6.O. P. Is United Behind Alf Landon
Kansas news follows Alf Landon after his Republican presidential nomination. Party leaders at the Kansas capital approve a unified campaign plan with John D. M. Hamilton named national chairman and a Chicago base. Key appointees include Harrison E. Spangler and Arthur M. Curtis with Henry P. Fletcher as counsel and C. V. Goodspeed as treasurer.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
National Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Opeka
London
Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Arthur M. Curtis
Missouri
Charlton McVeagh
New York
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
C. V. Goodspeed
Oregon
J. Henry Roraback
Connecticut
John Wyeth
Horace H. Sayre
Oklahoma
Daniel E. Pomeroy
Ezra R. Whitla
Idaho
Earl Warren
California
R. B. Creager
Texas
Bertha Baur
Jim Farley
Republican National Committee
Landon
Fear in Philly shapes party nominations
John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, argues the Republican nomination in Cleveland was unanimous through enthusiasm while the upcoming Democratic nomination in Philadelphia will be unanimous through fear, noting no patronage influence in Cleveland.
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Philly
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
National Debt Near 34.3 Billion As New Deal Surges Expenditures
Washington reports a June 15 treasury tally showing the national debt at 34.33 billion dollars, an all time high, with a deficit of 4.68 billion for the fiscal year and New Deal spending rising faster than tax receipts. Alphabetical agencies for public works and relief are among the biggest spenders.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury
Roosevelt
Debt Time to Pay Off National Debt at 1 Million a Day
In Washington, it is noted that paying the national debt at a rate of one million dollars daily would require more than 94 years to settle, assuming no interest charges. The remark underscores the vast scale of the debt and the challenge of a rapid payoff.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Tugwell's Waste Goes On and On
A 1930s Washington critique condemns the Resettlement Administration for cost overruns and mismanagement. It cites $278,347,171 spent since 1935, a $25 million annual payroll, extensive land purchases, and few completed houses. The piece argues the RA failed to deliver housing or industry and props the claim that the decision will be appealed.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Tugwell
Minnesota
Payrollers Write Book: Ickes Collects Royalties
Washington reports that the book Back to Work credited to Harold L. Ickes was written by press agents for the PWA while on federal time paid by taxpayers. A writer from England, Michael Ross, was hired on the PWA payroll to craft the recovery narrative, with later rewrites by Latimer and contributions from PWA staff and publicity personnel.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Ickes
PWA
Clark Foreman
Rosenwald Foundation
Michael Ross
England
America
Ross
Jonathan Latimer
K. Sewell Wingfield
Power
Michael Straus
David Wolfsohn
Robust Spring Zephyrs Reveal Federal Waste
Chicago reports that 38 carloads of onions stored by the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp rotted while awaiting relief distribution. Twenty WPA workers loaded spoiled onions, with foreman John Thompson denying dumping and claiming distribution to gardeners. reporters were blocked from entering the warehouses on North Water Street.
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Chicago
Ill
North Water Street
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
WPA
FSCC
John Thompson
Thompson
Government bonds guaranteed by the state
Additional federal liabilities include bonds of government corporations guaranteed by the government. These bonds total about 4 percent of GDP in addition to the Treasury's debt estimates.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Roosevelt spending tops all money in circulatio
The Roosevelt administration had spent about 11.0011 billion dollars by mid May on industrial pump priming and relief, a sum nearly twice the total money in circulation in the United States.
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Washington
United States
Imports Displace 33 Million Acres
The article notes 1935 imports of foreign farm products displaced 33,436,336 acres of U S land, aided by crop reduction and free trade policies. It cites a ten year average yield basis and mentions widespread unemployment from cotton curtailment. It also reports a surge in pork and meat imports in early 1936 and rising canned meat imports, with large price and market effects feared by hog producers.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Iowa
United States
Knox Vows Vigorous Campaign as Landon Vice President
Chicago publisher Col. Frank Knox named as Gov. Alf Landon’s running mate declares readiness to follow orders and campaign with vigor. He emphasizes unity of purpose seen at the Cleveland convention and in the national campaign. He signals decisive actions to contribute to victory.
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Tope U. Kan
Landon
Knox
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago
Ill
Cleveland
Col. Knox
Gov. Landon
Deficit in Terms of Gold
Washington shows the Roosevelt administration faces a deficit equal to more than all U S gold in the country and over half the known world gold reserves. The claim argues the fiscal gap is vast and global in scale.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt spending tally tops national debt at start
By May 1986 the Roosevelt administration had spent 22.6 billion dollars, more than 1 percent higher than the total national debt when Roosevelt assumed office.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Workday of field mice mocks routine in Uncle Sam diary
A magazine piece cites federal scientists “Uncle Sam's Diary” showing field mice humanized with a strict daily schedule. It lists reveille at 6 a.m. followed by breakfast hunting, a rest period, lunch, general nosing about, dinner, napping, and lights out by 5 p.m.
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Mickey Mouse Washington
Uncle Sam
Farmers Fear Taxation After Federal Spending
In Chicago Illinois Dr E V Wilcox secretary of the Farmers Independent Council warned that Roosevelt era spending will tax farmers out of private property. He claimed the rich pay for the spending while the poor bear the burden and feared farms becoming wards of the government as in Russia.
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Chicago
Ill
Roosevelt
E. V. Wilcox
Washington
Farmer’s Independent Council
Council
Russia
Taxpayer’s Cash Goes to Dogs in Memphis
Homeless Hector finds a home thanks to the New Deal with $25,000 of taxpayers’ money for a Memphis dog shelter. The Roosevelt Record defends the project as aid to impoverished Southern dogs, contrasting them with rich thoroughbreds and praising the facility as a grand White House style pavilion for cantankerous mongrels.
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Washington
Hector
New Deal
PWA
Memphis
Tenn
Roosevelt Record
Democratic National Committee
White House
U S Imports Exceed Exports for First Time
The United States shows a trade deficit for the first four months of 1936 as imports reach 781 million dollars, surpassing exports by 12.4 million. The rise is linked to free trade treaties and growing imports since 1933.
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U. S
Washington
America
United States Department of Commerce
Government payroll swallows tax revenue says reform group
The National Civil Service Reform league estimates thirty eight cents of every tax dollar funds government officials. Wages of more than 200000 workers have been added to taxpayers led by New Deal bureaus.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
National Civil Service Reform League
Davis Reveals Plan Flaws in New Soil Program
A Davis statement from Berlin undermines the new erosion control program and reciprocity aims. He warns Western Europe seeks self sufficiency and that U S soil resources should not be sacrificed to a market we cannot regain.
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Newark
N. J
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Davis
Berlin
Roosevelt
Europe
Germany
Installment Plan to Repay National Debt
Washington reports that paying one million dollars daily would take over 37 years to offset the Roosevelt administration’s debt increase if no interest were charged.
The Cracker Barrel Turns Zioncheck Into Political Circus
A satirical piece portrays Zioncheck as the catalyst in a chaotic political scene. The writing mocks the spectacle surrounding the alphabetic controversy and public figures involved.
Roosevelt's policies mocked as failing recovery efforts
Critics charge that Roosevelt officials pursue recovery with reckless measures and satire calls out Farley as a source of trouble. The piece portrays administration missteps and public frustration with wartime style governance.
Crack-down Man Tops Piltdown in Social Significance Ranking
Political anthropologists rank the Crack-down Man nearly extinct and the famous Piltdown man among the most socially significant figures. The study measures influence, presence, and public perception across demographics, highlighting enduring mythic status.
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