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William Wright Adams Jr 1924 - 2002

William Wright Adams Jr was born on February 22, 1924, and died at age 78 years old on July 30, 2002. William Adams was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section G3 Site 16 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Wright Adams Jr.

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    Branch of service: Us Merchant Marine Rank attained: AB Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1924, in the year that William Wright Adams Jr was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.
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In 1938, William was merely 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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