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...burden falls on him because Madam Secretary Perkins is, in the eyes of Labor, an outsider. If she should retire, her job might be given to one of Franklin Roosevelt's liberal friends, such as Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York City, or it might be given to Ed McGrady...
...Pacific, 150 ships, some 65,000 men were idle, but neither strikers nor shipowners would give an inch. So discouraged was Mediator Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, that he bought a ticket for Washington canceled it only on orders from Madam Secretary Perkins. At week's end he felt somewhat better as both sides agreed to resume parleys, the strikers agreed to unload perishable goods...
...Atlantic and Gulf, 151 ships and 16,000 men were idle, according to Strikeleader Joseph Curran. Shipowners and Madam Perkins joined in calling these figures "exaggerated," but produced none of their own. Meanwhile, the three-cornered battle went on apace. Shipowners produced the old Red herring that the East Coast strikers were led by racketeering Communists. Using this as an excuse President John M. Franklin of International Mercantile Marine (which particularly hates Seaman Curran because he began his striking career on an I. M. M. ship last spring) requested New York City's special prosecutor of racketeering, Thomas...
...Madam Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins revealed that her private elevator in the new Labor Department Building has been used only once. Relief Administrator Harry Lloyd Hopkins entered it last year by mistake, was unable to get out, had to be extricated...
Saint: The world is waiting, Harry, the entire world and your friends in the glamorous Hollywood you loved so much. All are waiting. Please speak, Harry. . . . Call to him, Madam Houdini, call...