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...York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, the U. S. Rubber Co., the Associated Press,* other clients have been "Mother" Jones and Eugene V. Debs, the National Window Glass Workers' Union, the Irish Free State. As a member of the Judiciary Committee of the House in the 62nd Congress, he sponsored the 'Clayton Act which declared that labor unions could not be prosecuted under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. As Solicitor General he upheld the Adamson Eight-Hour Law for railroad employes and prosecuted several anti-trust cases...
...school teachers of the U. S. made out the term grades, dusted their blackboards, shut their desks, drew their pay, boarded trains for Washington, D. C. There they swarmed upon the steps of the National Capitol for a vesper service that opened the 62nd annual meeting of the National Education Association. That organization now has 140,000 members, of which 80% are classroom teachers...
Died. Jefferson Monroe Levy, 72, politician, owner of Monticello, President Jefferson's home; in Manhattan, of heart disease. He represented New York City in the 56th, 62nd and 63rd Congresses, inherited Monticello from his uncle Uriah P. Levy who had bought it from the Rev. James C. Barclay who had purchased it from Mrs. Randolph, Mr. Jefferson's daughter. He was a brother of Mitchell A. C. Levy, president of many Hebrew organizations...
...higher temperature encountered on the Long Island field, gave the ship abnormal buoyancy and she rose unexpectedly from the ground. The enlisted men, when dragged a few feet from the ground, let go-as they are carefully trained to do. In his excitement, Private Aage Rasmussen, of the 62nd Aero Squadron, failed to let go; he was dragged aloft by the rope he was holding. He managed to swing this round his legs, and hung on. But not until it had reached a height of 400 feet could the crew of the TC2 cause the ship to descend by desperate...
...62nd Congress, of 92 Senators 61, or 66.3 per cent., are college graduates; and of these, three, or a little less than 3.3. per cent., are Harvard men. In the House of Representatives there are 391 members, of whom 256, or 65.5 per cent., have had a college education. Thirteen congressmen, or a little less than 3.3. per cent., are graduates of Harvard. It will be noticed that the percentages of college men and of Harvard graduates are almost identical in the Senate and the House. The figures for the House show an increase of three Harvard men since...