Letter to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on behalf of President Franklin Roosevelt concerning the attached telegram sent to the President

 

Name
United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt) (Author)
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965 (Contributor)
Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951 (Contributor)
Title
Letter to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on behalf of President Franklin Roosevelt concerning the attached telegram sent to the President
Abstract
Stephen Early, secretary to President Franklin Roosevelt, forwarded to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins a telegram from the passengers of the SS President Hoover. The ship was unable to land in San Francisco due to the Pacific Coast Longshoremen's Strike of 1936. In Early's memo to Perkins, on behalf of the president, Perkins is asked to give the telegram and the situation 'consideration and appr opriate action'.
Collection Name
Frances Perkins Papers
Shelf Location
Box no. 61, Box 61
Subjects
San Francisco (Calif.); President Hoover (Steamship)
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Origin Information
Washington (D.C.)
Date
September 9 and 10, 1936
Note (Ownership)
Gift of Frances Perkins
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Also In
Frances Perkins
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8D2290X