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...Roosevelt. Quick as a counterpunch, his textile workers, clothing workers, hosiery workers, Sidney Hillman of his executive board, defied him, plumped for a Third Term. John Lewis settled his chin in his neck and glared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: New Voices | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

...pages of indictment and proposals are the result of three years' investigation. They would still be the Commission's secret had not the Commission learned that communication circles had somehow "tapped its wires." Rather than give A. T. & T. a chance to prepare a counterpunch while FCC studied the report, lively little Chairman Frank R. McNinch decided to make Commissioner Walker's findings public at once. But he specifically told Congress that it "is not a report by the Commission, but is instead a report submitted to the Commission and is now being studied by the members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Faults Found | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

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