Members of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Members of the "little Dies committee" at hearings for charges of Communist activity against members of the Los Angeles County S.R.A., Feb. 5, 1940

Date Created

February 5, 1940

Date

1940-02-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

(Left to Right) Assemblymen Lee T. Bashore, Jack B. Tenney, Sam Yorty, Seth Millington, and Harrison W. Call, the "little Dies committee" who questioned members of the Los Angeles Country State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) on charges of Communist activity. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L - R Lee Bashore - Jack Tenney - Sam Yorty - Seth Millington - Harrison Call

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Bashore, Lee T.
Tenney, Jack B. (Jack Breckinridge), 1898-1970
Call, Harrison W.
California. State Relief Administration
Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998
Millington, Seth

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Governmental investigations--California--Los Angeles
Anti-apartheid movements--California--Los Angeles County
Communism--California--Los Angeles
Legislators--California