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John Lee Cox 1920 - 1994

John Lee Cox was born on July 9, 1920, and died at age 73 years old on January 29, 1994. John Cox was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section D Site 390 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Lee Cox.
John Lee Cox
July 9, 1920
January 29, 1994
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  • 07/9
    1920

    Birthday

    July 9, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: MSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 01/29
    1994

    Death

    January 29, 1994
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Willamette National Cemetery Section D Site 390 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1920, in the year that John Lee Cox 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 1933, John was only 13 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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