United Front On Farm Relief Promises Unified Support
Washington reports say major farm groups have joined behind a voluntary domestic allotment plan for agricultural relief. The plan, backed by leaders from Farm Bureau, Grange, and Farmers Union, shifts control to production limits and a decentralized administration funded by tariff-adjustment receipts. It may win presidential backing and passage if sustained.
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Washington
Farm Bureau Federation
McNary-Haugen
Grange
Farmers Union
Congress
Farm Board
L Wilson
Montana State College of Agriculture
Henry I. Harriman
United States Chamber of Commerce
R R Rogers
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Louis S Clarke
Nebraska Mortgage Bankers Association
W R Ronald
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Attack on Patronage Aims to Trim Civil Service
The annual report urges expanding the classified service and removing spoils system elements. It argues deployment of postmasters and collectors as key civil service officials hinders merit, and claims a broader, tenure based system could curb waste and reduce routine reshuffles.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Congress
Civil Service stance on federal jobs and spoils
The Civil Service Commission advocates federal job reform. It argues the spoils system is inconsistent and undesirable, urging all lame ducks be removed along with others to improve government hiring.
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Civil Service Commission
Commission
Debt payments due test resolve of nations
As of Tuesday afternoon two days remain before debt payments are due. Britain and Italy are likely to pay while France, Belgium and other debtors may default. The administration rejects suspensions or broad reconsideration and insists on terms of existing funding agreements. Congress may be the next mover to avoid rising international tensions.
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Great Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
Washington
England
America
Congress
McFadden Impeachment Bid Falls in Congress
Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania fails to impeach President Hoover as both parties vote down the resolution. The rebuke includes pressure to resign from the Pennsylvania delegation and widespread public ridicule, with the impeachment move seen as ill advised and unsupported by evidence.
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Kelly
Doc Cook
North Pole
Huey Long
Bill
Hutchinson
Atlantic
Curtis
Voliva
Representative McFadden
Pennsylvania
Hoover McFadden
McFadden
United States
House of Representatives
Hoover
The Evolution of Wealth and Civic Responsibility
A reflective critique argues wealth should be shared as earnings, not charity, and calls for a humane, rational redistribution. It condemns predatory capitalists, praises modern stewardship by industrial leaders, and critiques politics, governance, and nationalism with pointed humor.
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Colmien
Tea rooms in New York spark lively nights and tales
A vivid New York slice describes quiet tea rooms crowded from 4 to 6 as masculine patrons savor eclairs and refined chatter. The piece wanders through Bowery smoke dives, a tire fix in the Bronx, and literary notes, ending with a wry street anecdote about a quip in Mulberry and Chinatown.
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New York
Isle Bell
Bronx
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