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...Bills. Nebraska's Senator Wherry wanted to know John Alessi's total earnings. They totaled $2,320 a year, John Alessi said, but he had a big explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Regular Man from Brooklyn | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

Before a Senate subcommittee came John Alessi, 43, of Brooklyn. Mr. Alessi, a gaunt, nervous man of Italian descent, drives a truck for New York City's Sanitation Department. He is the father of three, and wore, fittingly, a white collar in his appearance before the committee, which is investigating "whitecollar" working conditions. He was supposed to be just a minor witness, to illustrate the ponderous cost-of-living figures spread before the committee by C.I.O. president Phil Murray. But Mr. Alessi stole the show. He has had a bad time of it ever since 1929. Now things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Regular Man from Brooklyn | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

Garnisheed Money. Committee members reeled under this drumfire of hard-luck statements. But John Alessi went on to testify that his false teeth cost $105, that his rent is $38 (which is reduced to $30 because his wife tends the apartment furnace), that his pay is garnisheed $3.78 a week by the National City Bank, that he has to buy three quarts of milk a day for his children. This last reminded John Alessi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Regular Man from Brooklyn | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

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