Word: davision
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mr. Davis* was born in a mill-town called Tredegar, 53 years ago-the son and grandson of stout iron workers. One day, when he was eight, his mother dragged him out from under his bed by the heels. He tried to grip the floor and got splinters in his...
And so, in western Pennsylvania son James J., aged eleven, took up the family art of iron-puddling. At 16, he was admitted to the union and soon was a master puddler. Many years later, when he had become Secretary of Labor, when he was reputedly worth a million dollars...
Mr. Davis puddled along in Sharon, Pa., and in Birmingham, Ala.; then he went to work in the tin-plate mill of William B. Leeds and Daniel G. Reid at Elwood, Ind. Three things began to happen to him in this town of 1,500 souls: 1) He became wealthy...
When President Harding was casting about for a Secretary of Labor in 1921, there was much talk as to whether he should pick a businessman or a laborite. He compromised and chose Mr. Davis, a man who still carried his union card but who thought well of the open shop...
*His real family name was Davies. His father, who could neither read nor write, signed X (his mark) on his citizenship papers; the registration clerk entered Davis. Davis has stuck.