Congress urged to fund public works to aid jobless
President Hoover asked Congress in a short session to appropriate 100 to 150 million dollars for accelerated public works to provide employment and to extend loans to farmers for seed and feed. He urged decisive action on Muscle Shoals regulation and immigration reform while warning that the 1932 budget must curb expenditures and avoid tax increases.
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Edward W. Pickard
Froover
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Border Patrol
District of Columbia
Hoover
Treasury
Senate
William N. Doak
Virginia
Labor
James J. Davis
George Otis Smith
Frank R. McNinch
Davis
Dwighty
Farmer
Angkor Wonder: Khmers’ Lost City in Jungle
A Deniscent journey from Mouhot’s discovery to Angkor Vat’s enduring mystery. The article recalls Angkor’s rise and fall, the temple complex’s vast scale, its lotus gardens and moats, and the drift from jungle to modern motor roads bringing visitors to this premier world ruin.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, d. C
Indo-China
Angkor
Asia
Mouhot
Saigon
Angkor Moat
Tonle Sap
Great Lake
Mekong
Pnompenh
Cambodia
Kingdom of
M. Mouhot
Indo- China
Mekong Valley
Angkor Vat
Angkor Thom
Thom
Vishu
Siva
Buddha
Notre Dame of
Paris
Angkor Wat
Angkors
Egypt
Taj Mahal
Doubts All Experts Pose Hard Authority Hurdles
A Public Ledger quotation argues that when experts become authorities they lose property sense and tolerance for other views, challenging the pride and propriety of specialists across fields.
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Public Ledger
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