Roosevelt Court Plan Sparks Deluge of Mail in Washington
Washington receives a flood of letters reacting to President Roosevelt's plan to expand the Supreme Court. Representative W S Jacobsen says he has about 25 communications, two-thirds critical of packing the court, while supporting the President if no better curb is proposed. Roosevelt argues for preserving constitutional government and the separation of powers amid the looming senate debate.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Washington
W. S. Jacobsen
Gazette
Ed Hadley
Jacobsen
Congress
Senate of
United States
Constitution
Seek Referendum On Court Change Congress Move Launched For Popular Vote
Congress moved to place judicial reform before voters in two branches. In the Senate Senator Ellender proposed a constitutional amendment to retire all federal judges at 70 with full pay. In the House Rep Martin Smith urged a national advisory referendum on fundamental constitutional changes and criticized enlarging the court.
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Congress
Senate
Ellender
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Supreme
House
Martin Smith
Smith
Roosevelt on Supreme Court Plan Debate Reveals Silent Campaign
In a late campaign exchange the president’s court reform proposal faces opposition from powerful senators. The speaker questions secrecy and urges the public to contact senators and representatives to express support or opposition. Jacobsen shows little concern for constituent views, needing only minimal input to gauge sentiment.
Bryce on the American judiciary and the Supreme Court
The column previews Lord Bryce’s analysis of the U S judiciary, urging readers to study his forecast from 1888 about curbing the court and to pressure Representative W S Jacobsen if they oppose that stance. The piece promotes Bryce’s book The American Commonwealth and its view of Washington’s current situation.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Lord James Bryce
Lord Bryce
Washington
Court” Appeals
W. S. Jacobsen
Bryce
Debates on Supreme Court size and 1801 circuit court struggle
The piece recalls how the Constitution left the number of Supreme Court Justices unsettled while Congress created sixteen circuit courts in 1801. Adams appointed partisan judges before leaving office, Jefferson opposed their validity, and Congress later abolished the circuit courts to oust the new justices.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Adams
Jefferson
Constitutional limits on attack on supreme court questioned
The author argues that a method of attack deemed unconstitutional cannot be used against the supreme court since the court is created directly by the Constitution, though the text notes the Constitution does not specify certain details.
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Supreme Court
Four Deaths Due To Cold And Snow
Four deaths blamed on freezing weather and snow storms across the northwest and far west over the weekend. Minnesota and the Dakotas report highway chaos with motorists killed in blizzards. a South Dakota farmer dies when he loses his way in a snowstorm near his home.
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Dakotas
California
Oklahoma Panhandle
South Dakota
Grants Pass
Ore
Dodgeville
Wis
Charles Fetterman
Fear and Faith in Everyday Living
Dr Newton discusses fear as a dominant modern burden. He cites poets and thinkers like Frost Montaigne Kipling Garfield to contrast fear of God fear of others and fear of oneself. Courage plus faith in God and inner strength offer release from fear.
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Robert Frost
Montaigne
Kipling
Garfield
Supreme Court to Rule on Labor Cases March First
The Supreme Court granted review in three Rooseveltadministration labor cases and denied another. Potential decisions may come March 1 on challenges to 1936 tax refund limits, AAA processing taxes, and a national firearms act provision. A windfall tax challenge was denied, seen as a government victory.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Administration
Max Sonzinsky
East St. Louis
Ill
Congress
AAA
House Appropriations Bill Advances 1.5 Billion Budget
House appropriations panel approved a bill to fund the treasury and post office for the year starting July 1. It includes 750 thousand for a transatlantic air mail service and 500 million for Social Security old age pensions, with total 1.5 billion for treasury and post office.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
House
Post Office
Treasury
Post Office Department
Postal Service
The
Budget Bureau
Carmody Named As REA Administrator
President Roosevelt nominated John M. Carmody of New York to succeed Morris L. Cooke as rural electrification administrator. Carmody has served as acting REA head for nearly a year and helped develop the federal rural electrification program.
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Washington
Roosevelt Monday
John M. Carmody
New York
Morris L. Cooke
Cooke
Carmody
75,000 Return To Their Jobs In GM Plants
Detroit AP reports about 75 000 GM workers return to their jobs as plants reopen after a six week strike. The company expects all 135 000 idle at the peak to be back soon. Leaders of the UAW and GM will meet to negotiate unresolved issues. Fr. Charles Coughlin blasted the strike on his Sunday broadcast, calling it disastrous and urging federal labor legislation.
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General Motors
Corporation
Flint
Mich
United Automobile Workers of America
Charles E. Coughlin
America
Royal Oak
Priest
United States
Coughlin
United Mine Workers Move to Expel William Green
The policy committee of the United Mine Workers voted to expel William Green, president of the AFL, from the union. The body also condemned Green and Frey for their roles during the automobile strike crisis, directing Green's immediate expulsion. Several AFL unions reportedly offered Green membership if he resigns or is expelled.
