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THE 1930s: LAW AND JUSTICE

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGY 258
OVERVIEW 263
TOPICS IN THE NEWS

The Antilynching Bill—264
Lynching and the Law—266
Bandits and Gangsters—267
Harry J. Anslinger and the
Bureau of Narcotics •—268
Civil Unrest and the Bonus
Army—270
The Ludlonv Amendment—271
The Wickersham
Commission—272
Crime and Punishment—272
Crime and Politics—273
Developments in the Legal
Profession—275
Labor and the Law—276
The Lindbergh Kidnapping—278
The New Federalism and
Erie Railroad v.
Tompkins—279
President Roosevelt's Court-Packing Plan—280
"Federal Judiciary Facts—280
Prohibition and the Twenty-First Amendment—283
The Scottsboro Boys—284
The Seabury Investigation and
Municipal Corruption—286
Race Consciousness—287

HEADLINE MAKERS

Arizona Clark "Kate" or "Ma"
Barker—288
Hugo Black—289
Benjamin V. Cohen—290
J. Edgar Hoover—291
Charles Evans Hughes-—292
Thomas J. Mooney—294

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 296
DEATHS 298
PUBLICATIONS 300

Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.