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Pelham St. George Bissell of Manhattan is a 48-year-old lawyer, a graduate of Columbia College and Law School, a Park Avenue socialite, a Republican, father of seven, past commander of four war veterans' societies. As President-Justice of New York City's Municipal Courts he earns $227.69 per week. David M. Zwanziger of Queens Borough is a 37-year-old engineer, a graduate of the College of the City of New York and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, who knows five languages. For months he had earned nothing until, last August, he got a WPA job as...

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