Procedure In US House Of Representatives Inscribed to Claire Sifton
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Signed copy of the US House of Representatives ‘ Rules presented to playwright and activist , Claire Sifton
Cannon’s Procedure In The House Of Representatives; 78th Congress, 2d Session. House Document No. 675. By Clarence Canon. United States Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C. 1945. Fourth edition. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper to “Mrs. Paul Sifton”, Claire Ginsburg Sifton, dated January 22, 1946.
A solid copy of Missouri Congressman Clarence Cannon’s well-esteemed procedural rule book for the US House of Representatives, inscribed to a unique literary figure who became one of the earliest modern lobbyists.
Claire Sifton (1897-1980) was a playwright, political activist, and Editorial consultant for the National Education Association and the U.S. Children’s Bureau. Along with her husband Paul Field Sifton she was an influential early member of the Group Theatre in New York City, co-writing their Broadway debut 1931– in the eponymous year. Drawn to social reform from social theater, Paul Field’s war time work with the National Farmer’s Union and the Union For Democratic Action pulled the pair into Washington politics where they remained active as lobbyists and writers for nearly 20 years.
It is interesting to note that this inscription marks the beginning of the post-war reorganization of the Children’s Bureau and aligns with Paul Sifton’s work on behalf of the United Auto Workers Union (as well as the founding of the CIA).
8vo, 435pp + 65 index, flexible leather boards. Wear to front board edges and corners, top corner worn with losses. Spine worn at front and back hinges with vertical reading crease at center. Some wear to fore edges. Front pastedown loose at lower fore corner. Inscribed by author in pen on title. Pages toned but clean, some pages marked with pieces of card. Index pink. Good condition.
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