New York Mayor-Elect Lag uardia Seizes Control Amid Tammany Clash
Lag uardia, the Republican reformer, defeats McKee and O'Brien as Tammany Hall faces an internecine power struggle. Across cities, Republicans and Democrats shift, Maine moves to repeal Prohibition, and policy battles erupt over farm relief and NRA rules.
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Sorello H. Laguardia
New York
Tammany
Fusion
Easiily
Joseph V. McKee
Recovery
John P. O'Brien
Tammany Democrat
McKee
James Farley
F. H. National
New LaGuardia York State
Roosevelt
Farley
Tammany Hall
John F. Curry
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
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O’brien
Bridgeport
Conn
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Jamestown
Leon F. Roberts
Samuel A. Carlson
Pittsburgh
Mellon Republican
William McNair
Frank Couzens
James Couzens
Detroit
Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
Boston
Frederick W. Mansfield
Swope Plan Intensifies Debate On National Recovery
William Bruckart discusses the Swope plan proposed by Gerard Swope to restructure NRA inspired controls into a private sector led system. He warns of government supervision via a national chamber of commerce and the risk of a growing Washington bureaucracy, noting Roosevelt’s experimentation with recovery programs and potential support for the plan.
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Milo Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Middle West
Reno
Roosevelt
George N. Peek
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Wallace
Herring
Olson
Langer
Schmedeman
Berry
White House
Peek
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Detroit
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Flint
Washington
William Pitt
England
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Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
NRA
Chamber of Commerce
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Department of Commerce
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Rail loans, wheat payments, and liquor ad rules outlined
The piece outlines continued recovery steps including a $185 million rail loan to twenty railroads to stimulate employment and spending, plus wheat acreage reductions with about $102 million in farmer payments and 7.8 million acres cut next year. It notes liquor ad restrictions in non prohibitory states and Frustrations over slow economic recovery. It also mentions Argentine mate tea and Gauchos’ endurance.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Tropic of Capricorn
Argentina
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