Chairman Madden came to Congress in 1942 with the objective that he would bring assistance to the common man. A friend of labor and a proponent for equality. his first goal when he arrived in Washington. DC. was to see that postal employees were given appropriate raises citing the lack of a compensation increase for 21 years. He was ultimately successful. Another area of interest was his commitment to the immigrant community. At the time. northwest Indiana was a melting pot. Chairman Madden worked hard to see that standards were provided to ease the transition of its relatively new immigrant population. In a 1981 interview sponsored by the former Members of Congress Association. Oral History Project.
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