Financial woes mix with revolutions and a tiger
The column blends economic strains under Roosevelt with British finances under Chamberlain and the fate of Trotzky. It recalls a deadly tiger named Boss, critiques mortgage relief proposals, and follows Tugwell and Morgenthau in New Deal policy while noting silver debates and milk program changes.
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Uncle Sam
Old Trotzky
Chamberlain
England
Sam
Roosevelt
Hester C. Davis
Farm Adjustment Administration
Rail wage accord ends strike threat in Roosevelt settlement
Rail executives and union chiefs, under President Roosevelt’s implicit pressure, reach a wage settlement with a 10 percent cut phased out over a year. Restorations total 7 percent by January 1 1935 and 5 percent by April 1 1935, yielding stronger terms than Roosevelt had urged.
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Roosevelt
Joseph B. Eastman
President Roosevelt
Pen hearings set on Huey Long removal petitions
The senate privileges and elections committee will begin hearings on May 2 into petitions to remove Huey P. Long from the Louisiana seat. Notices were sent to Hilda Phelps Hammond Ruf fin G Pleasant and former Governor John M Parker who seek his removal.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Walter P. George
Georgia
Special
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Ruffin G. Pleasant
John M. Parker
Bolivar B E. Kemp
Long
Harry D. Wilson
Jared Y. Sanders
AFL pushes union drive for telephone workers amid NRA issues
American Federation of Labor leaders press to organize telephone workers charging AT&T with NRA code violations via company unions. They urge banning employee stock sales, restricting expansion of dial systems until employment normalizes, and seek broader actions by the NRA. Also notes wheat carryover projections and Panama Canal passage of the US fleet with delays.
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Merican Federation of Labor
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
NRA
Middle West
Chicagoland
A. F. of L
L. H. Peeples
United States
Philippines
Philippine Scouts
Pearl Harbor
Russia
Inquiry May Shock Washington Affects War Industry
The senate begins a Nye Vandenberg inquiry into shipbuilding munitions and aircraft firms amid warnings of possible retaliation and international tension. Observers foresee a long probe that could influence domestic policy and worsen world relations as disclosure nears.
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Washington
Senate
Nye
North Dakota
Vandenberg
Michigan
Nye-Vandenberg
United States
Nye-Vandenberg Committee
Pope
Idaho
China
Spare Them From Condescension in Settlement Work
The quote recalls Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer of New York who refused a society girl’s push to engage in settlement work. She urged, in effect, not to intrude on the poor with condescension as those who dwell in tenements already bear much.
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Saat Be
Farm Administration
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