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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1933
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune outlines its history and subscriber terms. It notes mergers and consolidations dating from 1848 to 1918, carrier delivery, weekly rates, and mail subscription zones with advance payment required.
The piece critiques lack of a guiding national philosophy for New Deal era reforms. Bruce Catton argues the NRA and related programs resemble a house without a foundation, with no clear economic or social theory for the future. Huey Long’s Milwaukee outburst and press reaction are also described, illustrating press-politician tensions.
The article argues the program’s experimental nature offers both risks and freedoms. It suggests withdrawing mistaken steps is possible and favors flexible, interim choices over rigid, single-plan solutions to escape economic distress. It notes a future reform vision after emerging from hardship.
A miscellany piece surveys butterfly migration feats, a Spaniard gymnastic pioneer, and a stream of 1930s economic and political speculation. It notes Monarchs crossing oceans, a 30 foot leap by Francesco Amoros y Ondeano, and debates on NRA policy, gold standard, and public utilities.
Washington column argues Frances Perkins faces pushback from labor leaders who accuse her aides of favoring social welfare over direct worker power. It notes Hoover era appointees leaving, calls for consolidation of labor agencies, and contrasts veteran unions with Brookings insiders. The piece frames a tense, uncertain future for organized labor amid the national recovery program.
In war time Industry operated on a cost plus ten plan. Higher wages fed higher profits and more ten percent. Strikes spread nationwide despite patriotic appeals as workers demand raises and shorter hours. The administration counsels patience while workers press bosses to concede. In New York a professor debate on saving the country ends with disagreement over devaluation as a solution.
Toledo Ohio landlord William P. Devon complains that he cannot collect overdue rents from his tenants. The note cites his experience canceling or seeking payment amid mounting arrears.
The item recalls a 50 year milestone with the first debate between Governor Sherman of Iowa and L. G. Kinne at Independence. It notes Company C of Muscatine back from Cedar Falls after the Second Iowa Brigade encampment, plus 25 years past a Muscatine unit's Ft Riley trip. Also lists county politics, YMCAs expansion, a clothing-store sale, a near-fatal auto crash in New York, and a school leadership appointment.
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