Opera singer Lawrence Tibbett chaired a citizens' committee promoting the bill, which was supported by Robert Montgomery, Theodore Dreiser, Lillian Gish, Martha Graham, Rockwell Kent, Hendrik Willem van Loon, and Sherwood Anderson, among others.

[3] The Fine Arts Federation of New York called the bill an attempt to unionize artists, warning that it would sap their creative spirit, and the advent of World War II led to its abandonment.

[4] In 1946 it was revealed during the Garsson/May investigation that Coffee had accepted a $2500 check from a Tacoma contractor in 1941 and failed to list it as a campaign contribution.

[5] Coffee was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress when he was defeated by Republican Thor Tollefson.

[6] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress