Wagner Connery labor bill passes in house and labor pushes
The Wagner Connery bill creates a three member labor relations board to supervise elections and enforce unfair labor practices. It sets exclusive bargaining rights and prohibits employer interference. The measure faces constitutional challenges and possible Supreme Court review. Roosevelt extended an emaciated code program and named an administrator with support from labor and industry leaders.
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White House
House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Green
Supreme Court
Wapner- Connery
Peor Old Mira
Roosevelt
Congress
James L. O'Neill
Guarantee Trust Company of
New York
Leon C. Marshall
Division of Review
Prentiss L. Coonley
Division of Business Co-Operation
George L. Berry
Labor
Berry
International Pressmen's Union
O'Neill
Marshall
Coonley
Charlea Edison
Howell Cheney
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Emily Newell Clair and
Walton
Roosevelt Plan Aims Tax Reform to Reduce Wealth Inequality
President Roosevelt outlined a plan to raise revenue and curb big fortunes through higher inheritance and gift taxes, a graduated corporate tax, and removal of tax exempt securities. He stressed distributing tax burdens equitably while advancing New Deal goals and limiting radical demands.
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Ven Huer
Soosevelt
Congress
Britain and Germany Reach Naval Pact in Appeal for Peace
The realigned European leaders pursue conciliation with Germany and accept a bilateral naval agreement. It grants Germany up to 35 percent of British tonnage, with potential parity at 43 percent in submarine capacity, despite Versailles restrictions that barred submarines.
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Reat Gritain
Europe
Germany
Nitler
Reich
France
Army air corps chief Foulois cleared of blame in misstatement flap
Secretary of War cleared Major General Foulois of blame for the air corps fiasco and only directed a reprimand for inexact and misleading testimony to the House Military Affairs Committee. Some lawmakers pressed for removal and planned to push the matter to the floor.
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WAT Dern
Benjamin Do. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Rogers
New Yampshire
Sister Lent
Alabama
Foulela
Rovers
Bern
War Department
Foulels
Sirwei
Cardenas Survives Cabinet Crisis and Parade in Capital
RESIDENT CARDENAS of Mexico appeared to have come victorious out of a crisis precipitated by Plutsrco Eline Callies opposing Cardenas' economic policies. The young president forced his entire cabinet to resign and formed another to support him. Mexican City Catholics, leveraging thousands of Rotarians in town for their international convention, staged a monster parade with speeches calling for religious leadership.
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Cardenas
Mexico
Plutsrco Eline Callies
Photo-Electric Cell Sorts Colored Marbles by Light
The proto-electric cell idea grows with applications from automatic phone signaling to color based marble sorting. A beam detects light at high speed, enabling color discrimination and rapid sorting, while future city lighting could be controlled by daylight sensing.
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Sara Tit Bits
Power Trust in Fight for Life
The piece argues the power trust faces a final, determined battle against Roosevelt and New Deal reforms. It links the trust to TVA, interlocking corporate control, and broad influence over policy, urging vigilance against purported anti-democratic power structures while praising federal programs and public works backed by the New Deal.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
New Deal
Power Trust
Senate
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Power
Europe
George Norris
Nebraska
Republican Party
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
John McCarl
McCarl
Congress
Congress Ig
Federal Communications Commission
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Tell
David Sarnot
Radio Corporation of America
Sosthenes Dehn
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Walter Gifford
Bell Eystem
Jnto
Focal Bell Companies
New York
Western
Onion
Wages as Engine of Prosperity, Ford Pact Stressed
The American Cotton Manufacturers' Association at Charlotte urges no wage cuts or bonus reductions. W. J. Cameron, onHenry Ford's behalf, cites restoring the six dollar minimum wage as costly but essential. He argues wages fuel the nation's distribution of goods and sustain a vast, steady market of wage earners.
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American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Charlotte
N.4
W. 3
Cameron
Ienry Ford
Mr. Cameron
Wealth from workers will erode democracy and prosperity
The author argues against demagogues urging taking wealth from workers. He warns that redistribution is harmful and that with full production, consumption and good wages American prosperity can continue. The passage urges workers to read carefully and reject demagogic calls.
Wage History Highlights from Early America to 1914
The text notes a president’s complaint that food workers earned under 300 dollars a year, compares early American wages to a New England carpenter earning a dollar daily, and cites 1914 figures where Ford’s wage reached 234 dollars daily and a wage reform changed to five dollars per day in January 1914.
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United States
McMasters
New England
Lenny Ford
Senate Rejects Long Plan to Tax Fortunes for Charity
The senate rejects Senator Longs proposal to spend five thousand million dollars annually funded by taxing large fortunes. The share the wealth idea could last a while but once fortunes are gone the proponents may start dividing up chunks of each other.
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Senate
Long
Morgan in London Sells Costly Miniatures for Profit
J Pierpont Morgan of New York, who sold valuable pictures there, is in London selling costly miniatures. The event highlights Morgan's ongoing interest in the art market and his skill as a dealer.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
London
Morgan Sells Irreplaceable Net Works Amid Prosperity
The passage questions why Mr. Morgan, a prosperous figure, sells nets that cannot be replaced. It hints at a philosophy that real money may be more valuable than miniature works, suggesting an emphasis on business practicality.
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Morgan
Congressman P L Gassaway Telegram From Kansas Texas Visit
Telegram from Washington signed by Congressman P L Gassaway reports cheerful notes on a trip through Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. He notes good crops and prosperity, but mentions missing breakfast due to a crowded railroad restaurant.
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Washington
P. L. Gassaway
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
FiveYearOld Jackie Kaul Found Drowned in East River
A New York boy aged five believed kidnapped was found dead in the East River in what authorities call an accident. On discovering the tragedy his parents faced dreadful anxiety but find relief in faith that he is safe in the hereafter. The bereaved family expresses grateful acceptance of the loss.
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Jackie Kaul
New York
East River
Walth
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