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Walter C Benack 1924 - 2011

Walter C Benack of Vancouver, Clark County, WA was born on May 25, 1924, and died at age 86 years old on February 4, 2011.
Walter C Benack
Vancouver, Clark County, WA 98686
May 25, 1924
February 4, 2011
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  • 05/25
    1924

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    May 25, 1924
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  • 02/4
    2011

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    February 4, 2011
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    Walter C Benack lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1924, in the year that Walter C Benack was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1938, Walter was only 14 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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