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Frederic C. Howe | |
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| Member of theCleveland City Council | |
| In office 1901–? | |
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| Born | Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-11-21)November 21, 1867 Meadville, Pennsylvania[1] |
| Died | August 3, 1940(1940-08-03) (aged 72) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Marie Jenney Howe |
| Alma mater | Miami University Johns Hopkins University Allegheny College |
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Frederic Clemson Howe (November 21, 1867 – August 3, 1940) was a progressive reformer, author, lawyer, member of theOhio Senate, aGeorgist[2] (advocate of a single tax), and Commissioner of Immigration of thePort of New York. He was also founder and president of theLeague of Small and Subject Nationalities.[3]
He received a bachelor's degree fromAllegheny College in 1889 and a Ph.D fromJohns Hopkins University in 1892. In 1901, he was elected toCleveland City Council,Ohio as a Republican. During his tenure, he became a key advisor toTom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland at that time. He ran for reelection as an independent, but lost. In 1904, he marriedMarie Jenney. He studied law atMiami University in Ohio.
In 1905, he published "The City: the Hope of Democracy", which the Oxford English Dictionary cites as the first use of the term "big business".[4] In New York, Howe was director of the People's Institute (1911-14) and commissioner of immigration for the port (1914-19).
In 1919, Howe was targeted during abombing spree, but was unharmed.[5]
On 27 July 1933,George N. Peek, head of theAgricultural Adjustment Administration, appointed Howe as the head of the Consumers' Counsel.[6] Howe was associated with other left-wing members of the Roosevelt administration.
Rexford Tugwell claimed that Howe was "the subject of vitriolic attacks by the business interests" and was "pictured as a Red".[7]Chester R. Davis now decided to get rid of Howe. He later recalled: "Fred Howe was a man of high ideals and very little practical sense. He was the 'turn the other cheek' type. He was a well-meaning man who permitted his organization to be loaded down with a group of people who were more concerned with stirring up discontent than they were with achieving the objectives of the act."[8]
Howe is buried inMeadville, Pennsylvania.
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