Byrns dies. longtime speaker of the House passes away
Joseph Wellington Byrns veteran Tennessee congressman dies after a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage at the Mayflower Hotel Washington He served 27 years in the House and as speaker from 1935 His funeral precedes burial in Nashville and Bankhead elected speaker for the remainder of the session Local and national leaders mourn the loss and commend his parliamentary skill and integrity.
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Bath
Joseph Wellington Byrns
House of Representatives
Tennessee
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
Burns
Appropriations Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Nashville
Tenn
Mr. Roosevelt
Special Congressional Committee
House
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
A. Platt Andrew
Massachusetts
Gloucester
Andrew
Harvard
Mint
Taft
Treasury
Italian Viceroy Badoglio Returns in Triumph to Rome
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, conqueror of Ethiopia and viceroy of the reconstituted empire, returns to Rome to a 60,000 strong welcome as Mussolini and top Fascist leaders marshal the escort. A later military review followed as Haile Selassie arrived in London in tears yet still met with cheering crowds.
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Arshal Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Mussolini
I Duce
London
Haile Selassie
Report on voluntary self regulation by industry groups
A public report advocates a simplified basis for industry self regulation through voluntary joint agreements on unfair trade practices enforceable by the Federal Trade Commission. Lincoln Filene of Boston chairs the committee on unfair trade practices. Proposals urge each industry branch to police peers via confidential reports to the FTC and exclude trade practices and labor provisions from the same agreement.
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Business Advisory Council
Federal Trade Commission
Council
Lincoln Filene
Boston
Thomas ruled guilty in leak case tied to tax rise bets
J H Thomas once a labor leader and colonial secretary faced a special tribunal verdict calling him responsible for leaking budget secrets. The case, described as cruel by Thomas, awaits final action by the House of Commons. Pope Pius XI marked his 79th birthday with mass in St Peter's attended by 10,000 Catholic Action members. He renewed anti communist rhetoric and praised Catholic press as a pressure against communism.
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UST
Popular Front
France
Planta
Spain
Augusto Barcia
Ministries of Labor and the Interior
J H. Thomas
House of Commons
Thomas
the Tribune
Atholics
Pius XI
St. Peter's
Rome
Catholic Action Organization
Prus XI
Senate Passes Deficiency Bill Allocating Relief Funds
The Senate approved 62 to 14 a 2.375 billion deficiency bill distributing 1.425 billion to the President for relief and work relief. The House version gives the entire relief sum to WPA head Harry Hopkins. Three Democrats opposed including Tydings Bulkley and Byrd. The bill also allows a restudy of Florida ship canal reports and allocates 10 million for its ongoing work in the next fiscal year.
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Senate
House
Harry Hopkins
Tydings
Maryland
Bulkley
Ohio
Byrd
Virginia
Florida Ship Canal
Supreme Court strikes down New York wage law
The U S Supreme Court declares New York seeking minimum wages for women and minors unconstitutional, citing fourteenth amendment freedom of contract. Justice Butler writes for four justices, while Chief Justice Hughes and three others dissent. A War Department plan for labor control and wartime press censorship is condemned by the munitions committee.
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New York State
United States Supreme Court
Butler
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland and Roberts
Hughes
Stone, Brandeis and Cardozo
War Department
Senate
Munitions Committee
New York
Rift Within AFL May Expel Top Unions Over Split
The AFL executive council may suspend the richest unions and expel them at the next convention if two thirds vote is achieved. The split pits craft unionists led by William Green against industrial unions led by John L Lewis, including 400,000 miners and several key craft and industry groups.
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American Federation of Labor
William Green
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
David Dublinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Union
the Oil Workers
Debate Over Sugar Quotas and Silver Policy in Washington
In Washington discussions persist on continuing domestic sugar quotas despite constitutional questions. Louisiana faces a 200,000 ton quota while crop bets loom near 600,000 tons, risking court action to block agricultural enforcement. The piece also reviews silver buying policy, its costs, and divergent political support, noting the unsettled worldwide effect and potential electoral impact.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Constitutional Bridge
AAA
Guffey
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
United States Treasury
Treasury
Chiba
United States
Reminiscences, War Talk, and Palestine Tensions Echo
A verbose column surveys postwar finance with bonds and notes oversubscribed, laments war risks, and cites Civil War veterans in a Memorial Day parade. It questions foreign entanglements, cites Congressman Zionwell’s Washington visit with empty bottles, and notes a Supreme Court ruling on New York wage laws. Also referenced: Alfred Sloan on industry, Arab Palestine leaders warning Britain over Jewish immigration, and alleged Communist literature urging mutiny among British troops.
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New York City
Palestine
Central Committee For Palestine
Communist Party
President Lewis Links War End to Monarchs in Trenches
Lafayette College president suggests wars might end if monarchs who voted for war face front line trenches. He argues the policy could prevent some conflicts though not all.
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Lewis
Lafayette College
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Badoglio
World
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
England
Selassie
O. C. Harvey
Anthony Eden
Harvey
SSS
Clara Dutton Noyes
American Red Cross Nursing Service
Miss Noyes
American Red Cross
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Cyrus Hall McCormick
International Harvester Company
Lake Forest
America
URAL
Alfred Watt
Canada
Vienna
Stockholm
Hull and
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federated Women's Institute
East Africa Women's League
J. W. Burns
Badogno
Pope Pius XI
States
National Capital Y Carter Field
Burton K. Wheeler
Frances Perkins
China
Siiver
Frazier Lemke
Meaford Tugwell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Prairie Paradise
Sioux Paris
Tugwell
Osage Farms
WNU
Brisbane
Pershin
Zionwheck
Northwest
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Arthur Urishane
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