Workers draft policy sparks roosevelt leadership debate
Washington dispatch reports sharp Republican criticism of Roosevelt's push for a workers draft. Senators Wadsworth and Austin question his commitment and leadership, while unions and military leaders press for action. The piece discusses how war conditions, political risk, and potential peacetime delays shape Congress and public opinion.
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Ike
John L. Lewis
Nicaragua Canal Opposition in Congress Declined
Representative Ed V. Tanc of California rejects a bill to authorize negotiations for a Nicaragua interocean canal. The speaker warns the canal would boost Western Hemisphere prosperity and security and argues the United States must avoid losing a vital waterway between oceans amid enduring Panama Canal risks and regional instability including a Hesudian vote against U S naval and aviation bases near offshore islands guarding Pacific approaches.
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California
Congress
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Nicara- Ruan
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
Canal Zone
Heusder
Nanval
Galspagos
Nicaraguan canal proposal praised as security measure
The passage argues for a Nicaraguan canal as essential national defense, claiming it would provide a reliable waterway if the Panama route were unusable. It asserts lower costs, strengthens regional trade, and links the project to broader American security and prosperity, commending Representative Izac for advocacy.
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United States
Panama Canal
Cane Horn
Mrs Simms Endures In Campaign Memoir Then Retires
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Mrs Simms, longtime Dewey campaign advance agent in the Middle West, her impact on the 1940s political scene, and her retirement after a ranch era in Colorida. The account notes fallout among peers and a career shaped by strategic campaigning and political insight.
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Tom Dewey
Middle West
Thos
Mor
Simms
Joni Bricker
Herbert Napver
Cappricht
Office quarrel at the Austin capitol in 1935
A January 14 1935 report from Austin notes a clash between legislative and executive benches over a conference aimed at averting backwash from a recount. Figures named include Speaker Stevenson Governor Brent James and organizer Roysontalive J, Pronk Spears of San Antonio, with Allred and Calgary named in the exchange.
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Austin
Paspeck Fay
Cake Stevenson
Brent James
Pan Antonio
Speenal Dliapatchen
March of Events on Hegel, Marx and government power
A column discussing the influence of Hegel and Marx on modern governance, criticizing state worship and the idea that the state can do no wrong. It cites John Crider’s The Bureaucrat and references figures like Jefferson, Wechsler, and Lewis, while warning against technocratic authority and the rise of “Messiahs.”
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Benjamin DeCasseres
G. W. Hegel
Karl Marx
Hegel
John H. Cridet
Lippincott
Tegel
Germany
Tiegel
Jeager
Mat Deatelor
Hézel
Marx
Hitler
Stalin
Thomas Jeffrtann
Ton Jefferson
John L. Lewis
Innes Ay Weehster
My. Wechsler
Hirms Sells
Leeds
Bryan
Mr. Weehsler
Lewis Cray
Vexans Friendship and Political Intrigue in 19th Century Letters
A fragment from the Texas era recounts a friendship between Austin and Holston with tensions over a letter to John Wharton. Houston’s indignant remarks hint at political maneuvering to appease the Wharton family, while backroom strategy shapes public stance and legitimacy in the background.
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Jame Austin
Troster
Austin
White
Mexico
William H. Wharton
Houston
Holston
John Wharton
Wiliam
Brexleo
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