Labor Secretary and Michigan Governor get together with GMC officials in efforts to settle auto strike
Washington D.C. Shortly following their meeting with labor leaders this afternoon, Secretary of Labor Perkins and the Governor of Michigan Frank Murphy went into a conference with executives of General Motors in efforts to settle the strike of automobile workers. In the photograph, left to right (seated) Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; President General Motors; Secretary Perkins; Governor Frank Murphy; and William S. Knudsen. Back Row: John Thomas Smith; (left) Chairman Finance Committee, General Motors
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- 1937-01-21
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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