This is the room of mystery over which a sizzling row rages in City Hall on April 24, 1941. It is an office of the Board of Public Works that was used, it is charged, as a "listening post" where 6 to 10 girls with headsets have been on duty constantly for months listening in on phone conversations of councilmen and city officials. The arrow points out a recording device which was found in the room by Councilman Roy Hampton.
Hampton, Roy Bowron, Fletcher,--1887-1968 Jamie, Wallace N Governmental investigation--California--Los Angeles Wiretapping--California--Los Angeles Eavesdropping--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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