World Steel Strife Sees Verbal Pacts Spur Walkouts
The article outlines the eight to ten state steel strikes driven by John L. Lewis’s C I O demands for written contracts. Corporations refuse, unions hold firm, and President Roosevelt’s stance remains unofficial. Mediation boards, vigilante actions, and a federal writ of mandamus are noted as potential remedies.
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Steel Corporations
John L. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
Roosevelt
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Daniel J. Shields
Johnstown
Davey
Frances E. Perkins
Cleveland
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Lloyd K. Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
Edward F. McGrady
Monroe
Mich
Detroit
Youngstown
Court Plan Meets Quick Senate Rebuff in Scathing Letter
The judiciary committee swiftly rejected Roosevelt's court packing plan as dangerous and unnecessary. Washington insiders doubt passage this session, and adjournment may follow, with a special session possible November 1 to regroup behind the President's reform agenda.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Peac Press
Free People of America
Washington
Capital Moves as Loyalist Government Reels
The loyalist government plans to relocate the capital from Bilbao to Santander after another bombing raid by German Junkers and Heinkels. Basque battalions brace for a last stand to defend Bilbao’s ring of fortifications while Franco forces reportedly penetrated near Fica and Larrabezua. Loyalists claim advances on the Cordoba front as Red leaders purge Soviet ranks, executing eight generals including Mikhail Tukhachovsky, amid a claimed conspiracy with a hostile power. Alexander Chernovakov dies by suicide after denunciation, with hundreds of thousands purged from the Communist party.
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Heinkel
Bilbao
Santander
Francisco Franco
Fica
Larrabezua
Cordoba
Michail Tukhachevsky
Kremlin
Soviet Supreme Court
Moscow
Red
Nazi Germany
Germany
Alexander G. Cherviakov
Soviet Union
Communist Party
CIO Starts at Bottom to Hit Bethlehem Steel Plant
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers urged a walkout by miners from captive mines in Pennsylvania. The aim was to cripple steel production by aligning with steel workers on strike and picketing. Bethlehem Steel hoped Cambria plant would close as miners faced off against steel workers with disputed impact.
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Ter
Farley
Ohio
Niles
Republic
John S. Brooks, Jr
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel
Ag Steel
Labor and political anxieties color New Deal wage controls
A dated column discusses labor leaders wary of government fixed wages becoming the standard, and fears over social security taxes. It analyzes attempts to curb booms and busts via regulation, plus Ohio Democrats shifting positions on the Supreme Court plan. It also notes plans to rejuvenate the GOP with large urban clubs and junior coordinators.
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Washington
NRA
Brain Trust
Congress
New Deal
Steel Corporation
Artle
Ohio
Roosevelt
Senate
New Income Tax Debate Shapes Capitol Action
A Washington analysis describes a premeditated swing on big income tax dodging as a congressional probe looms. It highlights Hugh Magill of Chicago and Columbia professor’s roles, naming a tax mission adviser and past federal tax work. The piece also notes Social Security advances and Arthur Altmeyer’s extended board plans.
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Ashington
A Co
Hugh ‘Stewart Magill
Chic
Ameri Federation of Investors
Hyde Park
Magill
Colum
F. Dent
Treasury
Aubut
University of Chi
Chicago
University
Columbia
Porto Rico
Seckless Jerry
Edison
Capital
T’s
Cial Security Board
Preme Court
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Altmeyer
de Pere
Wis
Wisconsin University
Wisconsin Tax
Wisconsin Industrial Commissi
NRA
Secre of Labor
Feld
Cecil Rhodes Dream Fails to Build Cape to Cairo RR
Ciphered in a fragmentary appraisal, the article argues Cecil Rhodes pursued a Cape to Cairo railway through British Africa but warns the project is now unlikely to be completed. Political obstacles once main, economic competition from air and road transport now threatens the dream.
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Rhodes
Ngland
Cape
Cairo
Cecil Air Dream
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Monrose
Tom Girdler
The
Republic Steel Corporation
Steel
Federal
Harry
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Byrnes
South Carolina
Harry Hopkins
Sen. Byrnes
Sen
Joseph T. Robinson
Sen. Robinson
White House
France
United States
Vincent Auriol
Blum
United States Department of Commerce
Dy Carter Fiel
Masa
Capitol Hill
Buckeye
John D. M. Hamilton
Henry Roraback
Connecticut
Herbert C. Hoover
Jg Ogden L. Mills
New York
Hoover
Gen Nnarch
John Amilton
Milton
Belt Kyn
Lemuel F, Parton
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