Tax Revision Brought to Fore By Administration
The piece reports on farm spending fights in Congress and White House pushback. It notes a Senate agriculture bill totaling over 1.2 billion dollars, restored parity payments, and new disposal and tenancy funds. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urges restraint while Hopkins touts spending.
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GOP Liberalism and World War II Policy Shifts
The piece surveys U S political shifts from New Deal liberalism to GOP conservatism with Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen favoring a modified Republican platform. It details Roosevelt administration reorganizations, agency consolidations, and projected Plan No 3 on deportable aliens, plus Chiang Kai-shek’s China facing mass refugee influx after Japanese raids and capital moves.
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Early 1940 campaign chatter rumored in Washington
Brackart discusses the unfolding 1940 political scene with emphasis on Democratic and Republican factions. He notes intra party struggles over New Deal policy, Roosevelt leadership, and the prospect of a one term presidency amid tax concerns unemployment and fiscal strain. He warns of a bitter convention fight echoing past 1924 tensions.
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Forecast and Rumors Shape 1940 Party Nominations
Democratic statistician Emil Hurja predicts Vice President Garner and New York's Tom Dewey win Democratic and Republican nominations if President Roosevelt does not seek a third term. A Gallup poll shows Dewey with 54 percent of Republican votes. Washington gossip also suggests Francis B Sayre as Philippine high commissioner and a mid summer resignation of Richard C G Patterson from commerce to enter utilities or film work.
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