Members of the Pacific Electric Trainmen's strike committee receiving news that their 2:00 am worker walkout would be postponed due to intervention from President Roosevelt, Los Angeles, November 2, 1937
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. C.T. Nolan, strike chairman of the Pacific Electric section of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, with O.R. Newhouse, J.S. Newman, W.P. Cook, and L.R. Spindel, other members of the strike committee, receiving news that their planned 2:00 am worker walkout had been blocked by President Roosevelt. The President had appointed a commission to negotiate the Brotherhood's disputes over unfair wages and hours. It was agreed that, during the negotiations, the strike would be postponed. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Pacific Electric Trainmen's Strike Committee; O.R. Newhouse; J.S. Newman; C.T. Nolan; W.P. Cook; L.R. Spindel Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: P E trainmens strike committee - J. S. Newman, O.R. Newhouse, W.P. Cook, C.T. Nolan & L.R. Spindel
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Committees--American--California--Los Angeles Government Railroad strikes--California--Los Angeles Activism Labor unions--California--Los Angeles Pacific Electric Railway Company Cook, W.P Newman, J.S Newhouse, O.R Spindel, L.R Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Nolan, C.T
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