wrote for the campus newspaper, The Campus, becoming its editor. He also edited the yearbook and literary magazine. Career After graduating from college, Raskin was a campus correspondent for the New York Times for some time before joining the paper as a reporter in March 1934. At the paper, Raskin was a labor reporter who covered many significant episodes in American labor history. For example, at the death of Sidney Hillman, founder and president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America as well as head of the CIO-PAC and state chairman of the American Labor Party (ALP), Raskin wrote, "Mr. Hillman's death was expected to make more difficult the maintenance of the uneasy political alliance between the regular Democratic party organization and the coalition of liberal and labor groups exemplified by the CIO-PAC." Further, he wrote, "Hillman was the balancing wheel, keeping in line the increasingly restive Communist minority in the CIO and its group in the ALP, as well as others who were demanding political action independent of the Democratic Party." In effect, when Raskin predicted that the "left would likely push harder for an independent party", he predicted the expulsion of the communist-affiliated Lee Pressman and Len De Caux from the CIO as they favored the Progressive Party of Henry A. Wallace in 1948 over the mainstream CIO's support for Harry S. Truman. During World War II, Raskin left the paper for a time to become chief of the War Department's industrial services division. During his tenure, he oversaw the temporary seizure of Montgomery Ward during a labor conflict between the company's workers and the company's president and CEO, Sewell Avery. Raskin was discharged from the Army as a lieutenant colonel in 1946. After returning the New York Times, Raskin became known for his reporting on the New York newspaper strike of