Congress Methods to Be Revamped Few Legislators Authors Of Bills
A radio era reflection on how congress writes laws. The piece notes lobbyists and minority pressure shape bills, cites Kenneth Crawford and The Pressure Boys, and recalls postwar activity around La Follette reform Sabath lobby bill and Taylor voting transparency proposal. It closes arguing majority rule hinges on lawmakers themselves.
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Crawford
Congress
Thomas Mechlin
Virginia Quarterly Review
la Follette
Sabath
Ilinois
Mechlin
OPA
Taylor
Idaho
Black Hills visitors recall a trio of late June inaugurations
Evelyn Baker and Belle Magee of Custer and Belle Fourche, South Dakota, toured Washington after winning a radio contest honoring wartime women. They witnessed three high level swearing-ins on the White House lawn and Capitol Hill, including Vinson, Snyder, and Steelman, with Navy Secretary Sullivan joking about the June brides.
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Washington
Evelyn Baker
James Magee
Custer
Belle “Fourche
S. D
Black Hills
Harry Truman
Fred Vinson
Lewis Schwellenbach
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Labor
Washington News
Magee
Baker
Navy Band
White House
Mr. Vinson
United States
John Snyder
Tru
St. Louis
Treasury Department
John Steelman
Navy
John Sullivan
Sullivan
Rose Garden
Days of Easy Payments Return Said to Be Near
The article surveys loosening credit rules under Regulation W with many items moved from group A and a down payment of one-third and up to 12 months. It notes relaxations on 30 day payment rules and predicts rising charge accounts and impending item removals from credit controls. It also covers remarks by Soviet ambassador Nikolai Novikov, U.S. officials disputing broad Communist firings, the Suzanne Degnan murder case and suspect William Heirens, Bikini Atoll test damage estimates, and France’s reaction to imported American films headed by Citizen Kane and Kitty Foyle.
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Federal Reserve System
United States
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago
FBI
William Heirens
Suzanne
Heirens
Degnan
University of Chicago
France
Kitty Foyle
Shades of Bryan Silver Ratio 16 to 1 Debate
Washington reports a Senate rider on the post office budget would lift silver to 90.3 cents an ounce for two years, then allow treasury purchases at 1.29. It recalls the Bryan 16 to 1 ratio and notes gold at 35 an ounce complicating a return to pre 1873 parity.
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Washington
Senate
Post Office
Treasury
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan
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Texas
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Moore County
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South
Nikolai V. Novikov
Soviet Union
State Department
U. S. State Department
Dean Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Cox
Bikini Lagoon
Carl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U. S
Paris
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Bowles
Truman
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U. S. Treasury
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board
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Pennsylvania
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Sunnyside
Queens
N. Y
New York
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A. L. McAuliffe
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