Wagner act debate pushes new labor policy across Washington
President Roosevelt faces calls for stronger labor safeguards as Perkins invites 33 industry and labor leaders to private talks in Washington. Critics debate enlarging the Supreme Court to support New Deal reforms and tighten labor rights under the Wagner act amid mounting political pressure and public policy shifts.
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Supreme Court
Meira Cole
Perkins
Washington
Madame Perkins
William Green
Aparican Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Gerard Swope
General Electric Corporation
Harper Sibley
United States Chamber of Commerce
Trades Union Act
Problg
Roosevelt
Roberts
Wallace
Cummings
James Hamilton Lewis
Qinois
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Hughes
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Too Much Sugar Irks Congress
Congress debates sugar quotas and imports as President Roosevelt seeks new limits while protecting domestic growers. The piece charts pressure from sugar refiners, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Philippines, plus broader foreign-policy and naval budget issues influencing U.S. economic policy.
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Congress
Earl Godwin Ashington
Java
Cuba
New Orleans
Denver
Washington
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Ha‘waii
Department of Agriculture
Hawaii
United States
Philippines
Japan
Philippine Commonwealth
Stars and Stripes
Canberra Property Leased In New Capital Rules
Canberra Australia enacts rules for land ownership noting property cannot be owned by individuals but may be leased from the government for 99 years. The policy signals the move to a centralized capital with state oversight of land tenure.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robert L. Coughton
Germany
Wilson
France
England
Scandinavian
United States
South American
Europe
Japan
Davies
Canberra
New Capital of Australia
Dewey era mob hunts loom over quirky mystique
A fragmented profile traces Thomas E. Dewey from Michigan roots to New York crime-fighter myth, listing his early life, legal career, and battle against rackets led by figures like Chatty Laciano while touching on pop culture figures and a drifting digression into modern mystery writers.
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Iig
Owosso
Michigan
Windy Gap
Thomas E. Dewey
Manhattan
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Co. I
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Hepburn
General Motors
America
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Toronto Trades and Labor Council
Mo S
Arthur W. Roebuck
Axel Hall
Martin
Automobile Workers of America
Montreal
C. I. O. International Union
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B. C
George VI
Great Britain
Robert Worth Bingham
London
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Westminster Abbey
State Department
Duke of Norfolk
Pettingill
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Mendota
North Atlantic
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Associated Press
Morris Watson
Justice Roberts
Watson
Interstate
Fruehant Trailer Company
Detroit
Mich
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Friedmann - Harry Marks Clothing Company
Richmond Va
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Pan-American Union
Knights of Columbus
Canada
Knights
Chief Justice
Navy
NRA
Jon Guffey
Pennsylvania
Yeamer
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Cor
Dewey
York
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Convic
Allied
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Thon
E. Dewey
Fis
Laciano
Columbia
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St. Timothy's Church
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Makera
Penheim
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Nice
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