Trade pact with Russia sparks debate in Congress
Washington reports a one year trade accord raising Soviet imports by 15 percent in exchange for $30 million in American goods and tariff concessions. Debates flare as Hull supporters and opponents clash over the pact and potential court tests, while labor leaders prep a Toledo plan to curb strikes.
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Wenty
United States
Russia
Washington
Bullitt
Moscow
Maxim Litvinov
Hull
Congress
Pat McCarren
Nevada
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress Hears Tax Bill Critics Before Rubber Stamp Move
A Ways and Means hearing saw critics call the measure a rubber stamp while Democrats protested. Business chambers, led by the Chamber of Commerce, urged tact. the panel adjourned with plans to postpone tax legislation until the winter session. President Roosevelt favored an agreement acceptable to wealth redistribution groups before adjournment. Georgia’s Deen drew an ovation for remarking lawmakers’ fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Doughton
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Deen
Georgia
House approves $50000 for utilities lobby inquiry
The House voted to allocate fifty thousand dollars for a Rules Committee probe into lobbying for and against utilities bills. Rep Ran kin of Mississippi denounced Rep O Connor of New York as unfit to lead the inquiry, while O Connor received an ovation and pledged thorough, impartial work. The first hearing featured Rep Brewster accusing Norths lawyer T G Corcoran of pressuring votes on the Passamaquoddy project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Rules Committee
Rankin
Mississippi
O'Connor
New York
Brewster
Maine
Thomas G. Corcoran
New Deal
Passamaquoddy
Corcoran
Wheeler and
Rayburn
Opinion Seen in Bar iCIALL on Wagner Act Unconstitutional
The general view among Bar iCIALL and informal observers is that the Wagner labor disputes act is unconstitutional and will be struck down by the United States Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Kiss and Make Up Excursion With Roosevelt at Sea
President Roosevelt led a weekend outing dubbed the kiss and make up excursion to Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay. He traveled on the Sequoia with cabinet members and a congressional delegation including Garner Farley Cummings Ickes Dern Roper and Burns with senators Tydings Pittman Robinson Copeland Dieterich Walsh Gerry Duffy and Radcliffe. Relief Director Hopkins Tugwell and Treasury General Counsel Oliphant also joined.
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Roosevelt
Congress
New Deal
Washington
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Garner
Farley
Cummings
Interior
Ickes
Dern
Commerce
Roper
Burns
Tydings
Pittman
Robinson
Copeland
Dieterich
Walsh
Gerry
Duffy
Radcliffe
Hopkins
Tugwell
Treasury
Oliphant
Mussolini's Ethiopian War Backdrop Gains Troop Move
Northern Italian papers hint Mussolini might retreat to save face if possible but the Roman public backs the aggressive policy as more troops head to East Africa. Secretary Hull voices mild antiwar stance and Kellogg pact confidence, drawing Italian disapproval.
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Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Duce
East Africa
Hull
America
Han River floods threaten Hankow as 10000 perish
Chinese rivers overflow with the Han breaking through dikes near Hankow. The flood swamps densely populated land and drowns about 10 000 people. Soldiers and civilians struggle to hold levees and save Hankow from catastrophe.
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Yangtse
Hankow
Court rules condemnation not within eminent domain powers
United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati rules against using eminent domain to clear slums for low cost housing, upholding a lower court. Ickes vows to modify rather than halt PWA work while a heated Tydings committee dispute over Virgin Islands politics and alleged misdeeds inflames Washington.
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Moorman
Hicks
Florence Allen
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Tydings
Maryland
Paul M. Pearson
Virgin Islands
T. Webber Wilson
Wilson
Morris Ernst
The
Civil Liberties Union
Pearson
Interior Department
Paul C. Yates
Yates
Far West Republicans to hold grass roots conference
Seven states of the Far West will attend the third grass roots conference in Yellowstone National Park on August 23 and 24. Montana Young Republican leader Mike Reynolds cites plans for attendance by Des Moines Young Republican chairman George Olmstead and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, with speakers invited including Senator William E Borah Idaho Representative Hamilton Fish of New York and Governor Harold G Hoffman of New Jersey.
