Roosevelt reorganizes NRA leadership amid new policy board plan
President Roosevelt announced major changes in the National Recovery Administration naming Richberg as policy board chairman with Ickes Perkins Hopkins and Davis as members. The plan creates a new administrative board with leading business and labor figures and two ex officio members. The judiciary is still under review. The reforms center on centralized control and expanded powers for policy implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh
Johnson
NRA Ia
Donald R. Richberg
New Deal Management
Roosevelt
Richberg
Ickes
Perkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Chester Davis
Clay Williams
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Arthur D. Whiteside
Dun & Bradstreet
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Leon ©. Marshall
Walton H. Hamilton
Yale
Blackwell Smith
NRA
Leon Henderson
Department of Justice
Johnson to Exit NRA Role. October 15 Effective
The designation of General Johnson as accepted by the President becomes effective October 15. He will finish his final report and reportedly write his life story while it is said he may take a post overseeing industrial and labor relations for a large Midwestern manufacturers group. The piece notes Johnson’s NRA administration, its strong efforts and notable errors, including a disputed claim of close contact with Justice Brandeis. Brandeis reportedly advised resignation after the NRA issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Brandeis
Supreme ‘Court
NRA
Jong
Brandeis
Gorist
Johnson
Senate
Kingfish
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Louisiana
Huey P
Kingfish) Long
Bilbo
Washington
Huey Long
Long
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Tom Heflin
Alabama
South
Senator Long
Roosevelt Faces Business Pressure Over New Deal Policies
Washington reveals tension between President Roosevelt and business leaders. The Chamber of Commerce asks for clear pledges on expenditures and currency, while 120 industrialists circulated secret resolutions criticizing New Deal policies. The Federal Advisory Council also urges a return to sound monetary principles and criticizes current policies.
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Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Washington
New Deal
Federal Advisory Council
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Board
President Roosevelts settlement ends textile strike with mediation board
President Roosevelt calls off the great textile strike after approving a mediation board report led by Gov John G Winant. The board will investigate wages hours and conditions and may refer findings to government agencies. The National Labor Relations Board can review board decisions. Union leaders had urged renewed walkouts while workers reassessed aims. Queen Mary christening marks Clydebank launch with Queen Mary name
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Roosevelt’s
Special Mediation Board
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Maine
Alabama
Steel Labor Relations Board
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina
Henry A. Wiley
James Mullenbach
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Textile Board
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers
Russia hopes for broad peace conference inclusion by US
AXIM LITVINOV urged the League of Nations to seek a report on resuming a world disarmament conference with US participation. Bruno Hauptmann was presented to a New York grand jury on extortion charges linked to the Lindbergh baby case, with authorities pressing a strong case and indications of accomplices. President Roosevelt and city leaders debate a tree belt relief plan funded by drouth money, while changes to funding sources are discussed.
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Axim Litvinov
League of Nations Assembly
Russia
United States
League Council
Pene
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Los Angeles
John F. Condon
Jassie
Hauptmann
Isidor Fische
Germany
Beavers
Europe
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Canada
Texas
McCarl
Middle West
Illinois State News Recaps Insurance, Plowing Contest and Public Welfare
The Illinois department of insurance says Illini Mutual Relief in Kankakee has admitted assets of only 1 765 and liabilities of 9 119, with claimability cut to about 6 000 by Sept 18. Big Rock plowing contest winners include Carl Shoger and Homer Lapp in tractor and horse drawn classes. unemployment funds rise to 12 178 927 for October due to federal tasks and drought impacts. Civil War veterans at Quincy home dwindled to 19. average age 89 1 2. DuPage settlers celebrate John C Neltnor’s 70th wedding anniversary. Glenwood school adds military training. others shift to administrative roles. Governor Horner to dedicate new airports in 11 cities in October. Notable deaths include Elizabeth Chambers and George A. Lawrence. ROTC enrollment up 490 at University of Illinois.
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Illini Mutual Relief Association
Kankakee
Illinois Department of Insurance
Department of Insurance
Ernest Palmer
Aurora
Kane County
Carl Shoger
Wheatland
Shoger
Homer Lapp
Lapp
Paul Stiefboldt
Clifton Thomas
Big Rock
Orvis Schroeger
Lily Lake
Stanley Carlton
Ilinois
Illinois
Robert J. Myers
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors
Quincy
A. L. Bowen
Public Welfare
DuPage County
John C
Mary Ames Neltno
West Chicago
Neltnor
Bloomingdale
Ill
Grover Cleveland
DuPage County Democrat
Wheaton Star
Elmhurst
Glenwood
Illinois National Guard
Harry L. Wells
Bauer & Black
Northwestern University
Evanston Institution
William A. Dyche
Walter Dil
Edward Hines, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Glen Ellyn
University of Illinois
Charles Current
Ilinois Exchange Clubs
Danville
Major party struggle shapes 1932 midterm outlook in Washington
Washington observers note Democrats seek to preserve a two thirds Senate and hold House power to sustain gag rules. Republicans fear losses across states including Ohio Maryland New Jersey Missouri Indiana Delaware Connecticut and Michigan as Third Party movements gain pace on the western prairies.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Republican High Command
New Deal
Maine
Wisconsin
Senate
Frederick Hale
Mr. Hale
Hale
Ohio
Simeon D. Fess
Republican National Committee
Maryland
West Virginia
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Missouri
Indiana
Delaware
Connecticut
Michigan
Pennsylvania
David A. Reed
St. Lawrence
Republican Party
Western
Prairies
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General Johnson
NRA— Textile Industry Board
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Donald Richberg
Ditions
Federal Reserve
Ecretary OF the Interior
Federal Public Works Administration
Federal Court
PWA
Moscow
Vienna
Federal Housing Corporation
Grace Abbott
Children’s Bureau
Miss Abbott
University of Chicago
Social Service Review
T. O. M. Sopwith
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Rainbow
Sopwith
Endeavour
England
Swift, Armour, Wilson and Cudahy
Japan
Osaka
Kobe
Kyoto
Army
Ueen Mary
King George
Prince of Wales
Clydebank
Scotland
Gov. Winant
Bruno Hauptmann
OFAR
United States Conference of Mayors On
Illinois State News
William Bruckart
Progressive Party
Robert M. la Follette
Phil
National
la Follette
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Bankhead
Senator Bankhead
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Lempke-Frazier
W. Calvin Chestnut
Baltimore
Congress
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