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.
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County 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.
Joseph Ayeroff, former chairman of the Los Angeles County Young Democrats (i.e. the Young Democratic Club) and brother of East L.A. State Relief Administration director Samuel Ayeroff, at hearings for charges of Communist activity against several members of the L.A. County S.R.A. Joseph Ayeroff was accused of Communist activity by George Bertholon, former organizer of the Young Communist League. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses (including Ayeroff) for perjury, but no one was immediately fired.
Paul Cline, executive secretary of the Communist Party in Los Angeles, at hearings for charges of Communist activity in the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.). Cline was supenaed to appear before the "little Dies committee" which questioned several members of the S.R.A. 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.
East Los Angeles State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) director, Samuel J. Ayeroff at hearings for charges of Communist activity against several members of the L.A. County S.R.A. Ayeroff was named as an active member of the Young Communist League by one of its former organizers, George Bertholon. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses (including Ayeroff) for perjury, but no one was immediately fired
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County 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.
(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.
East Los Angeles State Relief Administration (S.R.A.) director, Samuel J. Ayeroff (center) at hearings for charges of Communist activity against several members of the L.A. County S.R.A. Ayeroff was named as an active member of the Young Communist League by one of its former organizers, George Bertholon. The hearings lasted only one day and ended with a recommendation that action be taken against some of the witnesses (including Ayeroff) for perjury, but no one was immediately fired. One of the men with Ayeroff in this photo may be his attorney, A.L. Wirin
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County 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.
Assemblyman Sam Yorty, chairman of the "little Dies committee" which questioned members of the Los Angeles County 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.
(Left to Right) Assemblymen Lee T. Bashore, Jack B. Tenney, Sam Yorty, Seth Millington, and Harrison W. Call, 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.
Former organizer for the Young Communist League, George Bertholon, at hearings for charges of Communist activity in the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.). On the witness stand, Bertholon accused several people 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.
Members of the Young Communist League; (left to right) Clara Sands, Palma Katz, Carl Ross, Della Nelson, and Virginia Hill sitting together on a couch. Carl Ross was the national Executive Secretary of the League and from New York. He later became the national Executive Secretary of American Youth for Democracy
Assemblymen Jack Tenney (left) and Sam Yorty at the hearings for charges of Communist activity in the Los Angeles County State Relief Administration (S.R.A.). Both were on the "little Dies committee" which questioned various members of the S.R.A. 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.
Seema Matlin is posing next to a window with wired glass. She is wearing a checked dress with a belt and a cardigan. Her right arm is raised and her hand grasps a window bar. Her left arm is bent and her hand rests on her waist. She is smiling at the camera.