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"
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"
From left to right, Mmes. John W. Condon, Anne L. Taylor, Bessie I. Ryan, Howard M. Jay, and Los Angeles County Federation of Women's Clubs President Mrs. Harry E. Willits at a picnic meeting of county women's club presidents and chairmen. The event was held at the home of Mrs. Howard M. Jay on July 10, 1939 to discuss club legislative issues
From left to right, Mmes. John W. Condon, Anne L. Taylor, Bessie I. Ryan, Howard M. Jay, and Los Angeles County Federation of Women's Clubs President Mrs. Harry E. Willits at a picnic meeting of county women's club presidents and chairmen. The event was held at the home of Mrs. Howard M. Jay on July 10, 1939 to discuss club legislative issues
Los Angeles County Federation of Women's Clubs President Mrs. Harry E. Willits (left) pouring a beverage for extension secretary Mrs. Howard M. Jay at a picnic meeting of county women's club presidents and chairmen. The event was held at the home of Mrs. Howard M. Jay on July 10, 1939 to discuss club legislative issues
McLaughlin was California State WPA (works Progress Administration) head, Haggerty and Hart were labor union leaders, Connolly was LA county Public Works Administrator, Hammond is unknown. Possibly related to WPA dealings.
Mrs. Walter S. Van Dyke and Archibald B. Young of the Citizen's Relief Committee at a meeting with Clayton E. Triggs, director of the Los Angeles County Relief Administration discussing a potential dole increase for unemployment relief.