by design | Oct 30, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John L. Lewis By Ray Hill Perhaps the most famous union leader in American history today is the late Jimmy Hoffa and that is most likely due to the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. For decades, the most prominent labor leader in the United States was John...
by design | Oct 23, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee and Right-to-Work, Part 4: The Tennessee Congressional Delegation and the Taft-Hartley Bill By Ray Hill Both Houses of Congress had passed the Taft-Hartley Bill, as both chambers had a majority of Republicans. The 1946 elections had been a terrific success...
by design | Oct 16, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Georgia Lusk of New Mexico By Ray Hill Like anyone fascinated with history, I always take special note of “firsts”; for instance the first person ever to be popularly elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee was also our longest-serving senator, Kenneth D....
by design | Oct 9, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee and Right-to-Work Part 3 The Tennessee Congressional Delegation and the Taft-Hartley Bill By Ray Hill Only two members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation in the House of Representatives had voted against the labor bill sponsored by Congressman...
by design | Sep 25, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee and Right-to-Work Part 2 The Tennessee Congressional Delegation and the Taft-Hartley Bill By Ray Hill The loss by Democrats of both Houses of Congress to the Republicans led to several proposed reforms in the federal government. Perhaps the signal...
by design | Sep 18, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Burning Down Washington, D.C. By Ray Hill Those cities which are also capitols for their respective countries are always highly cognizant of several things, not the least of which are social status and one’s address. In 1922, one of the more elegant and desirable...
