Peek reshapes role as trade policy head in White House
George Peek resigns as Agricultural Adjustment Administration chief after a clash with Wallace and Tugwell. He will head a special presidential committee to coordinate domestic adjustments with foreign trade efforts, aiming to modify most favored nation treaties to favor liquor imports in exchange for farm product surpluses. Chester Davis moves from AAA. O'Neal lauds farm relief aims at the Magna Charta of agriculture. Roosevelt expresses cautious optimism about funding and supply-demand balance.
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Weir Refuses Board Rules in Weirton Steel Election
RNEST T. WEIR of Pittsburgh, chairman of Weirton Steel, defies the labor board by declaring the election of employees’ representatives will follow the employees’ rules. He says all arrangements with the board are terminated and the election will proceed under the workers’ organization rules.
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Debt burden and spending in Roosevelt era draw scrutiny
In a Roosevelt era analysis the national debt stands at about $23.5 billion with December adds of roughly $225 million. The piece argues government spending fuels debt, questions tax loads on citizens, and warns of a future need for higher taxes while noting past debt trends since 1917 and policy shifts aimed at recovery.
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Garner challenges Bible author in Texas office tale
Vice President Garner, then a young lawyer in Texas, questions a book agent selling a red-letter Bible edition asking who wrote it. The agent repeats it is the Bible, but Garner presses for authorship, prompting a rude outburst from the agent who finally exits, calling him a pin headed fool. A Pathfinder Magazine retelling.
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Man’s wife faints at hat bill joke
Quick reasoning from a comic exchange about a husband causing his wife to faint by combining admiration for her new hat with the bill, prompting the doctor’s inquiry into the amusing misunderstanding.
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