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Robert H Gotwalt 1920 - 2004

Robert H Gotwalt of Havertown, Delaware County, PA was born on July 24, 1920, and died at age 83 years old on June 9, 2004.
Robert H Gotwalt
Havertown, Delaware County, PA 19083
July 24, 1920
June 9, 2004
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Robert H Gotwalt's History: 1920 - 2004

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  • 07/24
    1920

    Birthday

    July 24, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    York County, Pennsylvania United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 13101464 Enlisted: February 13, 1943 in New Cumberland Pennsylvania Military branch: No Branch Assignment Private Reserves - Exclusive Of Regular Army Reserve And Officers Of The Officers Reserve Corps On Active Duty Under The Thomason Act (officers And Enlisted Men -- O.r.c. And E.r.c., And Nurses-reserve Status) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • 06/9
    2004

    Death

    June 9, 2004
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Robert H Gotwalt was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1938, at the age of 18 years old, Robert was alive 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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