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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!TEMPLEVM.BITNET!PRYLUCK
  3. Message-ID: <HISTORY%92072111301691@RUTVM1.BITNET>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.history
  5. Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 11:24:13 EDT
  6. Sender:       History <HISTORY@RUTVM1.BITNET>
  7. From:         Cal <PRYLUCK@TEMPLEVM.BITNET>
  8. Subject:      Re: meet John Doe
  9. In-Reply-To:  Message of Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:04:42 CST from <GA3545@SIUCVMB>
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  12. Again depending on my memory and a glance at a concise encylopedia:
  13. Francis Everett Townsend proposed "the Townsend Plan," described as a
  14. "simplistic old-age pension plan . . . its popularity contributed to the
  15. passage of social security legislation."
  16.  
  17. I believe he was associated with Gerald L. K. Smith's third party as, perhaps,
  18. vice-presidential candidate in 1936
  19.  
  20. Cal Pryluck                               <PRYLUCK@TEMPLEVM>
  21. Dept of Radio-Television-Film             <PRYLUCK@VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
  22. Temple University
  23. Philadelphia, PA 19122
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