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Pickets from the Workers Alliance protesting relief check cuts outside the State Building during S.R.A. hearings, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Arial view of pickets from the Workers Alliance outside the State Building during the State Relief Administration hearings. The Workers Alliance was protesting a 40% cut to relief checks, which was one of the topics at the hearing. The hearing was led by an appointed committee of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Pickets from the Workers Alliance protesting relief check cuts outside the State Building during S.R.A. hearings, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Pickets from the Workers Alliance protesting outside the State Building during S.R.A. hearings, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Pickets from the Workers Alliance outside the State Building during the State Relief Administration hearings. The Workers Alliance was protesting a 40% cut to relief checks, which was one of the topics at the hearing. The hearing was led by an appointed committee of seven Senators and eight Assemblymen
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Pickets from the Workers Alliance protesting outside the State Building during S.R.A. hearings, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

S.R.A. employee and whistleblower George R. Lane, Sacramento, February 11, 1940

Description:
State Relief Administration employee George R. Lane who was discharged by Los Angeles S.R.A. assistant director Katherine Kilbourne for signing a letter to the Legislature (along with five other employees) criticizing certain practices of the S.R.A. Lane was later reinstated by S.R.A. director Walter Chambers.
Date:
February 11, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
S.R.A. employee and whistleblower George R. Lane, Sacramento, February 11, 1940

Meeting of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A. held in the State Building, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
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. Senator John J. Phillips (back 4th from left) was elected chairman and Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley (back 3rd from left) was elected vice-chairman. 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
Meeting of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A. held in the State Building, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, 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
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, 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
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Committee vice-chairman, Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, 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
Assemblywoman Jeanette E. Daley, vice-chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Senator John J. Phillips, chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

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
Senator John J. Phillips, chairman of a legislative committee appointed to investigate the practices and policies of the S.R.A., Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, member 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

Description:
Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, part of the "little Dies committee" which 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.
Date:
February 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Assemblyman Jack B. Tenney, member 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