FDR Plans Four Way Change For Agencies
President Roosevelt moves to send Congress a four fold plan to reorganize executive agencies including relief bodies. Proposals unite Works Progress and Public Works administrations with housing and roads bureaus into a public works agency. A separate public welfare agency would house social security, education, health, and possibly youth and CCC. A third section would fuse lending agencies into a credit agency and a fourth aims to end duplicate functions and unify law enforcement. Byrnes delays relief bill to study the plan and expects new legislation.
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Sen. Byrnes
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Capitol
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Public Works Agency
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
U. S. Housing Authority
Treasury
Public Buildings Division
Bureau of Public Roads
Interior Department
Sec. Ickes
Public Welfare
Social Security Board
Bureau of Education
Public Health Service
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal “Credit Agency
Senate
Byrnes
Bill Byrnes
Congress
Public Welfare Agency
Green Attacks Closed Shop Demand in Coal Wage Talks
AFL President William Green urged dropping the closed shop demand by the UMWA led by John A. Lewis, saying it violates the national labor relations act. He sent a letter to mediator Dr. John R. Steelman as talks risk further splits among labor groups and a possible clash with CIO allies.
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Washington
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American Federation of Labor
William Green
United Mine Workers
John A. Lewis
Green
A. F. of L
John R. Steelman
Sec. of Labor
Perkins
Lewis
Congress For Industrial Organization
Dr. Steelman
New York
Appalachian Coal Operators Association
CIO
Mine Workers’ Organization
The
Progressive Mine Workers
Men Battle State Forest Fires Across West Virginia
Eight hundred men were deployed on forest fire lines to combat fifty four blazes statewide. The conservation commission offered a fifty dollar reward for information leading to arrests of arsonists. Fires peaked along Twelve Pole Creek Wayne County Tug River McDowell Campbell's Creek Kanawha Tucker Preston counties. A new state law raising penalties for arson becomes effective in June. The record convictions to date are the highest in state history.
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Wayne County
Gary
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McDowell
Campbell’s Creek
Kanawha
Tucker County
Pierce
Preston County
Masontown
Shawhan
Cent Theft Brings Two Years in Prison
Paducah Kentucky April 24 J C Campbell pleaded guilty to obtaining five cents under false pretenses and was sentenced to two years in prison. Commonwealth's Attorney Holland G Bryan said Campbell solicited funds for a child's burial and kept the money.
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J. C. Campbell
Commonwealth
Holland G. Bryan
Campbell
Employers Warned on Wage Hours Act Compliance
Washington April 24 The wage hours administrator Elmer F Andrews urged employers nationwide to comply with the act noting in six months of enforcement 11 910 complaints 19 cases to court 14 injunctions five criminal prosecutions and $31500 in fines. He said the act has exposed abuses and stressed voluntary compliance to avoid costly lawsuits.
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Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
West Virginia Coal Operators Bar Closed Shop Demands
Four major southern West Virginia coal associations urged wage negotiators to reject a closed shop and to keep penalties for illegal walkouts in a new contract. The unions blame operators for the month long coal shutdown, saying stalemate with the UMWA in New York has halted operations affecting about 100,000 miners in West Virginia and 250,000 elsewhere.
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New York
United Mine Workers
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
Blizzard
War Materials Bill Advances in Congress
The House approved a conference report on a military supply bill totaling 508 million dollars and awaits Senate passage. A strategic materials bill authorizes 100 million dollars for initial purchases with annual 25 million dollars for four years, stocking critical wartime needs like antimony nickel rubber silk and quinine.
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Senate
War and Navy Departments
U. S
Television advance shown at AP meeting in New York
The RCA NBC system demonstrated television both in studio and on the move at the Associated Press annual meeting in New York. DeWitt Mackenzie narrated a review of world affairs since Munich, while outside units captured live scenes from AP headquarters in Rockefeller Center.
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New York
Associated Press
Rca-Nbc
Munich
DeWitt Mackenzie
Rockefeller Center
Civil Service Easy For College Grads
The Civil Service Commission reports that among 500 top rated government junior engineer examinees last year over 60 percent were in the top quarter of their class and 83 percent in the top half, indicating strong college performance predicts exam success.
