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Beating around and through the bush of recent labor-management scuffles, critics had flushed out a scapenannygoat, the Labor Secretary. Congressmen bayed on her trail. Washington wags cracked: the only reason she still holds office is that the President is too much of a gentleman to ask a lady for her seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Madam Secretary | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

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