A rally by steel strikers in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Fifteen thousand members of the United Mine Workers participate in a labor rally to voice their sympathy for CIO (Committee for Industrial Organization) steel workers engaged in a protracted strike. Vehicles drive past on a street amongst security. A huge crowd gathered to watch the rally during a heavy rain. An official speaks into a microphone from under an umbrella. People cover their heads with plastic sheets.
President Roosevelt halts Bethlehem Steel Corporation steel workers strike to keep peace in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. View of water main that supplies the company plant purportedly sabotaged by striking steel workers using dynamite explosion. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt calls on the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) to halt strike violence, insisting that the public is tired of the steel unrest. Exterior view of the White House. President Roosevelt seated at a desk writing in the White House. People standing on a road near a Bethlehem Steel factory. Several cars arriving at the factory grounds as striking workers look on.