The Fight for Labor Rights: Helen Gahagan Douglas' Speech on the Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_014_5_171_3_0024
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- The Fight for Labor Rights: Helen Gahagan Douglas' Speech on the Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act
- Date Created:
- 1944-10-18
- EDTF:
- 1944-10-18
- Creator:
- Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/67
- Description:
- Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas delivered a radio address discussing the failure of the Seventy-ninth Congress to pass the Wagner-Ellender-Taft Housing Bill, which would have provided low-cost housing units. She highlighted the negative impact of this failure on veterans and the national housing shortage. Douglas outlined the provisions of the bill and stressed the importance of reintroducing and passing it in order to address the housing crisis in America.
- Topic:
- Housing policy--United States
- Congress:
- 78th (1943-1945)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_14_5_0000, Box 171, Folder 3, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 7 Pages