Split in Labor Ranks Marks Holiday Observance
The LAI DAY holiday sparked by the John Lewis split was largely observed while labor leaders and lawmakers urged unity and reforms. William Green urged higher wages and shorter hours, John J. Lewis touted broader income and organizing gains, and Perkins cited job gains and wage increases as the movement faced factory strikes and milling disputes.
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William Green
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Teron
de- Wiliam Green
John J. Lewis
Washington
Lewin
Perkins
Mike Perkins
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Second American Milling Center
Chicago
France to Spend Vast Sum for Military Defense
France outlines a 930 million dollar four year program for military expansion. Edouard Daladier proposes intensified mechanization, larger professional army, new long service noncommissioned officers, frontier fortifications, and a major air force build up of two thousand planes amid European threats.
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France
Europe
Edouard Daladier
Poland Seizes Vilna Sparked Lithuanian Turmoil
Lithuania faces collapse of fascist regime under President Antanas Smetona as new parliament weighs constitutional revision. Tensions rise with Germany over Memel and with Poland after Vilna seizure, while U S railway labor act case escalates to the Supreme Court and a New York printing plant closes due to high labor costs.
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Lithuania
Antanas Smetona
Germany
League of Nations
Poland
Vilna
New York
New York City
Charles Schweinler Press
Six Rail Audit Officials Cited for Contempt by Senate Panel
U.S. District Attorney L C Garnett was named by Vice President Garner to present to the federal grand jury the case against six Railway Audit and Inspection Co officials who failed to appear before a Senate committee led by La Follette. The cited executives include W W Groves, W B Groves, Earl Douglas Rice, J E Blair, R S Judge, and J C Boyer. The hearing probed alleged use of labor splea by employers in disputes with workers and sought injunctions to block production of records.
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L. C. Garnett
Washington
Garner
Federal Grand Jury
Senate
W. W. Groves
W. B. Groves
Earl Douglas Rice
J. E. Blair
R. S. Judge
Roosevelt Revisions Raise Public Debt to Record High
President Roosevelt revises the 1937 budget with higher outlays due to bonus and AAA effects, projecting a public debt peak at 34.168 billion dollars while claiming tax receipts will rise by 12 million. The plan spans July 1, 1936, to June 30, 1937, with finance chief Daniel W. Bell releasing the figures during the President’s absence.
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Congress
Roosevelt
AAA
Daniel W. Bell
Sean Sanipe
Mr. Roosevelt
Morgan tax plan prompts shift toward British system
Treasury eyeing changes to capital gains losses, replacing the current exemption with a broader, British-style approach. The move aims to ease collection by simplifying how gains and losses are recorded, while politics swirl around campaign tactics and potential backlash from various states and party factions.
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Treasury Department
Great Britain
Treasury
J. Pierpont Morgan
Great Buitgin
Gageraily
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
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