Budget bill veto blocks reform and budget chaos
The piece argues President Wilson blocked a major budget reform by vetoing a bill over a constitutional defect related to removal powers. Congress could not pass the amended measure this winter, leaving 1921 22 estimates to old methods and continued inflated appropriations amid political blame.
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Prosiiy Saesshee
United States
New York
Tnt
Sat
Wilson
Congress
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Mr Overmans Jokes on Democratic spending during war effort
The piece notes Senator Overman attacking Congress for extravagance as Administration estimates are trimmed by about 2.6 billion. It questions the Administration demand for 5 billion and details Congress cuts to a standing army and wartime deficits. It cites tax debates and fear of long term deficits. It concludes running government expenses may stay above 5.5 billion.
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Mr. Overman
Senator Overman
Congress
Baker
Seegress
Department
Commission
Railroad Administration
Iso
Treasury
Gmoet
Congress trims budget while administration seeks raise
Retrenchment on some lines will be balanced by necessary increases in salaries and operation costs due to wage inflation and higher commodity prices. Congress acted decisively while the Administration did not. Democratic leaders should avoid comparing appropriated amounts with those urged by the Administration, as Congress reduced the budget by about 30 percent.
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Congress
New York City Surpasses 6 Million Population Mark
New York City grows to 6,021,151 in 1920, an 854,268 rise since 1910. War-related immigration shifts and wartime industry fluctuations slowed growth after 1910, with Newark Jersey City and Paterson showing similar trends. City poised to surpass London in metropolitan heft, despite housing pressures.
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New York
New York City
Census Bureau
Federal
the Tribune
Newark
Jersey City
Paterson
London
Hungary Signs Neuilly Treaty After Long War of Promises
Hungary finally signed the Treaty of Neuilly last Friday despite vows it would never accept the terms. The ceremony at the Grand Trino Palace marked the end of Allied driven negotiations though the compact remains harsh, ceding much of the population and territory, with crushing economic clauses. The regime backs monarchist restoration and nationalist revenge, while real power rests with reactionary officers who guard the capital through terror and control the army and government.
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Hungary
Grand Trianon Palace
United States
Central
Europe
Christian National Party
Simonyi-Semadam
Horthy
Hungary Prepares for War Using Reorganized Forces
The Hungarian militarists built up a strong nucleus around officers’ battalions and launched large scale irredentist propaganda in Slovakia and Transylvania. They allegedly fund Bolshevik agitation in Czecho Slokakia and Romania to undermine these states and justify intervention. Czecho-Slovakia and Serbia distrust Budapest’s aims, and Neuilly’s peace is at risk of being treated as scraps of paper. The Allies should rely on a democratic anti militarist Hungarian government opposite to the current Budapest regime.
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Hungary
Horthy
Budapest
Slovakia
Transylvania
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Serbia
Neuilly
Standardizing women's dress to curb extreme styles
The Fair Price Commission advocates standardizing women s garments to reduce wasteful style churn and protect budgets. Whether prices fall or not, the move aims to limit extreme trends, suggesting even conservative conformity is hard. It argues standardization preserves beauty in quality materials and discourages ugly designs by not producing them.
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Fair Price Commission
Income Tax Immunities for Federal Judges and President
The Supreme Court ruled that federal judges and the President cannot have salaries taxed. The Constitution protections bar pecuniary retaliation by Congress, securing compensation during tenure. The piece questions whether such taxes count as a salary deduction and contemplates potential political pressures if Congress tried to tax them.
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Supreme Court
Supreme
Congresses
Jeffersonian Party
Congress
Republican Reconstruction Congresses
Andrew Johnson
United States
Constitutional view on salaries of President and judges
The author questions whether salaries of the President and federal judges can be diminished by economic changes or new taxes without violating constitutional intent. He notes practice of withholding income tax as a formal diminution and probes whether substance differs from form in such reductions.
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District of Columbia
Starving Germany letter mocks war relief effort
A reader dismisses Allied starvation claims about Germany after World War I. The letter, from BON DABO, US Army aide, contests reports of starving German children, describing postwar Germany as well fed and healthy. He urges directing aid to American widows and orphans instead, noting his Germany visit and observations in 1919 and 1920.
