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Chaim Menzies

An older member of the Menzies family.

minor

Also known as Chaim, Menzies, Old Chaim Menzies, old Chaim Menzies

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Chaim Menzies shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Chaim is mentioned as one of the young left-wingers who argue with Papa Menzies and later leave home.

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In II: Chaim is mentioned as one of the young left-wingers who argue with Papa Menzies and later leave home. Later, in VII: Intellectual among the strikers, busy with strike bulletin, persuaded by Bunny to let Rachel…

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Minor social and labor figures

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II
Chaim is mentioned as one of the young left-wingers who argue with Papa Menzies and later leave home.
VII
Intellectual among the strikers, busy with strike bulletin, persuaded by Bunny to let Rachel continue her education.
VIII
Arrested during a police raid on the clothing workers' union headquarters.
IX
Arrested as a socialist agitator, found preaching to fellow prisoners in the jail tank.
Chapter X
Arrested and facing deportation, later released through bribery.
IX
Mentioned as 'Ikey' Menzies, one of the defendants on trial.
VIII
Elderly Socialist who believes in long-term organization and accuses Communists of being secret agents.
XX: The Dedication
Attends the dinner party; criticizes Bunny's colony idea as a trap for the movement; smokes a cigar despite Bunny's anti-tobacco stance.
V
Old socialist who smokes a cigar and humorously exempts himself from Bunny's anti-tobacco stance.
VI
Skeptical of the college plan, warns it will become a colony and raises the issue of sex.

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