Sewell Avery

Sewell Avery

Sewell Avery (1874-1955) was an American businessman.

Born in a wealthy family of lumber barons in Michigan, Avery was a financier of the American Liberty League and a National Advisor for one of its front organizations, the Crusaders. Avery also gave generously to the Church League of America (CLA). He was a favorite of the anti-New Deal movement and was a staunch opponent to the National War Labor Board.cite journal|url=http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/avery.html|title=Facing the Corporate Roots of American Fascism: Sewell Avery (1874-1955)|author=Richard Sanders|journal=Press for Conversion!|issue=53|date=March 2004] [cite journal|title=The Avery Problem|journal=Time Magazine|date=June 19, 1944|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,711804,00.html] Richard Sanders wrote:"Avery defied Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal by refusing to pay $30,000, as prescribed by the National Recovery Act. Despite this defiance, his vice president at Montgomery Ward (Frank Folsom) was appointed to FDR’s National Defense Advisory Commission (1940-1941). During World War II, Avery would not comply with government orders to allow unionization efforts. As a result, National Guardsmen carried him from his office in 1944. “To hell with the government,” he blurted out at the Attorney General, “You... New Dealer!”"

As a businessman, Avery was president of Montgomery Ward, director of J.P. Morgan’s U.S. Steel and president of U.S. Gypsum. [cite journal|title=The Perils of Success|url=http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1994/3/1994_3_20.shtml|author=John Steele Gordon|date=May 1994|volume=45|issue=3|journal=American Heritage Magazine] In 1955, Sewell retired with a fortune of $327 million.

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