Roosevelt budget deficit forecast sparks relief debate
President Roosevelt told Congress his 1938 deficit would reach about 418 million dollars excluding debt retirement payments, with relief at 1.5 billion dollars and revenue shortfalls of about 600 million. He urged tax reform, tight economy, and surveyed farm, housing, and education programs amid criticism from lawmakers demanding relief cuts.
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Roosevelt
Congress
White House
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Appropriations Committee
Pat Harrison
Misssissippi
Byrnes
Mr. Hopkins
Joe Robinson
Charles L. McNary
Jeader
Robinson
House
Vinson
Kentucky
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Daniel C. Roper
Ernest Draper
Treasury
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Robert Horne
Distillers Are Called to Task in Open Hearings
The Senate Judiciary Committee ended open hearings on the President's Supreme Court bill and moves to consider the measure in executive sessions. Petitions against the bill flowed in, with 76,000 California voters backing a volume from Senator Biram Johnson and a 25,000-strong series from the Women's National Committee for Heads Off the Supreme Court and Women Investors of America.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Biram Johnson
California
Women’s National Committee
Supreme Court and
Women Investors of America, Inc
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Supreme Court
Mr. Brookhart
James A. Reed
Reed
William Denman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Hughes
Earl Godwin
Ashington
Ptington
Will Hays
Forbes Morgan
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Morgan
Wilford
Alexander
Federal Alcohol Control Board
Smoots Long Career and Parochial Politics Spotlight
A portrait of Reed Smoot linking his early life in Cambridge and naval service to his long Senate tenure. The piece notes his parochial outlook, tireless 14 hour days, and leadership roles in finance and church boards. It also touches on his health regime, real estate and sugar interests, and his influence in politics and religion.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Juan
Alfonso XIII
Prince of the
Asturias
New Spain
Charlie
Joe E. Brown
Ani
Cambridge
Rogers
Mery Boss
Naval Intelligence
Provo
Usd
Mr. Smoot
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National Guard
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Ohio State Capitol
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Mr. Morgan
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Norway
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New York
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Montana
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