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East Los Angeles S.R.A director, Samuel J. Ayeroff, at a hearing where he is accused of being a member of the Young Communist League, Feb. 5, 1940

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Title: East Los Angeles S.R.A director, Samuel J. Ayeroff, at a hearing where he is accused of being a member of the Young Communist League, Feb. 5, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 5, 1940
1940-02-05
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.
East Los Angeles State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) director, Samuel J. Ayeroff at hearings for charges of Communist activity against several members of the L.A. County S.R.A. Ayeroff was named as an active member of the Young Communist League by one of its former organizers, George Bertholon. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses (including Ayeroff) for perjury, but no one was immediately fired
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Sam Ayeroff
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0025gtwg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Governmental investigations--California--Los Angeles
Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Communism--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Ayeroff, Samuel J
Young Communist League of the U.S
California. State Relief Administration
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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