Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryCaption: "Good news for Brooklyn Yard--Representative Francis E. Dorn, Brooklyn Republican, Navy officials and two representatives of employee groups at the Brooklyn Navy Yard point to the subject [on a large globe] of their Washington talks after conference on planned job cuts at the borough yard. As a result of the conference, the original 10 percent cut, meaning 2,000 jobs, was scaled down to less than 8 percent, or 1,500 jobs. Left to right are Rear Admiral W. D. Leggett, Thomas Curry, Dorn, Secretary of the Navy Robert Anderson, and Hugh Breslin [wearing a neck brace]." Image includes an unidentified man sitting in upper right background.
SubjectDorn, Francis E. (Francis Edwin), 1911-1987 ; United States. Navy -- Officers -- New York (State) -- New York ; United States. Navy Department -- Officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; New York Naval Shipyard ; Globes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Legislators -- New York (State) -- New York
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