Congress Rejects Death Sentence in Utility Bill Fight
The House voted 258 to 148 to substitute a House bill regulating utility holding companies for the Senate version, then passed the measure 322 to 81. An investigation into lobbying by both sides followed as factions claimed presidential pressure and threats over projects like the Passamaquoddy dam. The result widens the battle lines in the 1930s utility reforms and signals potential campaign fallout for allied politicians.
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Evolt
Congress
House
Senate
Securities Rep. Brewster and Exchange Commission
Capitol
John H. Hoeppel
California
Hoeppel
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Thomas G. Corcoran
Passamaquoddy
Brewster
Rankin
Mississippi
Moran
Roosevelt
Charles West
Farley
Emil Hurja
Wheeler
Montana
White House
Carter Glass
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Beccles-Currie
Federal Reserve System
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Morgenthau
Ntional Treasury
Glass
Reserve Board
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart
Washington reports the slow spread of the five billion public works fund after Roosevelt's April action. NYA allocates fifty million for youth employment and education, while non-federal projects totaling about twenty-one million begin. Critics question coordination, feasibility, and long term impact amid stalled housing and grade-crossing plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congress
Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Ickes
Mr. Hopkins
Hopkins Long
Ickes- Hopkins
National Youth Administration
NYA
Perkins
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Aubrey W. Williams
Hopkins
Miss Roche
Federal
Public Works Administration
Quotes not anti by Eden Lord Privy Seal
Anthony Eden states Britain is not anti any European nation but will oppose any who threaten peace. He says the British people forgive and forget, yet will stand against forcebreaking powers and upholds the collective system and the covenant for peaceful settlements.
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Godes Anthony Eden
England
British Isles
Great Britain
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
Italy
Africa
Mussolini
Britain
Eden
MacDonald
Ethopia
Rome
Ethiopia
United States
W. Perry George
Addis Ababa
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Anthony Eden
Europe
Adjusting Tariffs by Cordell Hull
Secretary of State Cordell Hull warns against broad import embargoes as U S exports fall in Europe and emphasizes that restricting imports risks retaliation and a global embargo of trade. He notes a 16 percent drop in January and February exports to European markets compared with the previous year.
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Cordell Hull
Europe
Rural Relief
Under-Secretary of Agriculture Rexford Tugwell appeals for united support of land relief programs. He pledges to pursue the reform across party lines while warning that vested interests and partisan politics may trigger opposition, and declares resolve to push the movement to completion.
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Rexford Tugwell
Balancing the Budget by Senator La Follette
U S Senator Robert La Follette from Wisconsin argues that a balanced budget requires higher taxes on wealth and income. He chastises conservatives who oppose tax increases while demanding fiscal balance.
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Robert LA Folletth
U. S
Wisconsin
Great Britain
Currency War By Sir Percy Bates
Sir Percy Bates, chairman of Cunard Line, argues that a currency war is being waged worldwide. Tariffs quotas and shifting currencies replace armed conflict as the weapon in economic hostilities, with no official recognition of war hindering any peace measures.
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Percy Bates
Cunard Line
Oace
Geneva
Wallace Defends AAA From Scarcity Charges
Secretary Henry A. Wallace argues the AAA does not create shortages and that American farmers produce enough food for all. He asserts adjustments reduced exports that no longer exist and maintains farmers can stay viable on large farms.
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Henry A. Wallace
Laos
AAA
United States
WNU
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Virgin Islands
Charles H. Gibson
Interior
Gibson
Paul M. Pearson
Pearson
Hugh Johnson
Federal Works Relief
New York City
Robbie
Epublican
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Paris
Fidac
P. Bailey
Winona
Minn
Julian W. Thomas
Salt Lake City
Bernhard Ragner
McKeesport
Harold L. Smith
Coatesville
Ras T. Ansell
Gen
8. T. Ansell
Huey Long
Long
Ansell
Avid Lloyd George
National Convention
APAN
Ecretary OF Agriculture
Wallace
Nord Citroen
Henry Ford
France
Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Rouge Park Road
Dickinson
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
William H. Yawkey
Rouge Park
William Schweitzer
Motor City
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rob Dickinson
Sweitzer
Fred
al Key
Meridan
Miss
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brien
St. Louis
William Bruckart
National Press
Wasington, D. C
Amuck
Matanuska Valley
Alaska
Federal Relief Administration
Matanuska
Sam
Matanuska Colony
Relief Administration
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