James M Landis - Walter Stacy - Harry A Millis - 1938-10-29
Left to right:, Dean of Harvard Law School;, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina; and Dr., Chair, Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. Landis, Stacy, and Millis were the three members of a fact-finding board appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (pursuant to his powers under the Railway Labor Act) to investigate and make recommendations to the President regarding a major labor dispute. The Chicago Great Western Railroad had demanded a 15 percent wage cut affecting 960,000 workers. The fact-finding board vetoed its request. This photo was taken October 29, 1938, as the board made its report to the President.
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- 1938-10-29
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- Harris & Ewing
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