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William Cecil 1916 - 1999

William Cecil of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on June 2, 1916, and died at age 83 years old on June 12, 1999.
William Cecil
Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48238
June 2, 1916
June 12, 1999
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  • 06/2
    1916

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    June 2, 1916
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  • 06/12
    1999

    Death

    June 12, 1999
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    William Cecil lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1916, in the year that William Cecil was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1938, he was 22 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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