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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1935
Page
2
The essay weighs the U S Supreme Court NRA ruling and traces how modern conditions press for more national action, while core law favors minimal central government. It argues distrust of consolidated power, cites Nebraska's one chamber plan as a bold reform, and warns against politics in enforcement.
Akron dispatch notes New York State spends 171 a week to teach Seneca Indians how to make arrow heads at Tonawanda reservation. White teachers supply books and Flint-knapped arrowhead skills return as elders guide crafts in a center reviving stone age arts amid modern funding. The piece contrasts luxury ocean liners and the public’s preference for comfort over thrill.
The Senate backed a measure requiring all persons paid to influence national legislation or government work to register with the federal government. If the House agrees, Washington lobbyists must reveal their identities, promoting transparency. The writer argues openness is proper while noting the bill’s impact on lobbying activity.
The chain letter craze fades quickly with many senders stuck with worthless payments. An official notes disappointed readers accuse postmen of stealing money, a charge deemed absurd. The piece laments the burst of the fad and the season’s floods and disruptions.
The piece critiques relief spending and federal overreach, arguing five billion in taxpayer money funds limited recovery while business could create far more jobs without cost to the public. It cites opinions from sources including the Kansas City Star and Anthony Eden, urging freer enterprise and less red tape.
Washington report shows about 25 to 20 million people out of 127 million depend on government support for food clothing and shelter. Civilian and military staff costs exceed 107 million in April. Roosevelt and other top officials’ salaries are listed, with many under $15 thousand while some private figures exceed $100 thousand annually.
Rome reports opportune safety measures in Eritrea following a frontier raid by Abyssinians. Fourteen incidents attributed to Abyssinians threaten Italian and Abyssinian talks in Milan. A party of about 20 armed Abyssinians reportedly attempted to cross Italian lines near Mustahil, with Italian frontier guards firing back.
Joseph Witek a longtime St Louis florist who designed the Veiled Prophet ball bouquet and many society events died suddenly while motoring near Phoenix Arizona. He left the city two weeks ago for a health related motor trip. He was 51.
The piece portrays Harvard Law professor Felix Frankfurter as intimately connected to the Supreme Court and Brandeis, noting his insight into court moods and the Schechter decision. It discusses White House access by Frankfurter, Hugh Johnson, and Donald Richberg, and the influence of business on New Deal policy, with Frankfurter warned that defeat was likely and the NRA power debates linger.
Washington reports that liberals push the Guffey bituminous coal recovery bill as a strategic lever to salvage New Deal aims after NRA code disruption. The measure, backed by labor and coal operators, would set a nine man commission, fix wages and hours by bargaining, tax coal production, and issue bonds to restore marginal mines and reemploy miners.
Missouri railroaders use a chain letter campaign to urge representatives to back a highway regulatory bill, framed as a square deal in the new deal for railroads. The Missouri employees and taxpayers association distributes the letters to gain signatures, aiming to place transport under uniform regulation.
Tacoma, June 4. The search for George Weyerhaeuser’s captors appeared to settle into a routine routine as authorities guarded highways and water routes from the state. Investigators distributed photos of suspects to 30 agents as questions linger over whether Alvin Karpis or local hoodlums led the abduction and how the marked ransom bills may aid a breakthrough.
Phila June 4 UP Responsibility for the bank panic of March 1933 and the continuation of the low mood is laid upon President Roosevelt in a series of Saturday Evening Post articles begun today by Walter H Newton and Prof William Stary Myers. They accuse Roosevelt of wrecking a recovery that had begun before the 1932 election. The authors say the worldwide depression hit bottom in June 1932 and a recovery had begun globally with a strong upturn but halted in the United States.
In the week ending June 1 Missouri Pacific railroad loaded 18 417 revenue freight cars, down from 19 172 a year earlier. Gulf coast lines moved 3 905 cars versus 3 599 last year, and International Great Northern carried 4 007, down from 4 397.
The London court made absolute the decree of divorce for Lord Ashley from Lady Ashley. Douglas Fairbanks was named in the decree. Costs were assessed against Fairbanks. The couple have been separated since November 28.
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