Roosevelt payroll tax relief seen as partial easing of burden
The piece argues temporary relief from payroll taxes could aid economic recovery by reducing the heavy direct tax load on corporations, while noting the proposed change would not fix the core unfairness or stop rising payroll taxes. It favors a move to pay as you go and dismisses reliance on large reserves, citing experts and politicians who endorse the shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Twentieth Century Fund
Alf Landon
Vandenberg
Lodge
Brighter Side of Federal Expenditures Debate
A Davenport Democrat editorial exults over a February surplus report by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, noting receipts outpaced 1938 and offset by higher spending. It argues deficits may not drive deflation and cites government borrowing of 227 million dollars as not alarming, suggesting optimism about the New Deal finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Hamilton ‘Institute
Wall'a
Government Deficit Deepens as Treasury Reports Shortfall
The editor argues that despite some optimism, the government ran a $2.291 billion deficit through March 18 of the fiscal year, eight and two thirds months in, far larger than last year’s $767 million shortfall. The piece notes continued deficit spending and doubts any deflationary impact from such spending on recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Treasury
Great American music and the WPA decried by critics
The piece argues American music may soon reach a true indigenous force but questions government support. It cites Eric Rapee's view of 60 symphonies and a strong radio market, warns against state subsidy shaping art, and hopes for independence and originality suiting American tradition. The closing line notes Nazi censorship fears and satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Eric Rapee
Radio City Music Hall
Rapee
WPA
Notable quotes from leaders and public figures on policy and society
A compilation of remarks from Dr. Victor Nef and other notable voices including Senator Robert Taft Mrs Carolina Anderson Seton Porter E L Ostendorf and Dr H F Alderfer among others. The selection covers topics from economics and land ownership to journalism and international affairs. It reflects diverse opinions attributed to politicians educators and public figures.
Gillette Helps Shape Reorganization Bill In Senate Fight
Iowa's Guy Gillette steered toward compromise on the administration's government reorganization bill. The Wheeler amendment was adopted then killed, leaving Gillette's compromise in place as both houses passed the bill. Rutledge appointment to the DC Circuit surprised Iowa’s senators who had not advocated him for the appellate post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyashington II
Guy Gillette
Iowa
U. S. Senate
Senate
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Gillette
Prentiss Brown
Michigan
E. C. Johnson
Colorado
Wheeler
Brown
Johnson
House of Representatives
House
Rutledge
White House
Department of Justice
William O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Herring
Supreme Court
Leon Powers
Richard Mitchell
Fort Dodge
State Supreme Court
Mitchell
Tobias E. Diamond
Shell
Iowa's federal bench reaches beyond its borders
The article outlines howRutledge's appointment originated with nonpolitical lawyers and how Iowans hold multiple roles in Washington's federal courts and quasi judicial agencies. It notes Rutledge was once considered for the Supreme Court and details Iowa figures on the Court of Claims, the customs court in New York, and the DC district court, highlighting their careers and connections to Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Blount Rutledge
University of Iowa
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Iowa
Gillette
Clyde Herring
Rutledge
Federal
White House
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Douglas
L. B. Schwellenbach
Washington
Roosevelt
Dean Rutledge
Ratledge
Supreme Bench
Federal Communications Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Supreme Court of
Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Federal District Court
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
U. S. Court of Claims
Court of Claims
U. S. Customs Court
New York
Interstate Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commissions
Justice F. Dickinson Letts
L. J. Dickinson
Second
Davenport
Hoover
Parsons College
Fairfield
Justice Letts
Wallace
Murphy
Caroline Products Company
Litchfield, Ill
Letts
William R. Green
Council Bluffs
House
Ways and Means
Coolidge
C. William Ramseyer
Bloomfield
Ramseyer
Honolulu
Panama Canal Zone
California
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
Jerry B. Sullivan
Mount Pleasant
William J. Keefe
Clinton
Sullivan
Creston
Des Moines
Keefe
Clinton County
Claude R. Porter
Clyde B. Aitchison
Edward C. Eicher
S.E.C
Aitchison
Nebraska
Public School Squalor in Hell's Kitchen Spurs Reform Call
Charles Driscoll laments a four story Hell's Kitchen public school built after Lincoln's inauguration. He urges demolition and a modern, windowed, well lit facility. He contrasts this with sunny, well designed schools in Manhattan and Westchester. He recalls rural one room schools and notes lasting friendships formed there. He also reviews books on Japan and New York history.
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Hell’s Kitchen
Lincoln
Hudson River
Eleventh Avenue
Manhattan
Washington Heights
Harlem
Spuyten Duyvil
Hudson
New York
New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
Westchester
Minor
Bever Park Improvement Sparks City Plans
40 years ago compiled from Gazetta Files by James J. Hruska. Bever Park began improvement on March 24 with Thorpe of Chicago directing roads paths a lake custodian lodge and greenhouse. Woodchoppers cleared paths, paid 65 cents a cord. park wood sale funds the project. Ambulance purchase voted 500 dollars with free patient transport to hospitals. Water service arranged via artesian well delivery at 50 cents weekly for two gallons daily. Markets cited for wheat oats corn hay straw hens eggs hogs steers.
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Bever Park
John Thorpe
Chicago
Thorpe
Y.M.C.A
Sinclair Company
Old Man Woes Over Past Echoes Through Ages
A reflective verse critiques aging critics who mourn past glories and foretell decline. The speaker argues every era laments its virtues while new days hold both potential and doubt, noting such complaints echo across a thousand years.
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Herr Goebbels
Seven Seas
Victor Nef
Robert Taft
Ohio
Carolina Anderson
Seton Porter
National Distillers
E. L. Ostendorf
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Communist Party
Civil Liberties Union
C. P
van Horn Mosely
Kleene R. Castle
Joseph Sizoo
H. F. Alderfer
Pennsylvania State College
Edna Wallace Opper
Daniel Reed
Herr Hitler
Napoleon
Winston S. Churchill
ED Nadley
Gazette
ED Hadley
Charles Driscoll
Ove
Board of Education
Japan
Carl Crow
Harpiers
Townsend Harris
Honore Morrow
Arthur Gutterman
Dutton
James J. Hruska
John Redmond
Board of Health
Coulter
Stenographers Club
H. G. Healy
Helen Burton
G. W. Cunningham
Charles Woodman
Maurice Seeley
Church Entertainment
The
Young People’s Union of the Calvary Baptist Church
William Fordyce
Edna Cameron
Verne Stauffacher
Leona McKown
Annette Fawcett
L.S. Stark
Henry Churchill
C. H. Swab
Second Avenue
Ida Benfey
Greene's Opera House
Robert B. Mantell
Evil Eye
Katherine Ridgeway Company
Heart of Chicago
Dernal Pessinisn Oe
Edgar A. Griesi
Thera
Edgar 4. Gant
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