Washington view on Russell Pace clash over the minimum wage bill
The piece critiques a southern-led coalition that added the Pace farm parity rider to the minimum wage bill to kill it. It notes northern Republicans and some Democrats joined, while key figures opposed. It warns the change would raise consumer costs and dodge farm-labor safeguards, predicting a veto and a dead end without Pace passage or a new parity bill.
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J. Hill
Alabama
Pepper
Florida
Barkley
Kentucky
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Ferguson
Michigan
Morse
Oregon
Aiken
Vermont
Senate
Pace
Secretary of Agriculture
Labor Department
National Grange
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
National Co-operatives
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Illinois
Lucas
Coalition
Congress
House
A 1956 Baby Speaks Apologies to Thomas Hood
A humorous recollection recalls a humble house with creaking walls and loose windows. The narrator pokes fun at modern gadgets and a G I loan, noting a veteran father’s regret over buying a mobile home and urging caution when purchasing a home in haste.
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Thomas Hood
Prohibition-Era Beer Scarcity Fears Return To Public Life
The piece foresees tight beer supplies this summer forcing service in punch glasses and requiring introductions, linking rationing to relief efforts in Europe. It laments effects on picnics and games and predicts public discontent, while noting new driving education programs for youths.
Want Ads Swap Books for Perennials in 1918 Mass
Reader seeks to trade titles such as Meet Mr Hypen The Dawn of a Tomorrow The Brick Moon Xit and Doe The Silver City for perennials in Massachusetts 1918 Yankee magazine mentions. Another note asks for geraniums in exchange for The Virginian and Quo Vadis with curious banter about marriage and a house with a spare room.
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Mr. Hypen
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