This May Remind Someone of Prohibition. May 20 But really it bears no relation to a "speak" where only the well-known could enter. At the peephole is the doorkeeper who is admitting only those he recognizes as members of the Riverside, Atlanta, local of the old United Textile Workers. They were meeting to consider CIO membership at the request of A. Steve Nance, southern director of the Textile Workers Organization Committee of CIO. The man seeking entrance also seems to be giving some sort of signal.
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This May Remind Someone of Prohibition. May 20 But really it bears no relation to a "speak" where only the well-known could enter. At the peephole is the doorkeeper who is admitting only those he recognizes as members of the Riverside, Atlanta, local of the old United Textile Workers. They were meeting to consider CIO membership at the request of A. Steve Nance, southern director of the Textile Workers Organization Committee of CIO. The man seeking entrance also seems to be giving some sort of signal.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1937]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Textile Workers: U.S.

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