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Congressman and labor union leaders in heated argument during Congressional committee inquiry into film strikes, Los Angeles, Calif., 1947

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Title: Congressman and labor union leaders in heated argument during Congressional committee inquiry into film strikes, Los Angeles, Calif., 1947
Date Created and/or Issued: August 22, 1947
1947-08-22
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: HARD WORDS -- Rep. Carroll D. Kearns, center, heading a Congressional committee inquiring into film strikes, tries to head off a fight as B.C. (Cappy) DuVal, right, business agent for Local 44 (property men of I.A.T.S.E.) bristles at the names he is being called by Herb Sorrell, left, president of striking Conference of Studio Unions. DuVal has his hand on a hammer. Clash occurred as Kearns visited M.G.M. studio to inspect conditions.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b22_47485-1
ark:/21198/zz0002t3h4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Labor unions--Jurisdictional disputes--California--Los Angeles
Strikes and lockouts--Motion picture industry--United States
Activism
Men--Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950
Confrontations
Legal
Motion picture industry--Employees--Labor unions
Sorrell, Herbert Knott, 1897-1974
DuVal, B.C
Kearns, Carroll Dudley, 1900-1976
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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