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5 or 10 cents -- Which is Fair? [caption title]. [Wrapper title:] 5 [cent] Fare or 10 [cent] Fare: Which is Fair? by Cacchione, Peter - [ca. 1944?].

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5 or 10 cents -- Which is Fair? [caption title]. [Wrapper title:] 5 [cent] Fare or 10 [cent] Fare: Which is Fair? by Cacchione, Peter - [ca. 1944?].

5 or 10 cents -- Which is Fair? [caption title]. [Wrapper title:] 5 [cent] Fare or 10 [cent] Fare: Which is Fair?

by Cacchione, Peter

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(Brookyn:: Peter V. Cacchione),, [ca. 1944?].. First edition.. A trifle soiled and worn; a very good copy.. Small 8vo, original printed self wrappers, 23 pages. Illus. The Communist Party New York City Councilman from Brooklyn here makes the exptected arguments against the proposed subway fare hike and ties the proposals of the subway commission to large property owners looking for tax cuts; the transit union had apparently been willing to make the fare hike concession in order to secure wage increases.
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  • Edition First edition.
  • Publisher Peter V. Cacchione),
  • Place of Publication (Brookyn:
  • Date Published [ca. 1944?].

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5 or 10 cents -- which is fair? [Cover title: 5c Fare or 10c Fare. Which is Fair?]

5 or 10 cents -- which is fair? [Cover title: 5c Fare or 10c Fare. Which is Fair?]

by Cacchione, Peter V

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New York: Communist Political Association, 1942. Pamphlet. 23p., worn and soiled stapled wraps showing tears to top and bottom of spine fold, "Wartime" in ink near top of front cover. "An argument by a Communist member of the New York City Council in favor of keeping the five-cent fare on the New York subways. (This battle helped to break Michael Quill, head of the Transport Workers Union, and his organization away from the Party line, since the union supported the increase in order to win its wage demands.) *Seidman C3.
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