Congressional action tightens as session nears end
A sweeping summary of hurried moves in the House and Senate as the 1938 agenda advances under White House pressure. Debates over the Guffey coal bill and utilities measures dominate, with critics attacking constitutional overreach and punitive provisions.
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House
Senate
White House
Congress
Walter F. George
Georgia
United States
Democratic Party
George
SEC
TVA
Joseph B. Eastman
Lee B. Pettengill
Indiana
Tom Corcoran
Pettengill
House Lobby Committee
Corcoran
Washington
Capitol
Administration
Illinois Briefs Highlight Local Deaths and Projects
A roundup from Illinois reports the deaths of F. M. Herrick, 96, in Princeton and Joseph Radley, 95, in Earlville, plus the drowning of Dorothy Robillard, 8, in Dixon. Also noted are a McLean county Welch family centennial, a prison escape broker case, Northwestern University fee cuts, a Glendale Creek death near Willow Springs, a Will Rogers tribute, WPA funded Great Lakes Naval Station rehab, DoJ actions against M. F. Dunlap, ambitious Dugan Rock Island farm with large silos, NYA work projects for 6000 students, NYA aid details, Chicago sanitary district intercepting sewer plan, and the Aurora alderman J Harvey Rackmeyer death after surgery.
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Joseph Radley
The
Odd Fellows
Earlville
Lodge
Dorothy Jane Robillard
Rock River
Dixon
Solomon Welch
McLean County
Downs Township
Bloomington
Frank D. Whipp
Joliet
Joseph Flores
Alton Railroad
Glen
Willow Springs
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Henry Horner
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Robert J. Dunham
WPA
Illinois
Department of Justice
M. F. Dunlap
Jacksonville
Federal
Dunlap
Springfield
James BE
Dugan
Rock Island
Chicago
Illinois College
National Youth Administration
William J. Campbell
NYA
Campbell
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Chicago Sanitary District Board
Des Plaines
Pershing Road
Dempster Street
J. Harvey Rackmeyer
Aurora
Harvey D. Rackmeyer
New Deal Wheat Policy Reversal Shrinks to Expansion Debate
The article discusses the AAA's reversal in wheat policy adding 5.2 million acres for 1936, framed as a response to rising living costs and farm vs city price tensions. It notes debates over hog and meat prices, drought effects, and potential wheat export implications amid a smaller world crop, with broader implications for federal employment and New Deal programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
AAA
United States
Detroit
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment
Davis
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department
Civil Service
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Western Newspaper Union
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Lord Cecil
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Pine Camp
Thousand Islands
William N. Haskell
New England
Morris B. Payne
New Jersey
John J. Toffey
Massachusetts
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Alaskan
Henry L. Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Central America
Latin America
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Ecuador
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Ibarra
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Pons
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Alaska
Point Barrow
Joe Crosson
Cotton Textile Committee
Daniel Roper
Perkins
Hull
Marvin H. MacIntyre
Lawrence W. Robert, Jr
Treasury
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Shoreham Hotel
Bernard B. Robinson
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Robinson
Charles West
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
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Charles 8. Risk
Rhode Island
Bertrand H. Snell
Mr. Risk
Lloyd B. Olson
Minnesota
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