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GENERAL JOHNSON SPEAKS ON PACIFIC STRIKE. BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. 7/17 & 7/19/34
HUGH SAMUEL JOHNSON, CHIEF OF NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION. TALK BY NRA ADMINISTRATOR REFERRING TO GENERAL STRIKE AS AN INSURRECTION. DECLARES STRIKE MUST STOP. SPEAKS AT PODIUM OUTSIDE. AUDIENCE IN SEATS. FROM MOVIETONE (22-692) STATE TROOPERS GUARDING THE LOADING OF PERISHABLES FROM TRUCK TO TRAIN CAR. POLICE WITH GUNS IN STREET AND ON THE SIDEWALK. TRUCK DELIVERIES. WOODEN BOXES BROUGHT INTO PRODUCE WAREHOUSES. NARRATION OF NEWSREEL ON SOME. LS DOWN SAN FRANCISCO STREET. LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAIT IN LINE TO GET INTO RESTAURANT. TANKS PATROL THE DOCKS. JOHNSON SPEAKS ON FDR'S BRAIN TRUST, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN STRIKE, AND SUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS IN LABOR. |
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SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE. SAN FRAN & BERKELEY, CA. 7/17 & 7/19/34
LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAIT TO ENTER RESTAURANT. CARS AT GAS STATION. MAYHEM, HECTIC. FRUITS & VEGTABLES UNLOADED UNDER GUARD OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS. |
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GENERAL STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 7/15/34
SOLDIERS IN TRUCKS ARRIVING ON EMBARCADERO WATERFRONT. TANKS. CROWD WALKING TO FERRIES, SINCE STREET CARS NOT OPERATING. POLICE WITH DRAWN GUNS QUESIONING CIVILIANS. BORDER PATROL AT THE WATERFRONT, TURNING PEOPLE AWAY. AUTOMOBILES PASSING BARRICADE. WATERFRONT SCENES. TANKS PATROLLING. COOKS ON DOCK MAKE FOOD FOR SOLDIERS. STATE TROOPERS RECEIVING ORDERS. STREET SCENES. CITY TRAFFIC, WIDE SHOTS. COMMUTERS. NEWSBOY SELLING NEWSPAPERS ON CORNER. |
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SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL STRIKE ENDS. CALIFORNIA. 7/19/34
TALK BY MAYOR ANGELO J. ROSSI. "WE WILL TOLERATE NO TYRANNY, EITHER OF COMMUNISM OR ANY OTHER INTERFERENCE WITH CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY." ROSSI REASSURES LABOR'S RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. ROSSI PLEDGING COOPERATION TO LABOR LEADER EDWARD J. VANDELEUR. TALK BY VANDELEUR. SHAKING HANDS. |
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AFL DEMANDS 30 HOUR WEEK. POLK HALL, SAN FRANCISCO. 10/1/34
SPEECH BY WILLIAM GREEN, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. PROPOSES 6 HOUR, 5 DAY WORK WEEK AS SOLUTION TO UNEMPLOYMENT. STATES THAT AFL IS AGAINST COMMUNISM & FACISM. OCCURRED DURING GREAT DEPRESSION. POWERFUL SPEECH. "COMMUNISM WILL NEVER GAIN A HOLD OF AMERICA". AUDIENCE LISTENS, APPLAUDS, STANDING OVATION. SITTING AT TABLES, CONVENTION. |
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AFL DEMANDS 30 HOUR WEEK. POLK HALL, SAN FRANCISCO. 10/1/34 SPEECH BY WILLIAM GREEN, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. PROPOSES 6 HOUR, 5 DAY WORK WEEK AS SOLUTION TO UNEMPLOYMENT. STATES THAT AFL IS AGAINST COMMUNISM & FACISM. OCCURRED DURING GREAT DEPRESSION. EMPTY PODIUM AFTER SPEECH. MAYOR ANGELO J. ROSSI MAKES SPEECH. AUDIENCE LISTENS, APPLAUDS
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NATIONAL INDUSTRY RECOVERY BOARD. WASHINGTON, D.C. 10/2/34
BOARD ESTABLISHED BY NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT HOLDS MEETING. NRA CHAIRMAN CALY WILLIAMS INTRODUCING MEMBERS. (L-R) WALTER HAMILTON, LEON HENDERSON, BLACKWELL SMITH, WILLIAMS, A.D. WHITESIDE, LEON C. MARSHALL AND SIDNEY HILLMAN. |
