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Nearly all hope of averting a walkout today has been abandoned by U

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Nearly all hope of averting a walkout today has been abandoned by U

Date5/23/1946

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Nearly all hope of averting a walkout today has been abandoned by U.S. authorities. Charles H. Buford; left; is federal manager of the government-seized railroads. J. Munroe Johnson is director of defence transportation

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0017435F

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