[027411] (Americana - Ireland - Manuscript - Irish-American Relations - Martin J. Kennedy). 1938 Congressional Record Speech on the Wages-and-Hours Bill By Martin J. Kennedy (1892 - 1955) U.S. Congressman, to the Editor of the NY Irish World Newspaper. Washington, DC:

A copy of the Congressional Record with Kennedy’s radio address on the Wages-and-Hours Bill, of May 13 1938, with the envelope addressed to the Irish World, that has the Bill’s imprint & explanatory text. The Bill was aimed at relieving the pressures of the working-man due to automation & sweat-shop competition.

Martin J. Kennedy (1892 - 1955) Irish-American U.S. Congressman and businessman from New York. Mailing envelope, free-franked in print by Kennedy; soiled; Cong. Record approx. 9” x 11  3/8 size, in very good condition.