Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg Encouraged Resistance During WWII
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In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy appointed Arthur J. Goldberg to U.S. Secretary of Labor and Supreme Court Justice. Goldberg handled issues about civil rights and labor law. Before these appointments, Goldberg worked for the predecessor to the CIA—the Office of Strategic Services—during World War II. During the war, he stepped away from practicing law and organized an intelligence network. He worked in London with the goal of encouraging resistance. He reached out to groups and organizations to speak out and work against the Nazi party in enemy-occupied and enemy countries. Among others, he reached out to a leftist labor group in France, dissidents in Hungary, and anti-Vichyites in French North Africa.