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World at a Glance echoes Roosevelt travels and policy debates
The column piles up notes on Roosevelt mulling the cruiser Houston for an Atlantic coast Caribbean Hawaiian tour aided by Jesse Jones of Houston. It also surveys tariff reciprocity, the Wagner labor bill, steel strikes, Thomas socialist views, Nazi concerns in the press, the Normandie voyage, and looming relief programs amid unemployment.
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Leslie Eichel
Central Press
New York
Roosevelt
Houston
Jesse Jones
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Texas
Indianapolis
Indiana
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York City