Roosevelts Budget Forecast Highlights Relief Strain
President Roosevelt presented a 1938 budget with a projected deficit near 418 million dollars excluding debt retirement, urging 1.5 billion for relief and strict economy to offset anticipated revenue declines. He signaled tax reform and surveyed fiscal structure while lawmakers urged trimming relief and expanding project cost shares.
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Robinson
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Wallace
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Ernest Draper
Treasury
Roosevelt Plans Gulf Fishing Trip Amid Congress Clash
President Roosevelt announces a Gulf of Mexico fishing voyage starting April 28 lasting two weeks or more. He will begin in Biloxi Mississippi then motor to New Orleans with a stop at Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis home, en route before boarding the ship in New Orleans.
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Maine Governor Mobilizes National Guard Over Shoe Strike
Gov Lewis O Barrows of Maine joins other state executives to quell a 1000‑strong mob attempting to storm two of nineteen Auburn shoe factories amid a general strike. Barrows vows full military force to preserve constitutional authority after a state supreme court injunction by Judge Harry Manser targets the dispute involving about 6500 workers. Power Hapgood of the CIO and organizers helped spark the unrest.
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Morgan Dies in Ohio Capitol Committee Room
Forbes Morgan once Democratic National Committee treasurer during 1936 resigned to head the Distilled Spirits Institute and died suddenly in a Columbus state capitol committee room. He was a World War I major and a relative by marriage of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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DAR Congress Opposes President's Court Enlargement Plan
By unanimous vote nearly 4000 Daughters of the American Revolution at their forty sixth annual congress in Washington adopted a resolution opposing the presidents Supreme Court enlargement bill. The resolution argued against unbalancing the federal tripartite system and favored submitting the issues to the people via a constitutional amendment.
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Roosevelt nominates Harriman as minister to Norway
President Roosevelt sends to the Senate the nomination of Florence Jaffray Harriman of Washington as minister to Norway. Widow of J Borden Harriman, she has long been active in politics. Anthony J Drexel Biddle Jr is nominated to be ambassador to Poland, replacing the Norway post.
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Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Poland
Senate panel ends hearings on President’s Supreme Court bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee closed public hearings and moves to executive sessions to study the measure amid petitions led by 75,000 California voters and 25,000 from Women Investors of America. Brookhart warned the proposal is a campaign issue while Reed defended detailing the plan.
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William Denman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Hughes
Supreme Court
Gold Subsidy Debate and Court Clash in Roosevelts Era
Washington debates gold subsidies as Treasury buys most world gold at high prices. Analysts consider reducing or halting purchases, or letting markets set price. The piece also covers Senate opinions on court enlargement and possible Supreme Court retirements shaping the New Deal era.
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Quick Fact Quiz Answers From a Historical Page
The piece lists factual trivia with concise results. It identifies pillars of Hercules at Gibraltar, Zeus as the Greek god for Jupiter, earmarked gold as bank held for others, and amoeba as a single celled micro-animal. It notes Article IIT, General Bernadotte, tidal bore, Lincoln on habeas corpus, camouflage not first used in WWI, Russia as largest country, with a Dr. Pierce ad at the end.
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History Defined by Erudite Biographies
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