Hopkins predicts relief rolls hit low point this winter
In his first press conference since the election Harry L. Hopkins says WPA relief rolls will drop to about 3,750,000 by January 1, 1937 from a peak of 5,316,000 in January 1935. He notes October employment at 3,498,012 and a rise in destitute farmers due to Midwest drought.
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Steel workers press for anti coercion and unions act
The steel workers urged President Roosevelt to back legislation outlawing company unions and preventing employer coercion. Carnegie Illinois reps Patterson and Malol delivered the request at the White House as Carnegie-Winds offered a 10 percent wage rise in exchange for living-cost adjustment consent. Secretary Perkins said the employee reps had no authority to sign for others.
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National Labor Board orders dissolution of Harvester council plan
The National Labor Relations Board ruled the Industrial Council Plan at International Harvester in Fort Wayne Indiana illegal and ordered its dissolution. The decision notes the plan exists in 14 other plants and would set a precedent for similar actions nationwide. The board says employees lack real collective bargaining and benefits are largely paternalistic despite some advantages.
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A F L Council Endorses Social Security Act Proposals
At the Tampa annual convention the executive council report backed a federal social security plan and urged strong state laws to maximize benefits for labor. It questioned payroll tax funding and called for possible constitutional amendments if needed. It favored a shorter workweek as a cure for unemployment.
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Opening of San Francisco Bay Bridge Realizes Years of Effort
The San Francisco Bay Bridge was formally opened after seven years of construction begun in July 1933. The bridge, largest regular bridge in the world, cost 77 million dollars largely financed by Reconstruction funds.
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Abolishing the electoral college and the 1876 echo
The piece argues abolition would spark sectional strife, comparing 1876 fears with 1916 California and New York tensions. It notes the electoral system prevented mob action by majorities and discusses Republican leadership, Hilles, and the London campaign’s reliance on economic elites.
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The Mark Stays Gossip and Wit in Quick Aphorisms
A collection of maxims on reputation, self restraint, solitude, growth, and human folly. The quotes touch on gossip as mud on a wall, the value of silence, change during adolescence, appearances, and practical wisdom about advice and decorum.
The Split Infinitive in English Usage
The split infinitive is a form where to and the verb are separated by a word or phrase. Purists frown yet most good writers use it when it improves smoothness or effectiveness over the regular form.
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