World leaders seek tariff truce and disarmament path
Norman Davis presses Britain to accept Roosevelt's tariff truce while Paris Rome and London back a debt settlement. MacDonald urges US aid for a consultative pact to strengthen European security and disarmament efforts. Washington expects new tariff revisions and renewed talks on war debts amid global stabilization moves.
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Norman H. Davis
Europe
Roosevelt
London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
Britain
Davis
Washington
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Germany
Holland
China
United States
Congress
State Hall
Herriot
Pease Roosevelt
T. Y. Soong
Alfred Sze
Peiping
Viscount Kikujiro Ishii
Far East
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Albert J. Pani
Mexico
Welles Arrives in Havana as Cuba Hopeful for Trade Revival
Ambassador Amner Welles reached Havana to a guarded reception and cheering crowds. He urged examining bases for a balanced exchange of commodities and reiterated the Platt amendment stance, while calling for U S backed efforts to restore prosperity and peace in Cuba. The report links to broader discussions of U S Cuban relations and trade policy.
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Amner Welles
Cuba
Havana
Island Republic
United States
Welles
Farm relief bill and Muscle Shoals plan loom large
The special session pushes two experimental measures. The farm relief bill aims to curb overproduction and raise prices through government cotton purchases, acreage reduction, and a processor tax. The Tennessee Valley Authority project would develop nitrate plants, power, and river uses, with wider goals for navigation, reforestation, and marginal lands management.
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Washington
Congress
Tennessee River Valley
Muscle Shoals
Roosevelt
Beneft
Ift
Secretary of Agriculture
Peter
Paul
United States
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee River
President Wilson
Norris
Senate
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Western Newspaper Union
How a Reconstruction Finance bill moves through Congress
A historical overview explains the legislative process from committee approval to conference, detailing the House and Senate routines. It notes rapid action when urgent, the reading and amendments, and the arduous horse trading in conferees before final passage and presidential signature.
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House
Senate
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Capitol
Western Newspaper Union
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Alfred Rosenberg
Hitler
America
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Salo
Geneva
Henry Morgenthau, Sr
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Federal Farm Board
Frederick BE. Murphy
Minneapolis Tribune
Sir Simpson
Jones
Agriculture Committee
Burns
Conference Committee
Hiram Johnson
California
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Eusebio Ayala
Paraguay
N. H. Davis
T. V. Soong
Montevideo
Minn
Minnesota Farm Holiday Association
Wallace
R. L. Rickard
The
Oklahoma Holiday Association
Oklahoma
Arrace
James Bryant Conant
A. Lawrence Lowell
Sheldon Rimery
Dorchester
Mass
James Scott Conant
Jennett Bryant Conant
Harvard College
Roxbury
Genator Glass
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Federal Reserve
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Norfolk
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