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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1939
Page
2
Joseph W LaBine reviews congressional mood as lawmakers clash over a mid June adjournment and the prospects for a full summer session. The piece outlines the peace bloc's push for orderly early action and forecasts likely outcomes for House and Senate proceedings during the summer.
The article surveys Congress delays and policy battles as defense neutrality tax and social security reforms loom. It notes leaders like Senator Bankhead Connally and Lindbergh urging aviation funding and broader naval and coastal measures, with Chamber of Commerce plans to push tax cuts and regulatory tweaks amid White House disagreements.
The notice previews Barbara Bell Spring and Summer patterns for 15 cent patterns No. 1743 and 1737 with sizes 11 to 44. It promotes easy to sew dresses in taffeta organdy dimity silk prints and includes a sewing chart and order details from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
Jim Farley once warned of a hard fight in 1940 and that no landslide would occur. Gallup polling soon after showed 52 percent expecting a Republican victory in 1940.
Net income payments to U S individuals in Q1 1939 reached 16.105 billion dollars, up 2 percent from 15.788 billion in the prior year. WPA relief rolls are to be cut by 900 thousand this summer to fit the next fiscal year budget, with 1.5 million people projected on relief by June 30, 1940. The top families on social security include Smiths, Johnsons, Browns, Williams, Millers, and Jonses. U.S. coffee consumption rises while cocoa imports fall. 1938 coffee imports reach 1.987 billion pounds, cocoa drops from 619 million to 453 million pounds from 1937 to 1938, tea imports 95 million pounds in 1937 and 81.37 million in 1938.
A compact aphorism reflects on virtue and bondage, noting that guilt may bear the name of virtue yet remains a base restraint. The line frames ethical tension as a timeless epic tension between idealized virtue and coercive constraint.
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