Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Director of the California State Emergency Relief Administration Roy W. Pilling (left) speaks with George Copeland, who accused the E.R.A. of incompetence and claimed he was being paid for three jobs instead of the legal limit of one relief job per person. They stand in an office infront of a map and file cabinet. Director of the California Emergency Relief Administration Roy W. Pilling speaks with George Copeland, who accused the E.R.A. of incompetence and claimed he was being paid for three jobs instead of the legal limit of one relief job per person. This photograph 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 Mar. 1935: pg. 1. Text from newspaper caption: Roy W. Pilling (left), county relief director, and George J. Copeland, who declares he's holding three jobs and getting three pay checks under present system. Text from negative sleeve: Pilling, Roy, CAL. E.R.A., 1933 Handwritten on negative: Geo. I. Copeland, Roy W. Pilling
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11279 ark:/21198/zz002h992q
Subject
Public service employment--California--Los Angeles Pilling, Roy W., 1886-1937 California. Emergency Relief Administration Copeland, George
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