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Esch Cummins railroad bill faces fierce political backlash
Washington notes reveal anger over the Esch Cummins railway bill after its passage and the ensuing organized opposition. Labor, farmers, and veterans voices unite to punish supporters, while new probes threaten free press and civil liberties amid a growing farmer labor congressional committee.
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Washington
Rupblican
House
Senate
Congress
Organized Labor
Fsber
Theorby
Steenerson
Knutson
Newton, Volstead and
Anderson
Minnesota
Welch
Minnesota Society of Bauity
Young
North Dakota
Mondell
Steenlerson
Schall
Jackson H. Ralston
Davey
Husted
Sterling
Graham
Palmer
America
United States
Farmer-Labor Congressional Committee
Transportation Trust
Food Trust
Money
American Federation of Labor
New Congressional Committee
Gompers-Morrison-O’connell
Gompers
Progressive Farmer Organizations
George P. Hampton
Farmers' National Council
Warren S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
C. H. Gustafson
Nebraska State Farmers Union
All- American Farmer-Labor Co-Operative Commission
H. L. Bissonnette
Iowa State Union