Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, member of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, part of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles Country State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) on charges of Communist activity. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Jack Tinney
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People Governmental investigations--California--Los Angeles Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles Legislators--California Communism--California--Los Angeles Legal Tenney, Jack B. (Jack Breckinridge), 1898-1970 California. State Relief Administration
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