Interview with Ah Quon McElrath #5 10/12/95
Interview with Ah Quon McElrath conducted by Chris Conybeare and recorded on October 12, 1995 for the 1946: The Great Hawaiʻi Sugar Strike project. Topics include the various characters of the union and the sides of them not usually shown; her part-time jobs; Jack Hall's characteristics, impressions, and intelligence; Lou Goldblatt's skills in union organization, instincts, and piano playing; Harry Bridges' integrity; how the different types of people and their shared philosophy defined the direction the union would take; her family needing to earn a living as children; and identifying as working class.
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