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March 15, 1941

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Front Page 2 -- No Title; ORDERS POLICE AID IN DEFENSE STRIKE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

BUFFALO, March 14 -- The Bethlehem Steel Company and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, C. . 0., had a conference today at the Lackawanna plant and had "a very friendly meeting," according to Thomas M. Finn, conciliator of the United States Department of Labor, who arranged the meeting and participated in it. The session lasted three hours in the plant administration building.

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Notable Births

Mike Love

1941Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician[โ€ ]

Michael Edward Love is an American singer and songwriter who is one of the vocalists of the Beach Boys, of which he was an original member alongside his cousins Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson and their friend Al Jardine. He is the band's only constant member, appearing on all its albums, and following the death of Brian Wilson, he became the last-surviving familial co-founder. Characterized by his nasal tenor and occasional lower register singing, Love has been one of the band's vocalists for their entire career, contributing to each of their studio albums and often serving as their frontman for live performances. During the mid-1960s, he was one of Brian's main collaborators, contributing lyrics to hit records such as "Be True to Your School" (1963), "Fun, Fun, Fun" (1964), "I Get Around" (1964), "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965), "California Girls" (1965), and "Good Vibrations" (1966).

Song Zhenzhong

1941Song Zhenzhong, child internee and revolutionary martyr (died 1949)[โ€ ]

Song Zhenzhong, popularly known as Little Radish Head, was the son of Chinese Communist Party members Song Qiyun and Xu Linxia. Held by the Kuomintang for the majority of his life, he was killed together with his parents as part of a mass killing of detainees. He has been identified as "China's youngest martyr", and featured extensively in film and literature. He has also been commemorated with multiple monuments.

Notable Deaths

Alexej von Jawlensky

1941Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (born 1864)[โ€ ]

Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky, surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association, Der Blaue Reiter group and later Die Blaue Vier.