Roosevelt Era Spending and Accounting Reform Reflected
The article notes President Roosevelt expanded the General Accounting Office reach over New Deal emergency agencies, enabling independent oversight of federal money. It discusses graft suspicions, accountability debates, and rising debt as the administration faced public scrutiny and electoral pressure over spending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
General
J. Raymond McCarl
United States
Bureau of
Congress
Comptroller General
General Accounting Office
Lgre
Department of Government
Sewosetel
New Deal
Sr. Stoosevelt
Fa Hig
Potato Production Control in AAA Plan Sparks Debate
The piece discusses federal spending under the Roosevelt era, the Hopkins Ickes dispute, and a forthcoming potato production control plan by the AAA. It notes the impact on taxpayers, the potential debt, and enforcement challenges including a 45 cent bushel tax and penalties up to $1,000 fine.
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AAA
Western Newnpaper Union
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
Stopkinsville
National Youth Association
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Pew Agency
Colege
Platforms Not Easily Obeyed In Roosevelt Era Policy Debates
The author argues parties use platforms as show windows and contrasts past presidents McKinley Roosevelt Taft Wilson Hoover and Coolidge with how events and policies shaped the era. It notes Roosevelt’s farm program and securities regulation, Reconstruction Finance, and debates over National Youth Administration and rural electrification. It cites specific programs, agencies, and figures while urging patience with ongoing policy outcomes.
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Earl
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Taft
Wirgon
United States
Illo Grande
Wilson
Power
Tfe Saver
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
J. P. Morgan
Last Round Up at Sea Aboard the Winefredian
Pete Mullan and seven hundred cattle face a mid Atlantic storm aboard the Winefredian. The ship groans and heels to 45 degrees as sea water floods stalls and cattle stampede through a narrow deck passage. Foreman dives a stall to save Pete. many steers are killed or destroyed to end their suffering as the ship steadies.
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mid-Atlantic
Peter Mullan
Pete
Davy Jones
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Fete
Ehip
Androu
H—-Wats Sarvlea
Meaning of Von in Historical Names and Aristocratic Ties
The article explains how German and French prefix particles like von and de in names once signified origin or lineage meaning from or of. Over time they became fixed surname parts, carrying little current significance unless tracing distant aristocratic ancestry.
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Von
Yoo
Paul von Lindenburg
Vindenburg
Martin Yao Uren Flteralls
Martin of
Uuren
Louis
de Rouen
Luuen
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Mia Riatt
Dation
Ickes
Karry Blopkins
Hopkins
Ieches
Mr. Ickes
Sechkes-Ntopkins
Ickes-Hopkins
Dhterenes Fo Bolley
Harding
Coolidge
Troover
Woover
Farm Joan Board
GO. PF
Wit Boy
Securities and Exchange Commission
Power Trust
Utility Holding Company Regulatory Act
Ile
Ble Hag
Morrs Cooke
New Rural Electrification Administration
Pennsylvania
Cookes
Cooke
Unios
By Floyd Gibbons
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