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Edward Obrien 1903 - 1982

Edward Obrien of Pawtucket, Providence County, RI was born on April 2, 1903, and died at age 78 years old in February 1982.
Edward Obrien
Pawtucket, Providence County, RI 02861
April 2, 1903
February 1982
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    1903

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    April 2, 1903
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  • 02/dd
    1982

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    February 1982
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    Edward Obrien lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1903, in the year that Edward Obrien was born, the United States Department of Commerce and Labor was created by President Theodore Roosevelt to control the excesses of big business. Renamed the Department of Commerce 10 years later, many departments concerned with workers were transferred to the Department of Labor at that time. Another spin-off, the Bureau of Corporations, became the Federal Trade Commission.
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In 1938, Edward was 35 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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