Roosevelt defends court plan amid new wage laws debate
President Roosevelt backs the Social Security Act ruling while signaling continued fight for his court bill. He cites four issues from the new wages and hours measure including child labor and minimum wage. The piece notes TVA flood control talks and housing eminent domain debates as part of the broader policy clash.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
TVA
Ohio
Raymond Moley
Brain Trust
Illinois Bankers’ Convention
Chicago
Moley
Ent
van Devanter
Roosevelt Urges Law Limiting Hours and Wages for Interstate Workers
A special message from Roosevelt asks Congress to regulate hours, wages, and child employment in interstate industries. Senate and House labor leaders introduced companion bills, aiming for swift action, with initial proposals of a 40 hour week and 40 cent minimum wage later left blank for Congress to decide. Stanley Baldwin hosts dinner as Neville Chamberlain takes office amid cabinet changes, with Britain preparing for potential war and empire resources. A London imperial conference forms a committee to ready for war, while disputes with American shipping over subsidies and Pacific competition surface.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Hugo L. Black
Senate Labor Committee
William R. Fronnery
Nouse Labor Committee
Senator Black
White House
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
London
Pacific
Ellender Bill Targets Foreign Bond Sales In U S Markets
The piece discusses bankers like J P Morgan facing a tougher climate for selling foreign government bonds in the United States. It explains Senator Allen Ellender’s bill to require proceeds equal par value minus a 2 percent service charge, aiming to narrow price spreads and curb overpricing. It also covers aviation funding debates and President Roosevelt’s push for broader budget power, amid court and government reorganization fights.
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J. P. Morgan and Company
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
House
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Securities Commission
Ellender
Commission
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
New York
World Court
St. Lawrence Seaway
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White House
Bell Syndicate
WNU
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Buffalo
Sharon Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Concern
C I. O
Pittsburgh
H. J. Heinz Company
Canning and Pickle Workers’ Union
A. F. of L
William Green
EADS
Cincinnati
Executive Council
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Progressive Miners’ Union
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Virginia
United Garment Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Sidney Hillman
John P. Frey
Federation
Metal Trades Department
Communist Party
Frey
Moscow
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Irks Air Officials
Panama Canal
Merce
Bureau of Air Commerce
America
Fred Fagg
Gene Vida
American Municipal Association
Uncle Sam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Federal Treasury
Air Bureau
Haynes & Strange
MyRick
Lubboce, Texas
Carl Rountree
Lamesa
Lamesa, Texas
J. P. Williams
Andrews, Texas
Midland Clinic
John B. Thomas
DR. H. Klapproth
B. W. Miller
Lubbock Sanitarium
J. T. Krueger
J. H. Stiles
Henrie E. Mast
J. T. Hutchinson
Ben B. Hutchinson
E. M. Blake
M. C. Overton
Arthur Jenkins
Dr. J. P. Lattimore
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Dr. O. R. Hand
R. H. McCarty
X-Ray & Laboratory
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J. K. Richardson
C. E. Hunt
J. H. Felton Business
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Lubbock, Texas
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M.D
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Wm. L. Baugh
Fred W. Standefer
Robert T. Canon
W. E. Cravens
General Medicine
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O. W. English
M.D. Ewell L. Hunt
C. C. Mansell
M.D. Dermatology
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M. H. Benson
T. L. Morgan
C. J. Hollingsworth
Edna Engle
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Buddy
W. Wall
Midland, Texas
J. B. Cotten
Telephone
Crane
Texas
HenDrick Funeral
Odessa, Texas
Rix Funeral Home
Paul A. Rix
E. V. Headlee
Headlee Hospital
Odessa
T. W. Haymes
Brown Building
Texas Avenue
R. S. Rich
First National Bank
Dr. Ferrell Farrington
First National Bank Building
O'Donnell, Texas
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