Meyer Adelman and Oakley Mills

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Title

Meyer Adelman and Oakley Mills

Subject

Adelman, Meyer, -1948
Mills, Oakley
Labor Leaders
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Labor Unions
Labor Unions--Officials and employees
Jails
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Fansteel, Inc.
Strikes and Lockouts
Iron and Steel Workers
Iron and Steel Workers--Labor Unions

Description

Meyer Adelman, a native of Poland, was a well known labor leader in the Midwest during the 1930s. Oakley Mills, Adelman's assistant, was a former coal miner from Virginia.

On verso: Waukegan, Ill., Mar. 9--Sit-Down Strikers Pay---Meyer Adelman and Oakley Mills, officials of steel workers organizing a committee, C.I.O., played cards as they started serving 240 and 180 day jail sentences, respectively, here today for ignoring an injunction forbidding a sit-down strike against the Fansteel Corp., in 1937. Eleven others also started their jail sentences on similar convictions."

Creator

Tribune Wirephoto

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1939-03-09

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

401117
Minneapolis Public Library Collection

Original Format

commercial print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

21 x 19 cm