Manuscripts

Pegler, Westbrook

Description: Approx. 10 items: ih-house correspondence related to Pegler ; flyers and booklets prepared by National Maritime Union of America, criticizing Pegler's writings ; letter copy, 5/25/1943, from Franklin Roosevelt to Joseph Curran, Pres., National Maritime Union ; Notice run in LAT, 9/7/1944, opens "Westbrook Pegler will cease writing for The Times Sept. 9 ... His departure, however, is NOT the result of any disagreement between him and this newspaper," and closes "The Times wishes Mr. Pegler well (the complete notice runs approx. 400 words of explanation). Pegler's attitudes were considered by some to be right-wing, even to the degree that he sympathized with Nazism.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1940 - 1944
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Employees - Pegler, Westbrook

Manuscripts

1 item: "Notice," run in LAT 9/7/1944, "Westbrook Pegler will cease writing for The Times Sept. 9. (This) is NOT the result of any disagreement between him and this newspaper....The Times wishes Mr. Pegler well."--Norman Chandler

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Pegler, Westbrook

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: a collection of letters and one Pegler column transcript. The bulk of the material deals directly with "the discontinuance of Westbrook Pegler's column in the Times..." but there are no letters, as such, to or from Pegler. All the correspondence deals with reaction to Pegler's shift to a new distributor. He had been with the Scripps - Howard syndicate, he joined King Features Syndicate in September 1944.

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Los Angeles Times Editorial Policy and Content

Manuscripts

Correspondence, clippings, and other items related to the editorial policy of the Los Angeles Times. Correspondents and subjects include Philip Chandler; Norman Chandler; R.W. Trueblood; L.D. Hotchkiss; William Holden; Harry Carr; Grace Kingsley; Westbrook Pegler; Miles, Marvin; Gilbert espionage; Dick Hyland; L. Frank Baum; Southern Californians Inc.; Charles Owens; Sylvia Weaver; China correspondents; Irvin S. Cobb; and John Anson Ford. File of R. W. Trueblood, L. D. Hotchkiss, and William Holden.

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Departments - Employee Relations - Union Campaign - 1970

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items. Materials include: memos, form letters, cover letters, etc., from the period of time leading up to the 1970 pressmen's vote at LAT. The vote was conducted on 7/9/1970. The result of the vote was decertification of the pressman's union at LAT. The news brief that ran 7/10/1970 had the headline: "Times pressmen vote to leave union, 213 to 134."

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Departments - Employee Relations - Union Campaign - 1962

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items. Materials include: memos, form letters and other LAT tactics to persuade pressmen to reject unionization in 1962. One item, a mock-up of a newspaper is labeled "Los Angeles Times PRESSMAN," 4/9/1962, with Pg.1 headline, "Union is seeking control of Times pressroom jobs." The election was held 4/13, and an LAT story for 4/15/1962 ran the headline "Pressmen vote for union in Times election." The National Labor Relations Board sponsored the election. The LAT pressmen had rejected the union's representation in 1944, 1957 and 1959.

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Presentation to the Times Mirror Board of Directors

Manuscripts

1 item: approx. 45-pp. script headed "Los Angeles Times presentation to the Times Mirror Board of Directors" - Tom Johnson, 9/7/1983.

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