Labor Committee report on East St. Louis race riots, 1917.

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Labor Committee report on East St. Louis race riots, 1917.

East St. Louis race riot investigation report includes committee findings; witness testimony; investigation procedure rules; telegrams requesting the investigations; and the East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce's resolution to investigate the riots.

ledger 1 volume..1 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7395501

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I)

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The Illinois State Council of Defense, comprised of fifteen gubernatorially appointed defense experts, was created on May 2, 1917 and served for the duration of WWI. Council duties included assisting and cooperating with the Council of National Defense and other state councils of defense; recommending necessary defense legislation; and administering state defense plans established with the Council of National Defense. Besides the authority to adopt its own procedures; the council could form comm...

East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce (Ill.)

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Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I). Labor Committee.

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