In early 1944, fearign a labor shortage, the Citizens Manpower Comimttee of Los Angeles staged a drive to induce war workers to Stay on the Job. The Committee took advantage oof the great Army andd Navy show at the Los Angeles Coliseum to ... Like so many other isntitutions in thbe area, the Los Angeles Coliseum was built by city boosters. It arose in 1923 and was nicreased in size in order to lure the 1932 Olympics to that city. The Coliseum well lilustrates the knid of ...