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Purge call targets 40 lawmakers in labor league list
A blacklist by John L. Lewis and E. L. Oliver marks over 40 members of Congress for opposition to wage hour and Roosevelt reforms. Names span House Rules Committee Democrats and Republicans, plus several senators and Democratic leaders. Oliver cites stance on the wage hour bill and opposition to reorganizing government. The list covers E. Cox, H. W. Smith, L. Lewis, J. L. Dies, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLO
Congress
John L. Lewis
E. L. Oliver
Labor
League
Committee For Industrial Organization
Oliver
Mr. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House Rules Committee
John J. O'Connor
Democratic Rules Committee
E. E. Cox
Georgia
House
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
James Roosevelt
Thomas G
Tommy the Cork
Massachusetts
Carl E. Mapes
Michigan
J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
Donald H. McLean
New Jersey
Lewis
Senators Tydings
Maryland
Adams
Colorado
Lonergan
Connecticut
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
A. P. Lamneck
Ohio
Leo Korialkowski
Illinois
R. L. Boughton
North Carolina
H. B. Steagall
Alabama
C. F. Lea
California
Fred.Cummings
C. J. White
Idaho
R. L. de Rouen
Louisiana
John Hankin
Wil Whittington
Mississippi
H. B. Coffee
Nebraska
Sam McReynolds
J. J. Mansfield
Fritz Lanahan
M. H. West
S. O. Bland
Joe Smith
West Virginia