House Judiciary Subcommittee, 1955

Creator

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Date of Work

10-1955

Identification #

OGL21-33

Description

Six members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee gather for a photograph in Los Angeles in October 1955. The subcommittee was there for a hearing on claims lost by Japanese-Americans interned during the Second World War. From left to right: Unidentified, Cy Brickfield (Judiciary Subcommittee), Walter Lee (Judiciary Subcommittee), ? "Willis," Rep. Thomas Lane (Massachusetts), and Rep. Usher Burdick (North Dakota).

Usher Burdick had a long career in North Dakota politics and served in the North Dakota House of Representatives (1909-1911), as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota (1911-1913), and in the United States House of Representatives (1935-1945 and 1949-1959).

People Depicted

Cy Brickfield, Walter Lee, Thomas Lane, Usher Burdick

Rights

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota