Industry Seeks New Deal in 1938 Platform
American industry urges a new deal to boost living standards arguing for repeal of unfair labor relations laws and burdensome taxes. The 1938 platform, presented by Charles R. Hook at the NAM convention in New York, calls for free domestic competition, merit-based employment, child labor limits, sweatshop laws, and limited federal regulation. It condemns the undistributed profits tax as inequitable and impractical, citing Brookings research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
N. A. M.’s Resolutions Committee
Brookings Institution
M. Slade Kendrick
Cornell University
Frederick Steiner
Republican
Oregon
Japanese Capture of Nanking Seen Imminent
Japanese forces reached Nanking and breached several city gates as they closed on the capital. Chinese defenses in the suburbs held firm briefly but failed to halt the advance. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife reportedly escaped by air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Changes in diplomatic service signal reshuffles
W. E. Dodd resigns as ambassador to Germany, with Hugh R. Wilson poised to take Berlin post. Dodd, once a University of Chicago historian, opposed Nazi policies and was regarded as persona non grata by Germany. Robert W. Bingham of Louisville remains ambassador to Great Britain as other postings shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Dodd
Germany
Washington
Hugh R. Wilson
Berlin
Dodd
University of Chicago
Old South
Robert W. Bingham
Louisville
Great Britain
U S Steel Forms Delaware Subsidiary for Readjustment
United States Steel announces a new company United States Steel Corporation of Delaware to supervise several subsidiaries. It comes into existence January 1 with nominal capital. Benjamin F. Fairless will be president, and all stock is held by United States Steel Corporation of New Jersey. Headquarters will be in Pittsburgh. Myron C. Taylor says this completes the readjustment plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation of Delaware
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation of New Jersey
Pittsburgh
Myron C. Taylor
Green Predicts Violence After Labor Peace Talks
President Green of the federation warned in Buffalo that peace negotiations between the A F L and the C I O may fail. He said the A F L could arm its forces if settlement is not reached soon and accused those dividing labor of being enemies of labor. In Dearborn sixty UAW members were arrested for distributing literature outside Ford, defying Mayor Carey’s order.
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A. F. of L
Green
Federation
Buffalo
Lewis
American Labor Movement
House of Labor
United Automobile Workers of America
John L. Carey
Dearborn
Ford Motor Company
Mellon Exonerated in Income Tax Fraud Case
Three months after Andrew W. Mellon death the United States board of tax appeals ruled unanimously that Mellon was not guilty of income tax fraud. The board, with an eight to seven decision, reduced the government’s claim on Mellon's 1931 income from 3,075,000 to about 750,000 and cleared the former head of the Aluminum Company of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon
Dolls In Blue Spark Christmas Joy Across Two Households
Dorothy May crafts two blue dressed dolls named Alice Blue and Eleanor Blue for Joan and her sister. Benny Jean receives a doll but regifts joy from the two blue dolls, embodying the season of giving as Dorothy May learns the value of generosity.
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Joan
Dorothy May
Santa Claus
Mother
Alice Blue
Elinor Blue
Bonny Jean
Santa
Benny Jean
Eleanor Blue
Dot
Western Newspaper Union
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Bingham
William Borah
Idaho
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Henry W. Edgerton
Antitrust Division
Department of Justice
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Joseph P. Kennedy
Federal Maritime Commission
SEC
United States
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
State Department
London
W. E. Dodd
U. S. Steel
Avice B. Palmer
Carter Field
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Power Company
Floyd L. Carlisle
Niagara and Hudson Power Company
White House
Willkie
Carlisle
House Committee
Ways and Means
Treasury
Senate
House
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Capitol Hill
Senate Agricultural Committee
E. D. Smith
Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Bell Syndicate
WNU
J. B. Cotten
Telephone
Crane
Texas
HenDrick Funeral
Odessa
Rix Funeral Home
Paul A. Rix
E. V. Headlee
Headlee Hospital
R. S. Rich
First National Bank
Odessa, Texas
DR. S. F. Honeycutt
Hendrick Bldg
Ford Agency
S. A. Waits
Henderson Drug Co
Haynes & Strange
Myrick
Lubbock, Texas
J. P. Williams
Andrews, Texas
Midland Clinic Hospital
John B. Thomas
Lubbock Sanitarium
J. T. Krueger
J. H. Stiles
Henrie E. Mast
J. T. Hutchinson
Ben B. Purekinace
E. M. Blair
Infants & Children
M. C. Overton
Arthur Jenkins
J. P. Lattimore
H. C. Maxwell
O. R. Hand
Internal Medicine
R. H. McCarty
James D. Wilson
J. K. Richardson
J. H. Felton Business
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