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Representative William J. Gallagher, 69-year-old retired Minneapolis street sweeper, had made his maiden speech: it was a nice, kindly plea for unity among the members of the House. Congressmen applauded. Majority Leader John W. McCormack was so impressed that he rose to praise old Bill Gallagher...
William J. Gallagher, 69, freshman New Deal Congressman from Minnesota, onetime Minneapolis street sweeper, warned Washington newsmen to stop snickering at his unstatesmanlike past. Fumed Representative Gallagher: "I am not ashamed of having worked. . . . One young man . . . wrote a story about me being stoop-shouldered and having gnarled hands. Well, I'll bet I can lick hell...
Home on the Range. In Kansas City, Mrs. Paul Fisher found the family radio out of order, the washing machine smashed, the carpet sweeper failing, sighed, "At least the ice box works." Her husband opened it and the door fell...
...Majesty's Stationery Office issued under the crushing title: "Statistics Relating to the War Effort of the United Kingdom." The London Observer had a better description: "Here at length is the arithmetic of blood, the chemistry of sweat, the accounting of tears." And Bill Bradshaw, a street sweeper in the City of London, summed up: "It's about time we bloody 'eroes 'ad a look...
...Sweeper. In Minneapolis, the discovery of a 10,000-vote tabulation error put snaggle-toothed William J. Gallagher, 69, a retired street sweeper, and Henry George, single-taxer, into the House. By sweeping out Richard Pillsbury Gale, 44, a sense-making Republican internationalist, Gallagher will trade a $25.48 a month city pension for a $10,000-a-year...