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...House Civil Service Committee how unfair the law is to marriageable lady jobholders, how it spoils their prospects with all the job-holding males in Washington. Some girls, she said, prefer to risk their souls in sin rather than risk their jobs in marriage. E. Claude Babcock, head of the American Federation of Government Employees, testified that he personally knew of at least nine cases of jobholders living together without benefit of matrimony. Before nightfall, the question of Spread-the-Work v. Spread-the-Sin had become an issue in Washington...
...floor of the House, John J. Cochran of St. Louis rose to defend the womanhood of the Government. Said he: "I wonder if Mr. Babcock gave any thought to the mental anguish he has caused, not only to the women but to their families back home...
Last week an investigation was completed, not by NRA but by the Federal Trade Commission. Attorney Harry A. Babcock of the Trade Commission appeared before the Senate Finance Committee, now taking testimony on a bill to extend NRA, to lay grave charges at the door of the fire hose industry. Rubber companies had conspired to fix the price of fire hose, said he, even before the Rubber Code was signed. "After the code was adopted," Attorney Babcock declared, "the conspiracy was perfected and consummated 100%." New York was not the only victim. When Milwaukee accepted a low bid on fire...
...Attorney Babcock proudly announced that it had taken him only ten days to investigate the "trust." Reason: The fire hose business is minuscule. New York City spent only $48,000 on fire hoses last year and $14,000 the year before, while other U. S. cities usually spend less. In 1933 the whole fire hose "trust" did only $2,600,000 worth of business...
...Burt '38, Hallock G. Campbell, Gr., Courtland Canby '36, Edward T. Canby, Gr., Robert S. Chafee '36, William V. Doering '38, George Ehrenfried '35, John H. Eric '37, Matin S. Erlanger '38, Eben H. Fiske ocC., H. Walter Forster '36, William Fraser '38, Richard L. Gregg '38, N. Babcock Groton '37, Arthur R. Hartwig '37, Morrison C. Haviland '37, Malcolm L. Hayward '38, Hugh F. Hinckley '87, James C. Hopkins '38, William A. Johnson '36, George Keller '37, Morris E. Lasker '38, John B. Little '36, David P. MacAllester '38, David MacDonald '36, A. William Marburg '37, Henry O. Marcy...