Copy of telegram from President Franklin Roosevelt to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins about Pacific Coast Strike

Name:: United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt) (Author); Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965 (Contributor)
Title:: Copy of telegram from President Franklin Roosevelt to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins about Pacific Coast Strike
Abstract:: During the Pacific Coast strike of 1934, that began on May 9, Roosevelt was vacationing on the USS Houston, sailing from Norfolk to Hawaii via the Panama Canal. Here he sends Perkins instructions, writing: â€œIf you think advisable you can issue any statement or offer as coming from me or with my approval.â€� Although there were calls for him to return to Washington, as he notes here, â€œit is at p resent best for me not to consider change my itinerary.â€�
Collection Name:: Frances Perkins Papers
Shelf Location:: Box no. 106C, Box 106C
Subjects:: Pacific Coast Longshoremen's Strike, 1934
Format:: correspondence
Genre:: correspondence
Origin Information:: 1934-03
Date:: circa March 1934
Note (Ownership):: Gift of Susanna Perkins Coggeshall, 1970
Language:: English
Library Location:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Digital Project:: Frances Perkins
Persistent URL:: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8RJ4WTD