Kevin Starr Embattled Dreams California in War and Peace 1940-1950, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2002, 386 pp., 2002, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1930s
[p. 141] This is not to say that conflict was lacking, especially at Douglas, where Donald Douglas fiercely resented and resisted unionization. As far back as February 1937, Douglas had fired all CIO organizers in his Santa Monica plant. A sit-down strike followed. Some strikers poured flammable solvent on the floor and threatened to torch the place. Douglas went to court and secured indictments against 345 workers for forcible entry and occupancy. It took 350 police and sheriff's deputies to clear the plant. If Donald Douglas hated unions before this event, he certainly hated them after; and Local 683 returned the sentiment, excoriating Douglas as Donald Duck, the quacking union-basher.