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Description:: From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Date:: December 12, 1938
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: (Left to right) Central Industrial Council (C.I.O.) Secretary C.H. Jordan, rubber union's international representative George Roberts, and attorney for the Unions A.L. Wirin at a city council meeting about an anti-picketing ordinance. Union leaders urged the mayor to veto the ordinance, while members of Southern Californians, Inc. wanted it signed. The issue eventually went to court, where the law was backed months later.
Date:: January 1938
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police and strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: October 19, 1945
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police on hand to deal with strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: October 19, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police on hand to deal with strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: October 19, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police outside Warner Bros. studio with the trash that is aftermath from the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: [October 19, 1945]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Japanese American workers return to harvest celery fields in Venice after going on strike. Approximately 200 celery cutters went on strike and returned to work for about 30 to 35 cents an hour.
Date:: April 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A crowd of workers gathered for a strike. Policemen and reporters are present.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: An unidentified man with a bloody nose lying on the ground during a workers' strike.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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