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Title: Demonstration demanding more jobs on steps of Los Angeles City Hall, Calif., 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: March 24, 1940
1940-03-24
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: THOUSANDS MASS ON CITY HALL STEPS TO DEMAND MORE JOBS: More than 1000 persons assemble on City Hall steps under auspices of Workers' Alliance and Labor's Nonpartisan League, demanding "jobs, not relief." Their demonstration followed cuts in relief checks and layoffs in W.P.A. and S.R.A. Officials of the C.I.O. promised workers their aid in campaign.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3143_18499-1
ark:/21198/zz0002tvhr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: New Deal, 1933-1939--California--Los Angeles County
Unemployment--California--Los Angeles County
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles County
Activism
Economy
Science Research Associates
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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