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Title
Pickets from the Workers Alliance protesting relief check cuts outside the State Building during S.R.A. hearings, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued
March 5, 1940
1940-03-05
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.
Arial view of pickets from the Workers Alliance outside the State Building during the State Relief Administration hearings. The Workers Alliance was protesting a 40% cut to relief checks, which was one of the topics at the hearing. The hearing was led by an appointed committee of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen
Text from original nitrate sleeve: SRA Investigation - LA March 1940; Phillips, John - Sen.; Daley, Jeanette; Picketing State Bldg. during hearing
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Picketing State Bldg during SRA Hearing Mar 1940
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0028059g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pickets--California--Los Angeles
Economy
Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Landmarks
Activism
Aerial views
Workers Alliance of America
California. State Relief Administration
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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