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The
Tribune
Arthur T. Richmond
Bernstorff
von Papen
Germany
German Empire
Fonda
Heinle
Gott
Rhine
Meant Satirically Letter Voices Sympathy For Starving Children
In a July letter from Manchester Vermont, the writer argues that two Tribune letters opposing food aid to German and Armenian starving civilians were likely satirical and meant to provoke a reaction. He contends true kindness would drive aid rather than indifference, noting the contrast with the suffering of tubercular children and skeletal Armenians.
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The
Tribune
Germany
Clegnorn
Manchenter, Vt
Jung
Burglary Insurance Ties to Whisky Shortage Loot
A fragmented note from the Loulatila Courier Journal suggests burglars, failing to find whisky, steal household silverware. The piece implies rising burglary insurance activity linked to frequent whisky-related thefts.
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Loulatila Courier-Journal
Bursglar
Garden of Alcinons and scattered prose scraps
A fragmentary page combines a classical garden poem about the Garden of Alcinons and vines with a jumble of scattered commentary on literary figures and a brief note on New York City motor vehicle laws. The text alternates between mythic imagery and disparate, near-random excerpts.
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New York City
American Railway Express
Gleanings from Steep Sather Notes and Public Events
Aleck Woollcott arrives in Europe and Sig Spacth injures his knee. Krank Ward OMalley recovers, Walt Kingsley buys another book, and a reminder to follow Gotham Gleanings on vacation. Dick Gillespie and Miss Dorothy Tilton wed tonight, a depot visit noted, and Jack Pershing visits town for a Columbia University honor. Many readers attend the Chicago convention while Miss Ednat V. Millay travels to Truro, Massachusetts for the heated term. Frank Case waits tables during hotel strikes. Mrs R W Lardner prepares her Great Neck house for July entertaining. The Republican convention opens in Chicago with Gen Wood possibly nominated, but hopes for H J Allen linger. Special writers cover by the job, hoping to avoid extra innings. A Pacific Marine Review notice shows a large modern saw. Allen delegates are urged to act with mage RPA.
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Krank Ward O'Malley
Walt Kingsley
Gotham
Advt
Dick Gillespie
Dorothy Tilton
Ap. m
Jack Pershing
Columbia Univ
Chicago
Ednart V. Millay
Truro
Masa
Frank Case
R. W. Lardner
Great Neak
Gen. Wood
H. J. Allen
Books and reviews in a lively literary column
A literary column surveys recent works and authors with lively asides on Heywood Broun, The Third Window by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, and plays by Susan Glaspell. It weighs Palmer versus Babe Ruth in public gusto, praises Glaspell’s trifle plays, and debates O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon with reader comments on setting and tragedy.
Shoestring Campaign Funds Grow in Cal Expenditure Debate
In light of revelations about Tobnson campaign spending in California surpassing $200,000, the senator’s “shoestring” label seems misapplied as funds balloon. The piece notes HI as a humorist, consciously or not, and questions at what size a campaign fund ceases to be a shoestring and becomes substantial.
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Philadelpha
Tobnson
California
Clase
Far Fetched Epigram From Providence Promises War Era
Secretary Daniela explains his famed declaration about naval priorities ending the war. The Hale Committees discuss the phrase and its reception, while the record shows the epithet labeled as an epigram, reflecting the era’s rhetoric and humor amid wartime policy debates.
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Prom the
Providence Journal
Daniela
Justitea
Debates over a sales tax and Pacific trade plans
The letter argues against a sales tax citing economic interference and production savings while stressing taxing only the surplus after essential consumption. A second note from 1920 discusses Pacific trade resolutions, ship allocations, and improved transpacific and Far East communications, highlighting new long vessels and routes via Manila and other Oriental ports.
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Pacific
the Tribune
Set “Ranclato
Far
United State Shipping
Manls
San Francisco
Seattle
Manila
Philippines
Far East
Admiral Ling
Paciit Mall
Mataon Steams
Frm
Oriental
Arsenio N. Luz
New York
Can He Swallow It
A fragmented Washington Post item questions the Democratic path and possible political maneuvering. An equally garbled Providemps Journal note hints at crop promises and potential tax record surveys this year.
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Washington Post
Providemps Journal
Taxea
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Brander Matthews
Ork
Aleck Woollcott
Sig Spacth
Pacific Marine Review
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Allen
Heywood Broun
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Big Pond
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Frank Adams
A. Mitchell Palmer
Babe Ruth
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Joseph Conrad
W. J. Solomon
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Ajax
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Bellavus
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Dido
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Arnold W. Rosenthal
Robert Maye
Penang
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