World money experts urge economy and tax cuts in new symposium
Six leading economists including Wilfred King Warren Persons and Frank Vanderlip gathered in New York to urge reduced government spending and lower taxes. They argued deficits burden citizens and that balancing the budget and prudent debt management would raise the dollar’s value and stimulate recovery.
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New York
Irving Fisher
Yaleas
Pish
Wilfred I. King
New York University
Warren M. Persons
Harvard
The
Review of Economic Statistics
Treasury
Wo Cvojneides
G. F. Warren
Cornell
Fisher
Messrs. King
Persons
Vanderlin
Te Blanc
Yale Economist
F. A. Pearson
James Harvey Rogers
Yale
Edwin W. Kemmerer
Princeton
Cyril James
University of Pennsylvania
John H. Williams
Jacob Viner
Chicago
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Commons
Universal Service
Lota
Re employed millions through public works funds
Washington announces more than five million men have been re employed through public works funds in the first six months of the program. Secretary Ickes notes the effort has cost 3.4 billion dollars and aims to restore purchasing power and re employment.
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PWA
Washington, D. C
UNS
Tekrs
West Virginia bill to fund all state school costs
Legislature opens with a proposed bill urging the state to assume total costs for West Virginia school systems. Backed by House leaders and delegates, counties and districts praise the move as removing local financial duties and placing funding at the state level.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
House
of Delegates
Man Recovers From Buckshot Wounds In Lavernia Area
Clay Rakowice, 33, of Lavernia, is recovering at Santa Tos hospital after buckshot wounds suffered Saturday afternoon in a pasture near Lavernia. Doctors say the injuries are not serious. The hunting companion who brought him to the hospital did not provide his name.
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Clay Rakowice
Lavernia
Santa Tos
Rekowitz
Forum Letter Responses Spark Debate on Religion Politics
Citizens react to editorials and Dr Nicholas Murray Butler on Prohibition Reform. Letters criticize clergy in politics and praise Detective Perrow while recalling the Alamo era and urging aid for his widow. Local readers quote past conventions and reflect on church influence in public life.
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the Light
J. W. Harrison
Jetter
Russia
Law-Glyer
Israel
Nicholas Murray Butler
Diapater
Buller
America
Butler
Kansas City
Chicago
Renton
What Price Glory Wins Applause In The Light
The Light's December 5 issue features What Price Glory drawing applause while criticising San Antonio police and mayoral officials. Detective H. C. Perrow is mourned as a martyr to citizen safety, reflecting on past lawman heroism and the moral burden on public officials.
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Perrow
San Antonio
Forden
Guneral
Alamo
O. Mayfield
Police Department of
H. C. Perrow
Kern
Politics in Pulpit Resented by Reader
A reader condemns Rev J W Harrison for using the pulpit to discuss politics. The letter argues ministers should avoid sermons on public issues and focus on scripture, praising American values while defending clergy rights to private political views. Also includes a note from Henry Huffman praising work and criticizing welfare dependents.
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J. W. Harrison
Russia
One Tax Plan Proposed to Fund Government
Senator Reed argues for a general manufacturers sales tax with food and clothing exempted to broaden the tax base and stabilize government revenue. He criticizes higher income taxes as ineffective and notes the need to boost confidence and restore business to reduce unemployment. He claims the plan would reach all classes proportionally and fund the war on the depression.
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David A. Reed DS
Pannayly
Senate Finance
Washington
Sesgiol
Congress
Treasury
Federal
Bus
America
Alomith 60th birthday cheered by reporters in New York
Alomith, age 60, greeted by reporters at the Empire State Building on his birthday. He noted improved business in late 1993 and predicted better conditions for 1934 while avoiding politics. He spoke of changes in America and the arc of Manhattan Island, kept politics out, and accepted a birthday cake and cigars amid flowers and telegrams.
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E. Smilin
Utah
Smith
America
Manhattan Island
Jane
Empire State Building
Nowers Tyrom
Joseph Bly
Massachusetts
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