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Far West
Republicans
Yellowstone National Park
Mike Reynolds
Young Republican League of
Montana
George Olmstead
Des Moines
Young Republican Committee
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
William E. Borah
Idaho
Hamilton Fish
New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Death of Lieut Col Alfred Dreyfus Recalls Famous Case
OST notes the death of Lieut Col Alfred Dreyfus of France, central to the Dreyfus case that unsettled France for four years. A Jewish captain, he was unjustly convicted of selling secrets, imprisoned on Devil's Island, pardoned, and later served again in World War I.
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Alfred Dreyfus
France
Washington House Rift Over TVA Bill Recasts Reform Fight
The House Democrats mostly caved to administration pressure on the Tennessee Valley Authority act as major provisions were stripped. The administration aims to push the utilities bill in conference while the Senate fights broadening AAA powers led by Borah and Byrd. Navy plans add 12 destroyers and six submarines plus 55 aircraft this year with carriers and cruisers under construction to house the new planes.
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Washington
White House
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
AAA
Borah
Byrd
Not Constitutional Flies and Black Magic Kilkenny Cats
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals rules two to one that the New Deal process tax on cotton is unconstitutional. It states Congress cannot tax products merely because their production may affect interstate commerce. Abyssinia and Mussolini loom as threats, with Abyssinian magic and tsetse flies cited as dangers and Haile Selassie’s hold described as fragile amid looming war risks.
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Boston
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Universal Service
Abyssinia
Mussolini
Italy
Kilkenny
France
England
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Roosevelt
Senator Metcalfe
Rhode Island
United States
Norman Thomas
Metcalfe
TVA
American Liberty League
Hitler
White House
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Western Newspaper Union
Chamber of Commerce Objects to Tax Program
The United States Chamber of Commerce denounces the income and inheritance tax plan as confiscation. The core issue asks whether the nation’s wealth belongs to the people who created it or is held in trust by current government powers for public use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Lottery of large Paramount stockwind up fees cited
Owners of Paramount-Publix stock, once valued at over 100 million dollars, face windup claims of about 3.6 million dollars. The note recalls lawyer Louis Levy who once earned over a million settling a dispute. It contrasts 1801 government workers and congress with modern totals, attributing growth to politicians and population driven by mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount-Publix Moving Picture Company
New York
Louis Levy
Austria debates returning Hapsburgs to throne
Austria wavers on revoking a decree that banished the Hapsburgs and seized their assets. Archduke Otto, heir to the throne, and his mother could regain confiscated imperial properties and possibly resume rule as self government tests resist. Austria Italy and Germany face similar questions alongside the United States.
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Austria
Hapsburg
State Council
Archduke Otto
Otto
Italy
Germany
Rioters Target Jews in Berlin Display of Hatred
Anti-Semitic clashes in Berlin saw Jewish men and women bullied, beaten, and kicked amid a display of religious hatred by self-styled Aryans. The violence reflected a broader pattern of intimidation against Jewish residents.
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Berlin
Whispering campaign questions Roosevelt health
Washington reports a whispering campaign about President Roosevelt health. The piece notes officials and friends claim his health is excellent and has not mattered given his long presidency. The health concerns are framed as political noise rather than fact, with reassurance from supporters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Seen Strong Amid Rumors of Ill Health
The article argues Roosevelt is in strong mental and physical shape, dismissing rumors of health decline. It details his daily routine, meetings with cabinet and Emergency Council members, press conferences, and trips, asserting he remains fully capable despite political attacks. It also covers farm policy notes and debates over New Deal legislation.
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Enator
Huey Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Walmsley
Commission
Long
Commission Council
Roosevelt
United States of America
National Emergency Council
Works Progress
Morgenthau
White House
New York
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American Federation of Labor
Toledo
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T. G. Corcoran
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Earl Godwin
Ashington
Lincoln
West Point
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