One Man Power Drive in Roosevelt Administration
A columnist argues that after adjournment the Seventy third Congress granted President Roosevelt broad discretionary powers. He contends Congress ceded control over taxes, banking, currency, and interstate commerce, enabling a de facto one man regime for six months and possibly longer. The piece notes checks and balances rely on veto overrides and potential legal challenges.
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Roosevelt
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Executive Branch
Borah
Idaho
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Johnson
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Acts
New Deal Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tennessee Valley Experiment
NRA
Extradition Laws Shape Pursuit of Fugitives
A historical overview explains how extradition works across nations. It notes that offenses must be crimes in the refuge country, with strict limits on crimes like mere bodily harm and political offenses. It cites cases and lists countries that refuse to surrender their own citizens, including Spain and Portugal, and mentions others such as Austria Italy Germany Greece Brazil and Switzerland.
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Cadonia
Cape Argus
Great Britain
New York
London
Spain
France
Lave
Portugal
Austria
Italy
Germany
Greece
Brazil
Switzerland
Montreal Family Herald
Our World a Dynamo Charged by Cosmic Rays
Dr Luther S H Gable sole survivor of six chemical engineers who refined the first commercial radium in America describes the earth as a huge dynamo. He claims cosmic rays from radium in the stars produce about 200 000 000 amperes of electricity for the world according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Luther S. H. Gable
America
Popular Mechanics Magazine
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