1930's Government and Politics | The Proceedings and Transactions of a Conference of the Mayors of the State of Michigan

Proceedings

By: Mayors and Other Municipal Executives of the Cities of the State of Michigan

Date: May 18, 1932

Source: The Proceedings and Transactions of a Conference of the Mayors and Other Municipal Executives of the State of Michigan, Held at the Invitation and in the Office of Honorable Frank Murphy, Mayor of the City of Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday, May 18, 1932. Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich., 4, 5, 11–13, 15, 16, 38, 39, 40.

About the Author: Frank Murphy (1890–1949) was a compassionate and activist mayor of Detroit from 1930 to 1933. Taking office at the outset of the Depression he led the city through the most desperate years of the economic crisis. His courageous battle against the entrenched conservative approaches to dealing with the Depression won the attention of the nation and grudging respect from his...