The Hooks

Joe Hook lives with his father & mother in Ironwood, Mich. Three other Hook boys have families of their own. With one exception, the Hooks have not found worldly success. Brother Lawrence Hook, father of one, was on relief until last June. So were Father Michael Hook, Mother Mary Hook and Brother Joe Hook until this month, when Joe got a job. Still on relief last week were Brothers Herman and George Hook, each the father of two. The single exception to the general Hook haplessness is Brother Frank, father of two, a onetime city commissioner, county supervisor and municipal judge who since last January has been receiving $833.33 per month as U. S. Representative from Michigan.

Swart, pompous little Representative Hook housed himself, wife & daughters in Washington's swank, expensive Westchester Apartments last winter. Cried he, when the Hook family's extraordinary financial relations with the Government were publicized last week: "I'm not a bit ashamed! I'd rather have them that way, drawing honest relief from the Government, than become thieves. I have sup ported them all my life and I do not intend to do it again while other people are receiving relief."

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