Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman 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 Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County 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: Sam Yorty
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Governmental investigations--California--Los Angeles Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles Legislators--California Crime Communism--California--Los Angeles Legal California. State Relief Administration Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998
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