Haste Avoided in Roosevelt Plan for Executive Reorganization
The Capitol Hill reception to President Roosevelt's executive reorganization plan signals a deliberate pace in Congress. The president backs a management and oversight reform guided by a committee, while the Brookings Institution studies potential agency overlaps and consolidation. Savings estimates range from 30 million to many times that, but debate will frame any overhaul, with caution urged on abolishing the comptroller general.
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Roosevelt
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Brookings Institution
Senate
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Brookings
Byrd Committee
Byrd
What Ever Became of the NLRB Need for Board in Auto Strike
A Chicago circuit court ruling upheld NLRB authority to assume jurisdiction in industrial disputes like the General Motors strike. The decision centers on who should speak for workers under the Wagner act as the issue of collective bargaining rights resurfaces amid the auto industry walkout led by John L. Lewis.
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Chicago
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Quotable Wit Bits On Society And Politics From 1937
A collage of satirical observations on citizen rights, civilization, and commerce. It comments on cooperation versus natural rights, Japan's motives, American habits, gender norms, consumer quirks, and the absurdities of modern life with humor and sharp irony.
Lewis avoids NLRB action in GM strike standoff
The article questions why George Lewis has not urged the NLRB to act in the General Motors labor dispute. It suggests an injunction by GM could block the board, noting this stance could gain sympathy for the strikers and speculating Lewis may not want NLRB involvement.
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NLRB
Lewis
General Motors
May His Tribe Increase Campaign Reflection on War Vote
A historical column discusses Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota and his 1918 antiwar vote, noting it helped his 1920 Senate election. It highlights party switch from Republican to Farmer-Labor, Roosevelt’s backing, and mocks campaign slogans about staying out of war while urging a broader recall of antiwar lawmakers.
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Ernest Lundeen
Minnesota
United States Senate
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Lundeen
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Farmer-Labor Party
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Radio quartets fade as barbershop echoes linger
A nostalgic survey traces radio harmony killing off old time quartets while barbershop groups in New York endure. The Lambs and Players clubs still summon foursomes, with Avon Comedy Four and Sea men’s Institute sailors among those keeping the form alive. References to Honey and Carry Me Back to Old Virginia appear as enduring favorites, alongside Sweet Adeline. The piece also notes society items from editor Lorimer’s praise for Wesley Stout, Katharine Cornell’s stage triumphs, and light society snippets from 1937.
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Lambs
Union League
Rockefeller
Lower East Side
Seamans’ Institute
South Street
Old Virginia
Pippin
Adeline
Explore Your Mind Author’s Note on Self-Confidence
A science based Q and A discusses muscular control as the basis of self restraint and poise and notes women can learn as well as men. It cites tests showing equal learning ability, then asks about why women may not originate more inventions, and closes with a quip about keys signaling worry.
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Henry C. Link
Albert E. Wiggam
Cedar Rapids
Fred C. Kelly
Kelly
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