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Title
C.H. Jordan, George Roberts, and A.L. Wirin at a city council meeting concerning an anti-picketing ordinance, Los Angeles, January 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1938
1938-01
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
(Left to right) Central Industrial Council (C.I.O.) Secretary C.H. Jordan, rubber union's international representative George Roberts, and attorney for the Unions A.L. Wirin at a city council meeting about an anti-picketing ordinance. Union leaders urged the mayor to veto the ordinance, while members of Southern Californians, Inc. wanted it signed. The issue eventually went to court, where the law was backed months later.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: City Council Anti-Picketing Hearing; Dave F. Smith; Byron C. Hanna; J.W. Buzzell; C.J. Haggerty; C.H. Jordan; George Roberts; A.L. Wirin
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L-R C.H. Jordan, George Roberts & A.L. Wirin
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025gnz3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pickets--California--Los Angeles
Government
Vetoes
City council members--California--Los Angeles
Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Activism
Legal
Roberts, George
Jordan, C. H
Wirin, A. L
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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