James Robert Mann

James Robert Mann 1856-1922, American legislator, b. McLean co., Ill. A Chicago lawyer, he held many local offices before serving (1897-1922) as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was (1910) one of the sponsors of the Mann-Elkins Act, which strengthened railroad-rate regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission , and he was author (1910), of the Mann Act, which forbade, under heavy penalties, the transportation of women from one state to another for immoral purposes. In the House, Mann introduced the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 and led the fight for an amendment to the Constitution granting suffrage to women.

Roberts, James (1835–92), designer. Born in Bath, England, he learned his trade as a scene painter in London theatres before coming to America in 1860. A meeting with Augustin Daly in 1869 led to his becoming Daly's chief set designer, and his work was seen in such memorable productions as Man and Wife (1870), Saratoga (1870), and the 1872 revival of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Injuries sustained in the burning of Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre left Roberts's hearing permanently impaired and his health weakened. He thereafter usually created only one or two sets for a production. Nevertheless he continued to be the house set designer until his death, so had a hand in all of Daly's triumphs of the time. His specialty was realistic interiors.

Hawke, Robert (James Lee) (1929– ) Australian statesman; Labor Prime Minister (1983–91). Hawke was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (1970–80) before becoming President (1973–78) and leader (1983–91) of the Labor Party. In 1990 he proposed a radical and controversial privatization programme but nevertheless won a fourth election victory, resigning a year later after losing his party's support.