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...THOMAS RANKIN Chester...
Across the Capitol in the House, Mississippi's John E. Rankin led the NLRB attack. Fighting the Board's request for a bigger appropriation to handle some 200 cases every month, Congressman Rankin swore he would oppose appropriating another dollar "until representatives of NLRB cease the communistic activities by which they are stirring up strife in every section of the country, and especially in the Southern States. I cannot withhold my protest until the streets of Southern towns and cities are stained with the blood of innocent people...
Slight, bushy-haired Congressman Rankin, has a reputation as a liberal, largely because of his ardent support of TVA, and his spleen seemed to be caused by labor trouble in Tupelo, Miss., the model TVA consumer town. There, declared Mr. Rankin, the way NLRB men had "helped destroy" the cotton mill and "the brutal manner in which they are now trying to destroy the garment factories" was "enough to stir the people of my State to revolt...
...Board's impartiality, flatly denied that he had asked for reports on the Board's work. In the President's opinion the fact that the Board had been attacked by both Labor and Capital was conclusive evidence that both sides were being fairly treated. Congressman Rankin's comment: "The President has evidently been misinformed. I know he means well...
...Washington awaiting President Roosevelt's signature last week was a claims bill passed by Congress paying $5,000 damages to Mrs. Allie Rankin of Wheelersburg, Ohio, for injuries suffered at her brother-in-law's Scioto County home when the floor of a WPA-built privy collapsed, putting her in such a predicament that it took her a half hour...