Deaths

Grace Abbott, 61, social worker, head of the U.S. Children's Bureau (1921—1934), active in shaping New Deal policies, 19 June 1939.

Jane Addams, 74, social worker, the first president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize, 21 May 1935.

Newton D. Baker, 66, secretary of war (1916-1921) under President Woodrow Wilson, 25 December 1937.

Albert Sidney Burleson, 74, U.S. congressman from Texas (1899-1913), postmaster general (1913-1921) under President Wilson, 24 November 1937.

Pierce Butler, 83, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1923-1939), one of the four conservative justices who opposed the New Deal, 16 November 1939.

Joseph Wellington Byrns, 66, U.S. congressman from Tennessee (1909—1936), majority leader of the House of Representatives (1932-1935), and speaker of the House of...

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