Worker's Alliance member Oscar Fuss addresses a crowd of relief workers protesting a payout bill outside the State Capitol, Sacramento, February 23, 1940
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Demonstration of relief workers outside the State Capitol showing their opposition to a bill that would provide relief workers with payouts rather than jobs. It was estimated that over half the crowd was from Los Angeles. Oscar Fuss of the Los Angeles Worker's Alliance is addressing the crowd saying, "We have come up here in our old broken-down jalopies to see that that dirty, lousy, stinking relief bill is stopped. Throw it into the sewer, where it belongs.” Text from original nitrate sleeve: Unemployment - SRA - Demonstration against dole cuts in front of State Co-op.; Oscar Fuss, addressing crowd Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [unreadable]
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Demonstrations--California--Sacramento Labor unions--California--Sacramento Economy Legislation--California--Sacramento Landmarks Activism Workers Alliance of America California State Capitol (Sacramento, Calif.) Fuss, Oscar California. State Relief Administration
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