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...Charlotte, N. C., Farmer Roland Dagenhart brooded over the support of his large family, decided that the law would kill his constitutional right to keep his two sons, Reuben and John (both under 16), at work in a cotton mill. His complaint was upheld in district court; Farmer Dagenhart found his views so appealed to industry generally that a powerful Wall Street law firm undertook his case. His opponent was Federal Attorney William Cicero Hammer, and Mr. Hammer got himself some help, too-from the Solicitor-General of the U. S., a handsome lawyer named John W. Davis. The case...
Professor Perry ended his remarks with a complaint that the young men and women of the country spend too much of their time merely complaining at what they dislike without suggesting positive plans...
...Hoppy sucked cough drops to stave off a cold. His alternate moans and mumbles kept the jury awake during eight weeks of corporate figures, which few could follow. The court stenographer admitted that his "mind had lost its continuity." Defense Attorney Fred A. Ironside Jr. owned to the same complaint. So confused was the court at times that even Howard Hopson smiled...
...brief (1935 to 1937) movie career, in which she was not a great success, she sang arias 50 times running without a murmur of complaint. Lily Pons hates champagne, drinks little wine, likes Coca-Cola, touches hard liquor and cigarets not at all. She still feels faintly seasick all day before a concert or opera performance...
Most of the group had graduated from college in their teens, got modest jobs as teachers, writers, doctors, lawyers, secretaries, housewives. Most successful: Dr. Eugene Lozner, 26, an authority on nutrition. None was unemployed. But they had many a complaint of social maladjustment...