Forefront: Close-up of Rexford Guy Tugwell sitting next to Byron Nicholson Scott in the center stage of the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Background: the auditorium is full of seated men and women. Patriotic decor is common, with the American and California flags in prominence, in addition to red-, white-, and blue-colored banners. Large speakers are placed on the stage, directed toward the audience. Tugwell was the Undersecretary of Agriculture and an agricultural economist who served under the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential administration. According to the article, he was invited by the Democratic State Central Committee to speak at the Olympic Auditorium, on 1801 S. Grand Avenue. He was resting in Palm Springs before his speech to fellow Democrats. Scott was a Democrat and the U.S. Representative for the 18th Congressional District, of which Los Angeles County was part of during this time period. (It no longer is included in this district.)
Forefront: Close-up of Rexford Guy Tugwell sitting next to a man in the center stage of the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Background: the auditorium is full of seated men and women. Large speakers are placed on the stage, directed toward the audience. Tugwell was the Undersecretary of Agriculture and an agricultural economist who served under the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential administration. According to the article, he was invited by the Democratic State Central Committee to speak at the Olympic Auditorium, on 1801 S. Grand Avenue. He was resting in Palm Springs before his speech to fellow Democrats.
