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Died. Representative John Lesinski, 65, veteran Democratic Congressman, champion of labor as chairman of the influential House Education and Labor Committee, undeviating foe of the Taft-Hartley Act; of a heart attack; in Dearborn, Mich. John Lesinski was sent to Congress in 1933 as the first Representative of Michigan's newly created 16th congressional district; a labor-minded area sent him back for the next 17 years...
Somewhere under the determined rump of Chairman John Lesinski of the House Education and Labor Committee there rest a half-dozen bills to provide $300,000,000 federal aid to education. They are not expected to emerge in time for action during this session of Congress...
...school system is in bad shape, and all propose to give the 48 States some federal money to ease the situation. Unfortunately one of these proposals, the Barden Bill, has raised such a violent religious and political row that the 25 members of the Education Committee, inspired by Mr. Lesinski's example have retired to their fences, with every intention of remaining there for some time...
...urged the House Labor and Education Committee to end delay in reporting out the bill (Barden Bill) and called on committee chairman Representative John Lesinski (D., Mich.) to exercise all possible effort to bring congressional action to bear on the bill...
...moment the bill was opened to amendments from the floor, Georgia's John Stephens Wood was on his feet. He offered an "amendment" which was actually an entire bill. Congressman Wood's proposal would, in effect, re-enact the Taft-Hartley Act. The fight promptly became: Lesinski bill v. Wood bill...