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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
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police officers control crowd of strikers during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Unidentified supporters of Dr. Francis Townsend's old-age pension plan attend to paperwork.
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A crowd of workers on strike from the Douglas Aircraft Corporation Plant in court. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police regulate a crowd of Robert Noble's supporters as Noble, a self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, enters court to face a misdemeanor charge. 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
Date:: November 3, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A crowd of Robert Noble's supporters cheering as Noble, a self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, enters court to face misdemeanor charges. 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
Date:: November 3, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia, center, presides over the Pacific coast regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. Boston Mayor Frederick Mansfield, left, served as Mr. La Guardia's secretary. Approximately 60 Pacific coast mayors attended the conference. Unemployment relief was a focal topic at the conference, which was held at Los Angeles' City Council chamber. May 15, 1937.
Date:: May 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: California state assemblymen Jack B. Tenney of San Diego, right, and Fred Muldoon of Ventura, left, participate in an interim committee on labor and capital. The interim committee was formed in order to assess the C.I.O./United Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union strike at the San Jacinto tunnel of the Colorado River aqueduct project. The committee met first on October 27, 1937 at the California state building in Sacramento.
Date:: October 27, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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