Tugwell hearing marks dramatic senate clash
The Tugwell nomination to undersecretary of agriculture sparked a farcical senate hearing with heated exchanges. The committee favorably reported the nomination despite two opposing votes, while floor debate grew lengthy and sharpened partisan attacks.
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Tugwell
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tuz- RG
America
Cotton Ed" Smith
South Carolina
Henry D. Hatfield
West Virginia
Senate
Schall
Minnesota
Phi Josépher
Monte Sharp
United States Senate
Inflation and silver money debate and travel notes
The column argues for a silver backed dollar amid inflation fears, comparing bonds to green paper and noting large government spending. It previews Roosevelt's reform message and quotes Harvard president Conant on engineers and doctors, then quips about planes, ships, and superstitions aboard a voyage.
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Roosevelt
Congress
China
Mexico
India
United States
James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
Stevens Institute of Technology
King Hendrick and the seeds of American liberty in 1754
In 1754 at Albany the Mohawk leader King Hendrick spoke for Iroquois unity before British and colonial delegates. His call for federation paralleled the later Declaration of Independence, urging union as the path to strength and liberty amid French and colonial tensions. The article traces Hendrick’s role, views, and the failed attempt to unify the colonies.
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the Nations Recovery Review Board
Clarence Darrow
Johnson
NRA
Bse
Darrow
Elmo Scott Watson
Robert Livingston
Toomahazarawe
King Hendrick
Rance
North America
New York
Livingston
British Council of Trade and Plantations
Albany
Board of Commissioners
Crown
George Washington
Virginia
Ohio Country
Dinwiddie
Trent
Monongahela
Pennsylvania Gazette
Philadelphia
America
The
Gazette
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
George M. Wrong
New France
Frontenac of
William Johnson
Teomahigarawe
Thayendanegea
Joseph Brant
Hendrick
Westfield
Mass
Godefridus Dellius
Hendrick Peters
Nicholson
Canada
Peter Schuyler
England
Schuyler
London
Kling Hendrick
Sir William Johnson
Cadens
Grand Council
Albany Congress
Hawks
Benjamin Pranklin
Fort Edward
Mieskau
Bloody Pond
Sphraim Williams Old Hendrick
Continental Congress
Renan
United States of America
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Indiana
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Public Service Commission
McNutt
KR. Marl Peters
Alabama
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Scottsboro
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
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Birmingham
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May Joe Starnes
Baer
California
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American Air Lines
Newark
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Catskills
Livingston Manor
A. O. Pinsley
W. A. Bader
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Myde Holbrook
John Barron
Margaret Guckeby
Chicago
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Catskill Mountains
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Java
British Columbia
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