Roosevelt proposals shake up American politics in 1936
President Roosevelt sparks debate with a plan to amend the Constitution to shift power from states to the federal government. He envisions reshaping government to save the New Deal, potentially forming two new political camps and drawing allies from Democrats led by Bainbridge Colby and Chief Justice Pattan gall, while signaling quick action on NRA reforms and broader economic regulation.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
William R. Pattangall
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Colby
Richmond
Pattangall
Han
NRA
Congress
Senate
House
Cummings
Reed
Felix Frankfurter
Early
White House
Perkins
Nye
King
Federal Trade Commission
Central Statistical Board
Electrical Farm and Home Authority
Pettingill
Indiana
Huddleston
Alabama
Dieterich
Ilinois
Hastings
Delaware
Dietersen
Edison Electric Institute
Atlantic City
Thomas N. McCarter
President’s must bill agenda shapes long session
The administration forwards a busy reform package to Congress with a long list of measures aimed at social security, banking regulation, labor, coal, energy, agriculture, tax, and NRA extensions. Key items include social security pills, omnibus banking, Wagner labor relations, Guffey coal regulations, Tennessee Valley, Bankhead cotton act extension, AAA amendments, tax extension, and temporary NRA extensions.
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Tigayarconpay
French cabinet falls. Laval forms new government to save the franc
Paris reports Premier Lebrun's cabinet collapse and Pierre Laval taking the lead to form a new government. Laval retains the foreign ministry while Marcel Regnier is named minister of finance as he seeks to stabilize the franc and country.
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Ouilson
Lebrun
Pierre Laval
Foreign Ministry
Marcel Regnier
Supreme Court Leaves Old Senate Chamber for New Marble Building
The Supreme Court, closing its spring session, leaves the 1859 old senate chamber where it has functioned as a courtroom. It will reconvene in October in the new $10,000,000 marble building east of the Capitol after summer recess.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Capitol
RFC to file reorganizations and rail loan plan announced
Chairman Jones disclosed RFC plans to file its own railroad reorganizations with the Interstate Commerce Commission if needed in financially troubled holdings. A $24 million government loan would back the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line, with a four point program to be filed for court approval after talks with H A Scandrett. Also, the House passed the Wilcox bill for seven new army air bases costing $110 million across eight regions. Viscount Byng of Vimy died in Essex, noted for Ypres defense and later Canada governor general and London police commissioner. Gen Alexander von Linsingen, German commander in southern France campaigns, also died.
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Jesse H. Jones
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Interstate Commission
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H. A. Scandrett
Denver & Rio Grande Western
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Alaska
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Essex
England
Viscount Byng
Vimy
Byng
Sudan
South Africa
India
Ypres
Canada
London
Alexander von Linsingen
France
Japanese Army Moves Against Chiang Kai-shek in China
In Tientsin Col. Takashi Sakai stated APAN's army aims to force Chiang Kai-shek to retire. He accused Chiang of corrupting North China under the guise of unity, planning to abolish the Tientsin garrison, Kuomintang branches, Blue Shirt police, and patriotic societies blamed for anti Japanese sentiment and disorder in Manchukuo.
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Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Tientsin
Takashi Sakai
Chiang
Kuomintang
Blue Shirt
Manchukuo
Lindbergh ends active role at Transcontinental and Western Air
Henry B. Dupont announces that Charles A. Lindbergh has terminated active participation in TWA affairs for the near future while remaining available as a technical adviser in emergencies. Lindbergh will focus on personal matters for several months but may return to broader involvement later.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental
Western Air
Henry B. Dupont
Lindbergh
TWA
Dupont
Boy Kidnap Victim Safe as Ransom Paid Exposed Snatchers
George Weyerhaeuser, nine year old heir to a lumber fortune, is at home after a weeklong kidnapping. His family paid $200,000 in ransom to the captors who fled in a fast car and remain at large, pursued by government agents and others.
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George Weyerhaeuser
Tecoma
Flood Devastates Plains States Amid Tornadoes
Troops and tornadoes struck Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas and Kansas in a region recently hit by drought and dust storms. As many as 250 lives were lost and many families left homeless. The worst flooding occurred in southern Nebraska where the Republican River swelled into a raging torrent.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Texas
Kansas
Republican
Highway plan and sheep loan letter stir national debate
A reader from Idaho discusses an audacious federal highway idea spanning the nation with six east and west lanes, plus aeroplane landings and high speed rail, funded by government purchases and state builds. Another letter from a woman sheep farmer details hardships under a government loan program, including mortgages, low wool prices, and hardship despite relief, noting Bill Borah’s roots and claiming government aid saved many.
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R.A.C.C
Boston
Idaho
Bill Borah
NRA and the Damocles Swords of Reform
Washington weighs the NRA while rebuilding pieces after Burns and Brisbane liken it to Humpty Dumpty. The piece cites the Weyerhaeuser ransom, the Normandie record, brutal gangster methods, cross crucifixion, and G man vigilance. It notes land security in Palestine, King George’s birthday pageantry, rising taxes, and floods in Nebraska as broader national concerns.
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George
Irish Guards
Buckingham Palace
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