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Roy Pilling shortly after he was named head of the California Emergency Relief Administration, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Roy Pilling shortly after he was named head of the California Emergency Relief Administration, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [March 18, 1935]
1935-03-18
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Roy Pilling seated at his desk, shortly after he was named head of the California Emergency Relief Administration. Pilling was defending charges that the E.R.A. was inefficient and allowing people to receive more benefits than they were entitled to by law.
A different photograph of Roy Pilling taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "RELIEF RULE FOR COUNTY UNDER FIRE: Attack Made by Mrs. Splivalo Man Introduced Who Says He's Holding Three Jobs Through Aid System. COUNTY'S RELIEF ADMINISTRATION UNDER ATTACK," Los Angeles Times, 19 March 1935: 1.
Handwritten on negative: Roy W. Pilling
Text from negative sleeve: Pilling, Roy; CAL. E.R.A., 1933
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11278
ark:/21198/zz002h9916
Subject: Public service employment--California--Los Angeles
California. Emergency Relief Administration
Pilling, Roy W., 1886-1937
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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