State Relief Administrator Walter Chambers (center, glasses) addressing a crowd of Worker's Alliance members protesting Chambers’s seemingly arbitrary 40% cut to checks given out to S.R.A. relief workers.
State Relief Administrator Walter Chambers (center, glasses) addressing a crowd of Worker's Alliance members protesting Chambers’s seemingly arbitrary 40% cut to checks given out to S.R.A. relief workers.
At the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles, reporter Jan Minagawa covers a rally in support of seven exchange students from South Vietnam who are facing deportation. He interviews three of the students who fear for their safety if they return to Vietnam after speaking out against the war and their government while in the United States. They talk about the treatment of political prisoners and the harassment and threats their families have been facing back home. Footage includes shots of the demonstrators and segments with reporter voiceover that lack picture.
Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience at this time.
Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, Robert Noble (facing left), surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience during this time.