US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. E. Richard West, president of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, speaks at a meeting. Judge Clarence L. Kincaid is seated 3rd from the left (behind another man) and Leroy D. Owen is seated at the foreground table (2nd from left). As president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, E. Richard Smith guided their efforts to curb communism in 1934, assisted by other organization members, including Leroy D. Owen (realtor of industrial properties) and Judge Kincaid. These members are identified as participants in the "American Crusade" effort in the article "Many Back Red Attack: Junior Chamber Drive Aided," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jul. 1934: A1. Handwritten on negative: E. Richard West Text from negative sleeve: West, E. R. J. C. C., 1934
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4323 ark:/21198/zz002cq3f7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Public speaking--California--Los Angeles Anti-communism--California--Los Angeles Meetings--California--Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Owen, LeRoy D. (LeRoy David), 1897-1973 Kincaid, Clarence L Junior Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles West, E. Richard (Erling Richard), 1901-1970
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