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William Edward Downey 1933 - 2002

William Edward Downey of Jackson, Jackson County, MI was born on September 23, 1933, and died at age 68 years old on February 10, 2002. William Downey was buried at Ft. Custer National Cemetery Section M Site 15 15501 Dickman Road - No. Entrance Svc Maintenance Bldg, in Augusta.

William Edward Downey

Jackson, Jackson County, MI 49203

September 23, 1933

February 10, 2002

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09/23

1933

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September 23, 1933

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Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: FN Wars/Conflicts: Korea
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2002

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February 10, 2002

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Ft. Custer National Cemetery Section M Site 15 15501 Dickman Road - No. Entrance Svc Maintenance Bldg, in Augusta, Mi 49012
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William Edward Downey lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.

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In 1933, in the year that William Edward Downey was born, 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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In 1947, when he was merely 14 years old, on November 25th, the Hollywood "Black List" was created by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Ten Hollywood writers and directors had refused to testify to the Committee regarding "Communists" or "Reds" in the movie industry. The next day, the blacklist was created and they were fired.

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