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| | Handbook of Texas Online: EDWARDS, GEORGE CLIFTON |
 | | George Clifton Edwards, attorney, one of five sons of William Mecklin and Elva (Gray) Edwards, was born in Dallas in 1876. |
 | | In his editorials for the Laborer Edwards advocated equal rights for fls, the abolition of child labor, compulsory education, the rights of workers to organize, a graduated income tax, public housing for low-income families, workmen's compensation, an eight-hour day, social security, and the abolition of capital punishment. |
 | | In 1910 Edwards was admitted to the bar, and he used his position as a lawyer to defend the causes he believed in. |
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