La Follette Civil Liberties Committee Begins Investigation Exposing Corporate Union-Busting and Industrial Espionage
The Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor, chaired by Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin, begins hearings on June 6, 1936, launching a four-year investigation that systematically exposes the violent and illegal tactics American corporations use to suppress union organizing. The La …
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