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
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Catcalls Mark Hearing on Opera Wage Claims," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1935: A1. Approximately $4000 had been taken in at the box office and $918 had been paid in rent to Merle Armitage and the rest had been turned over to the opera company or paid out on bills. A crowd of women surround Arthur Johnson as he takes a piece of paper handed to him. Handwritten on negative: Opera Stars present claims to Arthur Johnson of Labor Comm. 12-10-35 Text from newspaper caption: Heated comments marked the hearing yesterday before Deputy Labor Commissioner Johnson of the claims of opera singers who assert they failed to receive all of their wages when the Los Angeles opera promoters encountered financial difficulties. Text from negative sleeve: 4026 - Merle Armitage Opera Stars present wage claims to Arthur Johnson 12-10-35 [stamped:] Dec 14 1935
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