Labor Secretary Frances Perkins makes statement at her impeachment hearing in Washington, DC
MS Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, standing with paper in hand / SOT Perkins talks about the cases of Harry Bridges and Joseph George Strecker who were accused of communism an her views on those accused of communism; she says she is not a Communist; "I regard many of their tactics as an impediment to the efficient functioning of the Government as well as of society at large. I find in their insistence on party authority and their emphasis on class struggle, their conception of a dictatorship of one class and their oft-repeated contempt for religion and negation of that individual liberty and that development of the human personality for which in this country and in every democracy is the most important aspect"





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Editorial #:
2120589444
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
February 08, 1939
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:01:38:11
Location:
Washington DC, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006027_01_02
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