"Statement of James C. Garland, of Pineville, Ky."
Testimony
By: James C. Garland and Edward P. Costigan
Date: 1932
Source: "Statement of James C. Garland, of Pineville, Ky." In Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Manufactures, United States Senate, 72nd Congress, 1st Session, on S. Res. 178. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932, 6–7, 8–11, 12–13, 17–18.
About the Authors: James Garland was a coal miner from the Harlan Coal District. His family was from the region for as far back as Garland could recall. The twenty-seven-year-old miner had joined the United Mine Workers (UMW) union when he was thirteen.
Edward P. Costigan (1874–1939) was a Democratic Senator (1931–1937) from Colorado. The Harvard-educated lawyer began his career as a Progressive Republican. He helped form the Colorado Progressive Party in 1912 to support Theodore Roosevelt's presidential...
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1930's Business and the Economy Primary Sources
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