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Potash and Perlmutter on a looming coal strike
Abe Potash and Morris Perlmutter debate a threatened coal strike and its political ripples. They compare President Coolidge to a prizefighter, discuss how a strike could affect Florida real estate and the 1928 campaign, and joke about Dempsey’s orbit of fame versus Coolidge’s restraint.
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Mawruss
Abe Potash
Abe
Coolidge
Boston
Cal
Florida
Miami
Morris Perlmutter
New York
Chicago
President Coolidge
Morris
California
Hiram Johnson
Dempsey
New York State Prize Fighting Commission
Jake Dempsey
Map
New York State Boxing Commission
Boxing Commission
Will Hays
Rudolph Valentino
Mary Pickford
Gloria Swanson
Mr. Coolidge
Boston Police