Congress rejects death sentence on utility holding bill
In a 245 to 156 House vote, the chamber adopted a substitute bill to place utility holding companies under the Securities and Exchange Commission, defeating the Senate’s dissolution plan and setting the stage for a conference and possible 1936 campaign fallout. An ensuing probe into lobbying practices followed amid bipartisan calls for accountability.
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Congress
House
Utility Holding” Companies
Senite
Notility Holding Companies
Securities and Exchange ¢ Commission
Senate
John H. Hoeppel
Califor Democrat
California
Hoenpel
Ralph C. Bressster
Maine
Thomas G. Corcoran
Passamaquoddy
Brewster
Rankin
Mississippi
Moran
Roosevelt
Charles West
Farley
Emil Hurja
Wheeler
Montana
White House
Quotes British not anti any nation in Europe
Anthony Eden asserts that Britain is not anti any nation in Europe but will oppose force that breaks peace. He emphasizes forgiveness as part of British character and stresses support for the collective system and the covenant to secure peaceful settlements.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Fatiine
Anthony Eden
England
British Isles
Great Britain
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
Italy
Africa
Mussolini
Britain
Eden
MacDonald
Ethopia
Rome
Ethiopia
United States
W. Perry George
Addis Ababa
Europe
Adjusting Tariffs By Cordell Hull Secretary of State
Cordell Hull warns against import embargoes that could destroy the export trade as Europe buys shrink in early year. He cautions that fear of imports prompts Growth action for retaliation, risking widespread embargoes cutting both exports and imports.
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Cordell Hull
Europe
Rural Relief and Budget Battles Across Parties
Under Secretary Rexford Tugwell urges land relief with a cross party pledge to aid the program, while wary of vested interests. The piece also cites La Follette praising balance in 1933 34 and Percy Bates of Cunard warns that war today is economic via tariffs, quotas, and currency shifts, urging disarmament talks in Geneva.
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Rexford Tugwell
LA Follette
Wisconsin
Percy Bates
Cunard
Linc
Kwar
AAA PROGRAM By Henry A Wallace Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A Wallace defends AAA saying farmers will grow enough food for all Americans. He argues adjustment programs reduced production for export that no longer exists and insists the public retains access to necessary foods.
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Wallace
Washington
AAA
Henry A. Wallace
Hose
United States
Public Works Relief Faces Criticism Over Slow Start
Western Newspaper Union reports on the New Deal public works program President Roosevelt signed to fund five billion dollars for relief and public works. It notes limited allocations, the NYA setup with fifty million dollars, disputes between Ickes and Hopkins, and scrutiny of the program’s coordination and effectiveness amid stalled projects and Alaska’s Matanuska colonization plan.
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Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Debote
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Harry Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Hopkins
Ickes- Hopkins
National Youth Administration
NYA
Perkins
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
Pla
Mr. Roosevelt
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Audrey W. Williams
Miss Roche
Public Works Administration
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Bureau of Public Roads
Mataauska Valley
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Matanuska
United States
House
Uncle Sam
Matonuska Colony
Relief Administration
Union
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National Treasury
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Pearson
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Hugh Johnson
Federal Works Relief
New York City
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Dorbody
Commuings
Paris
Vidac
S. P. Gailey
Winona
Mino
Julian W. Thongs
Salt Lake City
Bernhard Magner
McKeesport
Harold L. Smith
Coatesville
T. Ansell
T. Ansel
Huey Long
Long
Ansell
Dy” Lloyd George
Boran
Tesere
Ndre Ckrown
Henry Ford
France
Treasury
Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Rouge Park Road
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Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
William B. Hawkey
Rouge Park
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Motor City
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jos Dickinson Sweitzer
GSI
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al Key
Endurance
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Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brien
St Louis
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National Press
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