Utility leaders urge Roosevelt to abandon public ownership push
Edison Electric Institute president Thomas M. McCarter meets President Roosevelt to urge halting nationalizing reforms and tests of TVA. Officials cite constitutional concerns and argue industry must reform rates and practices. Other leaders attack public power and press for freer business action amid war planning debates.
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Fetrernic
United States
Roosevelt
Thomas M. McCarter
Edison Electric Institute
Tennessee Valley Authority
McCarter
TVA
Newton D. Baker
James M. Beck
W. I. Grubb
Frank KR. McNineh
Federal Power Commission
Aids
Supreme Court
McNineh
Canada
Navy Cites Communist Push to Mutiny in Armed Forces
Commander W L Kirkman told the House Un American Activities Committee that Communists run a nationwide campaign from New York headquarters to incite mutiny and sabotage among sailors and soldiers. He showed pamphlets and leaflets circulated in the Navy featuring attractive women active in the propaganda. The committee considers a law to punish urging oath violations. Meanwhile Paraguay rejects the League peace plan and warns of a possible broader war in the Gran Chaco as it battles Bolivia over prisoners and territory.
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War Department
Clark
Missouri
Department
Congress
War Policies Commission
Army
CG. T. Harris
EF. Brannan
Cer
Navy
House Committee On un-American Activities
W. L. Kirkman
New York City
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
League of Nations
Bolivia
League
Chaco
United States
London
Japan
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Nye
North Dakota
Vandenberg
Mi Igan
Army and Navy urged to strengthen defenses and housing
Secretary Dern urges raising officer and enlisted strength to 14 000 and 165 000, proposes 600 airplanes over three years, funds for army housing, a single War Department building, and revised promotion laws. He praises regulars, guards, and reserves, and defends the air corps amid wartime duties.
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Dern
Navy
Swanson
Air Corps
Army
War Department
Congress
Treasury
National Guard
Eyes, taxes, and ironies in a world awash with talk
A BRIEF column surveys public spending plans led by Ickes proposing a $105 billion public works program over decades. It skewers foreign policy ironies, NRA recovery notes, and social debates, including attacks on high wealth, anti semitic notions, and a marginal look at King Carol and and political intrigues. The piece closes with cotton policy by Bankhead and potential price effects.
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Roosevelt
National Resources. Board
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Perkins
Iie
Resources Board
Sam
F. H. Ecker
Metropolitan Life
United States
Winter Vacations and Health Needs for Modern Life
The piece argues winter vacations suit health better than summer as cold season illnesses rise then. It notes advances in sanitation and food safety reduced summer diseases, while winter outbreaks persist. It suggests shifting vacations to winter, or adjusting work and school to allow sunshine and rest. It cites sun storage, air conditioning, and economic feasibility of winter travel.
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Gulf of Mexico
New Deal Rules Publish for Public Clarity Cited by Supreme Court
The piece notes Supreme Court concern that many NRA orders and codes lack broad public publication. It argues government output may overwhelm newspapers and citizens, warning of risks of unsupervised publicity. It discusses legal authority, administrative tribunals, and a possible official government publication system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Brandeis
NRA
Congress
American Bar Association
National Recovery Administration
Brooklyn Institute
White House
War and Navy Departments
Roose
Preme Court
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
R. Hugh S., Magila
American Federation of Utility Investors
Federal Trade Commission
Doctor Magill
White Sulphur Springs
Eran
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce of the
Mary Harriman Rumsey
B. H. Harriman
National Consumers’ Board
Eugene R. Black
Federal Reserve Board
Martin W. Littleton
New York
T.N. McCarter
Harold L. Ickes
Department of Justice
C. F. Urschel
Oklahoma
James ©. Mathers
Ben Laska
Denver Bar
Albert Bates
Alcatraz Island
Laska
Privy Council
Hirohito
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Pacific Ocean
Great Tain
Brisbane
Russia
Kirov
Stalin
Louis Mosenza
New Jersey
Mosenza
Charles Dana Gibson
Maine
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Rumania
Magda Lupescu
Carol
St. Anthony
Joseph J. Fiske
Hitler
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew. W. Mellon
Henry Ford
George F. Baker
George
England
Marquess of Donegal
London Sunday
East Prussia
United
King Features Syndicate
WNU ‘Bervicq
Lloyd Arnold
Wednk of Illinois, College of Medicine
William Bruckart
Chesapeakean LM Railroad
George Wu
Pi Congress
H. C. Bishop
Ing
Genepton
General Assembly
Jameston Corporation
Chesil Ohio Railroad Company
Ginia Assembly
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