Election Cleanup Proposals Leave Vote Buying Loopholes
The column critiques proposed reforms to curb relief politics and campaign finance in the 1940 landscape. It cites examples from Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Illinois of relief funds influencing campaigns and notes the difficulties in enforcing new limits while protecting private rights. The piece also surveys Roosevelts budget outlook, foreign policy debates, and China’s wartime leadership narratives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
Texas
Sen
Morris Sheppard
Ohio
Robert P. Taft
Kentucky
Albert B
Chandler
Alben W. Barkley
Pennsylvania
WPA
Tennessee
Illinois
Cook County
Harry Hopkins
James J. Farley
Post Office Department
President shifts Hopkins to Commerce post in WPA maneuver
Washington observers say President Roosevelt quietly moved Harry Hopkins to secretary of commerce and named Col. Harrington to head WPA as a tactic to blunt anti relief criticisms. Hopkins may be confirmed while Harrington avoids full Senate review, and Aubrey Williams shifts to national youth administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Col. F. C. Harrington
Hopkins
Daniel C. Roper
Senate
Commerce
Congress
Harrington
WPA
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Mr. Williams
Capitol
Commerce Department
Col. Harrington
Army
Secretary of Commerce to Make 130000 Appointments
The article discusses Secretary of Commerce Hopkins and the plan to fill about 130,000 appointments by the end of 1939 or early 1940. It notes upcoming census staffing needs, a 1940 campaign year, and continued management of various bureaus with Hopkins largely left to operate without drastic changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Commerce
Patent Office
Bureau of Air Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Lighthouses
Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Department of Commerce
Easy Cutwork Will Delight the Beginner
Simple cutwork motifs printed for beginners to create charming linens such as scarves towels pillowcases and tea cloths. Pattern 6237 offers 14 transfer motifs from 8 by 3 inches to 3% by 15 inches with materials and color schemes. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 West 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
West 14Th St
New York, N. Y
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State of
France
Paris
U.S
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Phillip F. LaFollette
Wisconsin
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Sweden
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Tokyo
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Wang Ching-wei
Fuminaro Konoye
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Wang
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Manchukuo
Shanghai
Szechuan
Yunnan
Sing Sing
Lima
Peru
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Europe
Kennedy
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Southampton
Montreal
Pan-American Airways
Air France Trans-Atlantique
Sheppard
Bruckart
Washington Digest
Commerce Post
William Bruckart
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
Pattern
Johnson
Thias Peanick
Adlerika
Locke
Blackman
Blackman's
Stock Medicine CO
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M Tome
Doans
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