Congress Methods to Be Revamped by Publicists and Lobbyists
A Washington observer notes that lawmakers struggle with minority influence as lobbyists and big money push legislation. He cites Crawford on the pressure boys, Mechlin on ready made bills, and praises three hopeful signs: La Follette reform, Sabath lobby investigations, and Taylor’s voting records publication proposal. The piece argues real reform rests with the majority, now awakening but dormant.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Burt
Washington
Spedio
Senate
OPA
Congress
Kenneth Crawford
Crawford
Rayburn
Thomas Mechlin
Virginia Quarterly Review
la Follette
South Dakotans See Three Swearing-Ins In Washington
Mrs Evelyn Baker and Mrs James Magee visited Washington to witness three major swearing-in ceremonies rivaling past inaugurations. They watched Vinson become chief justice, Snyder administer the oath at the Treasury, and Steelman take on reconversion duties amid a White House lawn ceremony.
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Washington
Evelyn Baker
James Magee
Custer
Belle Fourche
S. D
Black Hills
Harry Truman
Fred Vinson
Lewis Schwellenbach
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Labor
Washington News
Magee
Baker
Navy
White House
Vinson
The
United States
John Snyder
Tru
St. Louis
Treasury Department
John Steelman
John Sullivan
Sulivan
Sullivan
Rose Garden
Days of Easy Payments Return Said to Begin Again
The article notes relaxed credit rules under regulation W with many items moving to easier terms, including removal of some from group A and continued control on furniture while touting potential down payments and longer maturities. It also covers reactions from officials on communism claims and a Chicago murder case, plus Bikini tests and French film imports amid industry criticism.
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Federal Reserve System
France
Kitty Foyle
Big business profits tax move stirs postwar debate
Washington debate centers on carry back of unused excess profits credits and its effect on 1945 tax payments. General Motors could seek an $80 million refund. House and Senate committees press Treasury for a report as Rep Bailey advocates repeal.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
General Motors
Treasury
Cleveland Bailey
Clarksburg
W. Va
House
Wars and Means Committee
Rep
Wilburns
Arkansas
Congress
Mills
Shades of Bryan Silver Ratio 16 to 1 May Prevail
The senate adds a rider to the post office funds bill raising silver to 90.3 cents an ounce for two years and allowing treasury purchases at 1.29 per ounce. If enacted the old 16 to 1 ratio may return, though gold at 35 dollars an ounce complicates the balance.
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Washington
Senate
Post Office
Treasury
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan
India
U. S. Treasury
Quotations About Work and Eloquence From Noted Thinkers
A compact collection of aphorisms on work self-improvement and eloquence from La Rochefoucauld and Tacitus, Carlyle and CG Cy, emphasizing the value of present actions and antiquity as a guide. The selection frames labor as noble and words as powerful.
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Dore
Cotton
Tacitus
Carlyle
Dogs Cats Pets Wanted Pups For Sale
Wanted dogs and cats and other pets of all ages both registered and unregistered state price number age breed etc asso can use one crossbred pup 10 weeks to 6 months old at one fifty each box Chariton Iowa
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Asso
Chariton
Iowa
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