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Leon Joseph Whiting 1938

Leon Joseph Whiting was born on April 19, 1938 in Fitzroy North, VIC Australia to Carmel Maria (Beck) Whiting and Edwin Joseph Whiting. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leon Joseph Whiting.
Leon Joseph Whiting
April 19, 1938
Fitzroy North, VIC, 3068, Australia
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In 1938, in the year that Leon Joseph Whiting was born, 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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In 1949, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."
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