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Description:: A State Senate committee assembles to investigate favoritism that existed in the issuance of liquor licenses. Standing, left to right, Joseph Nolan, Sen. Ralph Swing, Sen. Henry McGuinness, H. Leslie Wiley, Sen. Jerrold Seawell. Sitting, left to right, Sen. Edward Tickle, Sen. Sanborn Young, Sen. Chriss Jersperson, Sen. Ben Hulse.
Date:: [circa July 3, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Committee chairman Senator John J. Phillips (center) at the meeting of a joint legislative committee composed of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen, which was appointed to investigate policies and practices of the State Relief Administration. Some topics discussed at the hearing included S.R.A. funding of crossing guards, the transfer of S.R.A. headquarters from San Francisco to Los Angeles, how the S.R.A. leases quarters, and financial conditions, including the controversial 40% cut of relief checks. This last point drew picketers from the Workers Alliance, who marched outside the State Building during the committee’s S.R.A. hearings.
Date:: March 5, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Military officials gather for a celebration of the American flag during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.
Date:: February 11, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Municipal Judge George S. Richardson sits behind the bench next to California's long-serving secretary of state Frank C. Jordan.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Group of elderly persons wait in line to complete an application for a pension under the Old Age Security Act.
Date:: September 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Elderly woman completes application for a pension under the Old Age Security Act.
Date:: September 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor stands next to Thomas Francis Ford while wearing a suit. He may be singing. O'Connor was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before becoming a federal judge, President Roosevelt appointed him Comptroller of the Currency in 1933. He served in this position during the Great Depression and resigned in 1938. Ford was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 14th congressional district from 1933-1945.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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