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Former chairman of the L.A. County Young Democrats, Joseph Ayeroff, at a hearing where he is accused of Communist activity, Feb. 5, 1940

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Title: Former chairman of the L.A. County Young Democrats, Joseph Ayeroff, at a hearing where he is accused of Communist activity, Feb. 5, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 5, 1940
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.
Joseph Ayeroff, former chairman of the Los Angeles County Young Democrats (i.e. the Young Democratic Club) and brother of East L.A. State Relief Administration director Samuel Ayeroff, at hearings for charges of Communist activity against several members of the L.A. County S.R.A. Joseph Ayeroff was accused of Communist activity by George Bertholon, former organizer of the Young Communist League. 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: Joe Ayeroff
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_22658-07
ark:/21198/zz0025gtx0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Communism--California--Los Angeles
People
Legal
Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles
Governmental investigations--California--Los Angeles
Ayeroff, Joseph
Young Democratic Clubs of America
California. State Relief Administration
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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