The march of time № 23301 (1934)

Newsreel №64591, 1 part, duration: 0:03:19, black-white

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USA. The trial of Fred Perkins.

Fred Perkins - owner of a small industrial plant, is shown at home with his family (wife, two kids), at work, surrounded by workers, in prison, in court.

Perkins was convicted of the National Recovery Administration for refusing to raise the minimum wages of their workers, but the US Supreme Court acquitted him.

Perkins agreed with workers payment, beyond which he could not pay, or he would have ruined

Key words

US court, personalities, family, children

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