Gottlieb criticism crop Folder 3 Newspaper 02-08-47 b story

Excerpt from Wendell Smith article in the Pittsburgh Courier, February 8, 1947 Link to more on Eddie Gottlieb

Eddie Gottlieb (Philadelphia Stars), Connie Mack (Philadelphia Athletics), Louis Schwarts (Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Philadelphia district) & Gerald Nugent (Philadelphia Phillies). The four men met in 1933 to discuss a bill introduced by Schwarts that allowed local jurisdictions to vote on whether Sunday sports would be legalized in their area. The bill passed shortly after this meeting. Philadelphia voted to allow Sunday sporting events shortly thereafter, although many other parts of Pennsylvania resisted such change. BL_4789_72 (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)