calsfoundation@cals.org
October 9, 2010
In April 1925, the socialist Commonwealth College, founded at Leesville, Louisiana, moved to the Mena area (Polk County). Director William Zeuch supported labor education and communal living rather than radical movements. In June 1931, Lucien Koch, second from left in this circa 1930 class, seized control, ousted Zeuch, and led Commonwealth into aggressive Labor Party activity.