Norwitch was born in Odessa , Russia ( present-day Ukraine ) in 1894 and emigrated to the United States with his family as a child . Initially settling in Baltimore , Norwitch went to work at a clothing factory from the age of 13 . He married Mae Schreiber in about 1917 ; they had two children , Mildred and Bernard . Norwitch became affiliated with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union and moved to Philadelphia in 1926 to work as a business agent for the Joint Board Cutters and Trimmers Local 110 . His union work brought him into local politics , and he became active in the Nonpartisan League , a socialist group , in 1934 . He joined the Democratic Party and served as a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , where President Harry S. Truman was nominated for a new term
1948 Democratic National Convention
1948 Democratic National Convention
Harry Norwitch