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Jerome L Backer 1920 - 2003

Jerome L Backer of Hightstown, Mercer County, NJ was born on September 6, 1920, and died at age 83 years old on December 25, 2003.
Jerome L Backer
Hightstown, Mercer County, NJ 08520
September 6, 1920
December 25, 2003
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Jerome L Backer's History: 1920 - 2003

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  • 09/6
    1920

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    September 6, 1920
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  • 12/25
    2003

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    December 25, 2003
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    Jerome L Backer lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1920, in the year that Jerome L Backer was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1938, Jerome was 18 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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