Labor 30 hour week threat haunts Roosevelt era policy
William Green blasts a 30 hour week as labor force remedy in May Day address, claiming widespread strikes will force it. The piece notes Roosevelt opposition to an 80 hour week bill, Johnson’s stance on the 10 percent hour cut, and mounting crossfire over NRA recovery amid Chamber of Commerce debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green
Gen. Johnson
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Green
Roosevelt
General Johnson
Bertrand Snell
New York
House
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Henry Harriman
Silas H. Strawn
Chamber
Hugh S. Johnson
Blue Eagle
Chamber of Commerce
Stock Exchange
Congress
George H. Houston
Durable Goods Industries Committee
Dewey
Manila Bay
Philippines
United States
Tydings-McDuffe
Lansing
State Highway Department
U. S. 112
Sturgis
U. S. 31
Holland
Saugatuck
Stanton
Vern Arntz
Vickeryville
Arntz
White Cloud
Newaygo
Brooks Township
Railway
Lincoln Township
Michigan
Petoskey
Bear River
Conservation Department
Mitchell Dam
Guy Lincoln
Oden Fish Hatchery
Civian Conservation Corps
Cheboygan
Ann Arbor
Leon Sametini
Chicago
Jack Boesen
Michigan News Roundup of Local Events and Accidents
Multiple town briefs report deaths, fires, and accidents across Michigan towns. Items include a Sandusky infant smothering, a Civil War veteran death in Marine City, a gasoline station fire in Aspena, and a Lansing lunch mishap. Additional notes cover university budgets, gas strikes, bird and fish programs, and public works loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspena
University of Michigan Laboratory
Ann Arbor
Harry Farrier
Montmorency County
Roosevelt shifts toward conservatism in New Deal debate
Washington observers say President Roosevelt is veering from early New Deal ideas toward a more conservative, stable approach. The shift follows rising public skepticism, calls for less Washington control, and signals that major relief plans may be adjusted or limited as Congress is away for the summer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Stock Exchange
NRA
NRA Board of Review
Federal Farm Loan System
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Edward W. Pickard
Kent
Johnson
Charles I. Dawson
Louisville
Kentucky
Hopkins
Muhlenberg
Union
Webster
Hafbomn
Tennessee
Harriman
Cummings
Department of Justice
Department
Justice Department
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Huey P. Long
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Long
Samuel T. Ansell
Overton
Senate
General Ansell
Illiam H. Woodin
Treasury
American Car and Foundry Company
American Locomotive Company
John J. McLaughlin
St. Louis
Kansas City
Edward Bremer
St. Paul
William Elmer Mead
McLaughlin
Bremer
South
Wallace
Calvin B. Hooker
Duke University
Templehof
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Reich
Soviet Russia
M* Ority
William A. Wirt
Wirt
MecGugin
Lehrbach
George V
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Victoria
George
Couzens
Dollfuss
Iew
Mrs. Hammond
Sandusky
Alec Soule
Austin Township
Marine City
Alexander Stern
Board of
Regents
University of Michigan
University
University Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Sherman Township
Isabella County
Broomfield Township
Youman & Burkes
Detroit
Bridgman
Russell Zick
Louis Knorr
Marlin
Robert
Muskegon Heights
Knorr
Au Sable River
West Branch
Ohio
Indiana
Roseville
Edward Wallace, Jr
Edward Wallace
R. F. Salot
Kalamazoo
Milos
Parker
Bank of
Mr. Clemens
Ted Leonardson
Pussy Willow
Leonardsons
Lincoln High School
Ferndale
Battle Creek High
Sevyen
Josephine Whitehead
Catherine Dodge
Ionia
Emma Yorex
Torch Lake
Margaret Terry
Tacoma
Wash
Hattie Ogletree
Bertha Cutler
Leafa Mason
Central Lake
East Lansing
Grand Rapids
Doris Jean Richards
Doris
Mason
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Farm Administration
Bureau
Het
William Bruckart
Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
CWA
AAA
Western Newspaper Union
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