The Liberty Amendment vs the progressive income tax
A 1960s editorial argues Marx and Engels backed a heavy income tax and that the Liberty Amendment would end federal taxes on personal incomes, estates, and gifts. It cites state ratifications, potential revenue shifts, and warns of centralized power while urging reform for fiscal solvency.
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Engels
Marx and
Congress
Marx
Georgia
Wyoming
Texas
Nevada
Louisiana
United States
Friends of
The Elusive Affliction
The article discusses the public health push to develop a vaccine for the common cold, noting the ongoing struggle to conquer colds despite advances against other diseases. The author expresses mixed feelings, half hoping the virus remains elusive.
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Wall Street Journal
U.S. Public Health Service
Recalled 1929 stock crash as national memory in 1929 column
Washington special recalls 1929 market collapse and officials’ optimistic notes. It traces Hoover era responses including tax policy, tariffs, and attempts to restore confidence, noting Congress hesitancy and lingering fear before FDR’s 1932 landslide. The piece links bank holidays and wartime relief to unemployment declines.
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A . Lawredce
Washington
Hoover Administration
Hoover
Congress
House
Treasury Department
Tariff Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F.D.R
Herbert Hoover
America
Librarians Keep Civilization On The Road Say Traver
In a reflection on books and daily life author Robert Traver extols librarians as unsung guardians of civilization. He notes their overwork and underpayment yet praises their role in making society tolerable and accessible amid politics taxes and foreign affairs.
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Robert
Traver
Robert Gordon
Eastern High School
Phelps Vocational High School
D.C
Vera Rykoff
Coolidge High School
Triggering Event Stock Market Dip Shows Danger Of Government Anger
The piece discusses a stock market decline tied to fears of government actions against business. It notes Dow Jones movements, past market excesses, and the risk that fear could spread to investment and spending, highlighting the danger of government hostility toward business as a catalyst for further declines. It cites President Kennedy era context and ends with Dow’s remark about public selling and blind fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dow
Wall Street Journal
Kennedy l
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Roose jIn
eTrteient
Langer
Dow
Kennedy
United States
Federal aid debate on schooling in Washington
Washington students urge federal action as local schools suffer from neglect and overcrowding. They cite deteriorating buildings, flooded furnaces, missing textbooks, and overcrowded classes, calling for federal funding to rehabilitate education in the district.
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Kennedy
Sam
Washington
Earnest
Pracdevia Bis Ees
House
Senate
Uiemad Shebdin
Elaine Gordon
Chamberlain Vocational School
Benning
Ign
Office of Education
Rusk’s Calm Leadership Draws Mixed, Quiet Praise
The World Today reviews Dean Rusk’s steady, unexciting foreign policy approach under Kennedy. Critics press for alternatives while Rusk emphasizes total performance, navigation over spectacle, and steady diplomacy amid Cuba Laos Viet Nam and Cold War tensions.
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the World Today
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Kennedy
Congress
Dulles
Dean Acheson
Russia
Red China
Cuba
Laos
Viet Nam
Latin America
Congo
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Marty ‘Souldwater
R-Ariz
State Department
Khrushchev would like U.S. labor split urges AFL CIO
Labor Secretary Goldberg urges the AFL C IO to end internal feuding to unite workers against a broader goal. He argues Khrushchev would favor a divided labor movement over unity for global freedom and progress.
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Khrushchev
United States
Goldberg
Afl-Cio
Write Your Congressman And Senators On Important Issues
A civic call to contact lawmakers notes the duty to write senators and representatives. It lists names and Washington DC addresses for Ben Symington, Edward Long, Morgan Moulder, Richard Ichord, and Clarence Cannon with district notes. The piece emphasizes citizen engagement in Washington to preserve the republic.
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Washington
Republic
Ben
Stuart Symington
Senate
D. C
Fen
Edward V. Long
Bridg
Washington, D. C
Morgan M. Moulder
House
Moulder
Cole
Boone
Camden
Cooper, Miller, Meahean
Morgans
Richard Ichord
Ichotd
Maries
Osage
Phelps
Pulaski
Clarence Cannon
Cannon
Callaway
Franklin and Gasconade Coustics
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Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
For
Earth
Rod
Ezra Taft Benson
Agriculture
U.G.A
The
U.S. Capitol
Delbers
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jim
Armen
City National
Savings and Loan Association
Monrus
Jefferson City, Me
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