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U.S. Civil Service Commission
Britain Offers Gun Money to Romania and Weighs Conscription
London reports say Britain promised a gun money loan to Romania and debated compulsory military service for 18 or 19 year olds. Prime Minister Chamberlain met with Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu, signaling broader Anglo Romanian talks and a shift toward arming Britain at high peacetime costs. A trade commission led by Sir Frederick Leith Ross opened talks in Bucharest to lessen Romania's German economic ties.
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Britain
Romania
Chamberlain
Siretee Henderson
Benin
Grigore Gafencu
Bucharest
Gafencu
House of Commons
Gafency
Viscount Halifax
John Simon
Frederick Leith- Ross
Germany
Trade Expert Leon Henderson Named to SEC by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt announced Leon Henderson as a new member of the Securities and Exchange Commission to fill the vacancy created by William O. Douglas. Henderson, 44, formerly economist for the WPA and NRA, leads the monopoly investigating committee and has been noted for predicting the 1937 recession. His chairmanship status remained undecided. Senate confirmation was expected to determine if he would serve as chairman.
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Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Henderson
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Jerome Frank
Monopoly Investigating Committee
WPA
NRA
New Jersey
Hugh Johnson
Senate
Douglas
Fires started to get revenge in Hammond incident
John Pietrowski, 45, of Calumet City, confessed to starting 26 fires since July 1937 to “get even” with the Calumet City fire department. Illinois and Indiana authorities weighed charges for fires on both sides of the state line as prosecutors consider the case.
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WPA
John Pietrowski
Calumet City
Frank Doherty
Illinois
Pietrowski
Indiana
Nazis Confident They Hold Trumps In Berlin Diplomacy
Berlin reports say German officials feel they hold decisive cards in European diplomacy as they await whether British PM Chamberlain will send Henderson back with conciliatory notes. Nevile Henderson arrived after a March 17 absence following Germany's seizure of Bohemia Moravia. The Nazi press touts a victorious offensive and predicts Hitler will reject Roosevelt's non aggression appeal.
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Nevile Henderson
Nevile
Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
London
Roosevelt
Italy
Paris
Washington
Moscow
Hamburg
Hitler Studies Reply to FDR
Berlin reports Hitler faces pressure from Britain to soften his Reichstag speech and plans a major address in Berlin. He reportedly rejects Roosevelt’s mediation offer while weighing a limited “holiday” proposal with Mussolini to push peace talks back to negotiations and test democratic sincerity.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
Reichsfuehrer
Mussolini
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Rome-Berlin
Danzig
Mediterranean
Budget Day Looms in Britain for 1939-40 Tax Rise
British voters await Chancellor Sir John Simon as he unveils the 1939-40 budget. The large peace time budget requires new revenue, likely through indirect taxes on luxuries. Reports suggest increases on tobacco and tea may hit ordinary households.
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London
Alf
Lizzie
House of Commons
John Simon
John
House
Sir John
Johnson denounces Roosevelt policy and urges repeal of neutrality act
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson denounces the Roosevelt foreign policy as a magnificent gamble on a hairline chance to avert war and urges repeal of the neutrality act. He backs cash and carry trade as a second option and warns economic war may not prevent war, risking a costly gamble for the nation.
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Hugh 5S
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
France to return envoy to Berlin after orders on frontier groups
Paris announces ambassador Robert Coulondre will depart as France dissolves propaganda organizations in Alsace Lorraine along the German frontier. Officials say the move mirrors Britain and involves no special mission, with Coulondre likely leaving Paris tomorrow.
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Paris
France
Berlin
Robert Coulondre
Foreign Office
Coulondre
Chamberlain
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Fire destroys Angers steamship at Toulon yard
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the 9 847 ton steamship Angers near the La Seyne shipyard in Toulon shortly before midnight. A military powder depot and gasoline stocks were not menaced. An investigation was ordered to probe possible sabotage. Yesterday a man was arrested for incendarism in the Paris liner fire case.
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France
Angers
la Seyne
Paris
le Havre
British envoy urges Hitler to prove peace aims now
London reports Sir Nevile Henderson will press Hitler to accept Roosevelt's non aggression pledges and widen talks while warning of a European grand alliance. He will demand tangible moves from Germany including troop withdrawals and demobilization, or Britain and France may mobilize force and conscription.
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London
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Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Hitler
Fuehrer
France
Henderson
Britain
Caesar
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Sir Neville
Italy
Democratic Entente
Mussolini
Czecho-Slovakia
Albania
Robert Coulondre
Coulondre
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