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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...third occasion she had overheard one of her bosses talking about "the $1,000 for Yankel." That, she explained, was their nickname for Andrew Jackson May. (Added a committee counsel: "Yiddish for Little Jack. . . . It means he is not too smart.") Said Eleanor Hall succinctly: "a bunch of crooks." Pretty, red-haired Jean Bates, a coworker, agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Still Calling Yankel | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

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