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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
10
The author argues for cleaner union leadership, condemning racketeering and demoralization within the labor movement. He urges expulsion of corrupt members, calls for balanced hours and wages, and warns of an emerging autocracy of craftsmen if current systems persist, while endorsing the Wagner Act as a positive but imperfect step.
The article notes the death of Ernst Toller, a leading German exile in America, describing it as a tragic act amid political despair. Berlin Nazi rejoicing is mentioned while highlighting Toller's lifelong commitment to the Spanish cause and his disillusionment with democracies' betrayal.
The piece notes Georgia's new libel statute requiring written notice to the publisher before suit and allowing only damages proven in court if a correction is printed. It argues the rule will deter baseless suits and suggests other regions copy the approach.
The article argues about the patient physician bond in private practice versus state aided systems. It cites a study of 365 low income New York families showing two thirds lacked a regular family physician and moved between doctors or clinics when care was needed, challenging rosy portrayals of private practice.
Massachusetts woman leader challenges Eleanor Roosevelt over the keep the wives in the home movement. She argues that working wives threaten American democracy by duplicating family labor and depressing wages while supporters say practical appliances ease home burdens and enable emancipation from domestic drudgery.
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