2007.500.150

Tape 225, 226 DiLavore, JAck
Born: March 4, 1905
Died: September 2000
Occupation: Mill worker
Ethnic Background: Italian
Interviewer: Yildray Erdener
Comments: Mr. DiLavore was a musician with the Arlington Mills. His descriptions on this tape include: the mill strike of 1912. Picketing stories, strike leader Joe Annetti. How families helped each other. His duties as a child, after school, while his mother worked. He began working in the mills at age 13, and continued his education going to night school. He started out as a doffer in the Wood Mill and later worked in the Arlington Mill as a pin setter. He gives a very detailed description of this job. He also describes the "job ladder" of the mills. He recalls what people did to keep their jobs. He also talks about mill strikes in 1912, 1918, 1919. What the reasons were for the strikes. There is a brief mention of Sacco and Venzetti coming to Lawrence. How Roosevelt helped during the depression. How people looked for work. "Jobbing" in a neighbor's home for the southern mills. The difference working for Raytheon and WE.

SG Tapes# 25 & 26
See also #338

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