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Washington
INL
United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
Green
John P. Frey
A. F. of L. Metal Trades Department
Frey
United Mine Workers Executive Board
Bar Committee Backs Domestic Relations in Superior Court
The Linn County Bar committee proposed converting the superior court to hear all domestic relations in Linn County. The plan would extend jurisdiction beyond Cedar Rapids to streamline cases, reduce district court load, and keep a superior court presence with expanded duties. Some lawyers oppose, but advocates argue it aids taxpayers and court efficiency.
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Bar Committee
Superior Court
Linn County
Linn County Bar Association
John Randall
Don Hines
Otto Schluter
Thomas B. Powell
Cedar Rapids
Powell
Bar Association
Linn Bar Association
Sharecropper dissents from tenancy plan proposal
W L Blackstone the only tenant farmer on President Roosevelt's farm tenancy committee voiced a strong dissent from the majority report led by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace. He urged large federal aid for land purchases and centralized federal administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
W. L. Blackstone
Wynne
Ark
Farm Security Administration
Wallace
Blackstone
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Department of Agriculture
Temperature Decline With Snowfall On Monday Afternoon
Cold front brings light snow and falling temperatures. By 2 30 p.m. the thermometer hit 29 after a noon high of 32. Sunday's low was 16 at 7 a.m. and rose to 29 by 3 p.m. Overnight readings showed 28 at 7 p.m. and again 28 at 7 a.m. Monday. colder conditions expected tonight.
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Chambers
Mercury
Fire kills three children at Canfield home
Salem authorities report three young children died in a blaze that swept the Canfield residence of Charles Lewis early Monday. Fire officials say the cause is under investigation as investigators search for a motive or source.
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INS
Charles Lewis
Canfield
Here
Fiscal Chiefs Meet To Halt Foreign Capital
Washington officials report a series of high level meetings among Treasury Morgenthau Securities Lan dis and the Federal Reserve to curb foreign investment in U S securities now totaling about seven and a half billion dollars The study of foreign funds since November shows about 500 million invested since January 1935 Economists warn sudden withdrawals could destabilize markets and propose taxes and tighter controls on foreign purchases and gains.
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Washington
One Bid For Old Cedar Rapids Post Office Building
In Washington the treasury department held a morning auction of the Cedar Rapids old post office building with only one bid. Paul Costas is suspected to have placed the offer, reportedly $100,000. The space control advisory board met to compare the bid with the secret treasury appraisal and decide on acceptance or a call for new bids. The board recessed at 2 p.m. without action as Commander J. Y. Dreisenstok submitted the bid for review.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Cedar Rapids
Space Control Advisory Board
Procurement Division
Treasury
J. Y. Dreisenstok
Section of
Space Control
Advisory Board
Farnsworth pleads to espionage charge in Japan case
John S. Farnsworth former naval officer withdrew his innocence plea and entered a nolo contendere plea to conspiring to supply naval secrets to Japan. Judge Proctor will decide sentence after reviewing the case. The government supports the nolo plea and Farnsworth faces a potential four to twenty year term.
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Washington
John S. Farnsworth
Japan
James M. Proctor
U. S
Leslie C. Garnett
Farnsworth
Cattle On U S Farms Valued At 2 Billion Plus
The crop reporting board reports 66,676,000 head of cattle and calves on farms as of January 1 valued at 2,271,694,000 dollars. Prices and totals reflect nationwide cattle and calf inventory and value.
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U. S
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Annals Marriage of Danish Prince Ends in Annulment
Copenhagen Denmark UP reports the thirteen year marriage of Prince Erik of Denmark and Princess Lois Booth heiress to Canadian lumber fortunes was annulled by King Christian at the couple’s request.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Erik of
Lois Booth
Christian Monday
Iowa City Man Confesses to Wife Slaying
Walter Dusty Rhodes 31 confessed dynamite slaying of his wife Mable Rhodes in Iowa City. County Attorney Vestermark said the death penalty will be sought. Rhodes will be arraigned on first degree murder charges. Details include use of a dynamite loaded shotgun and Rhodes’s account under interrogation.
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Iowa City
Walter
Dusty) Rhodes
Harold W. Westermark
Des Moines
Vestermark
Rhodes
James P. Gaffney
Johnson County
Westermark
Mable Rhodes
W. W. Akers
State Bureau of Investigation
Joe Burke
No Carolina felons flee with hostages
Four or more prisoners overpowered Captain R. D. Hinton and Steward W. Roberts at Caledonia prison farm in Halifax county. They seized a state prison truck, cut all telephone lines, and fled toward Halifax then toward the Virginia line in what Waynick calls a mass escape possibly into Virginia.
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Raleigh
N. C
Caledonia
Halifax County
Virginia
Capus M. Waynick
Highway and Public Works Commission
R. D. Hinton
Steward W. Roberts
Waynick
Halifax
Lindberghs Reach Cairo On Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Cairo after a short hop from Alexandria continuing their tour of the Middle East.
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Cairo
Ins
Charles A. Lindbergh
Alexandria
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