Five Million Dollar Lobby To Block Death Penalty
Senator Black of Alabama cites a five million dollar lobby to defeat the death sentence clause. Holding companies sent 285000 telegrams costing 134000, with 14782 telegrams across 11 offices and only three paid by the named recipients. About a quarter million telegrams may have been paid by utilities, plus five million letters. Campaign operatives were paid high rates, while masters of the holding companies directed from Washington hotels without paying their own travel or living costs.
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Senate Investigation Committee
Senator Black
Alabama
Washington
Oper
Public Be Damned Hopson and the utility hold ups
A brief portrait of Mr Hopson described as a pudgy, short man once with the Interstate Commerce Commission and later tied to New York State utility division. The piece hints at his role in exposing gaps in the utility holding company system as congressional pressure rises after a House vote on death sentence measures.
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Hopson
Peoples’ Voice
Homer Davenport
Western Law School
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York State
Utility Division
House
Congress
Howard €. Hepson
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Senate
Crazier and Crazier in a Satirical Verse
A London Morning Post poem lampoons poverty policies with animal fables and bureaucratic schemes. It contrasts hens and cows producing for gentlemen with government meddling and the paradoxes of scarcity versus wealth redistribution. The verse ends with a somber lullaby about sleep.
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England
London Morning Post
Congress and State Legislatures Debate on Corruption Costs
The statement asserts that the public bears the burden of government corruption, linking congressional and state legislative actions to financial and ethical costs borne by citizens. It emphasizes accountability and institutional reform.
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Congress
Like Hell You Will Labor Faces Wage Cut Clash Across Nation
The piece reports a rising labor confrontation in Cincinnati with the Amalgamated Garment Workers backing a plan to organize the textile sector, seeking recognition, a 10 percent raise, and a $16 weekly minimum. It cites the Mack Shirt Company cutting hours and wages, plus a government clash with Building Trades over scale wages and potential strikes, signaling broader labor unrest.
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Cincinnati Labor Front
Amalgamated Garment Workers
Cincinnati
Leonard Tailoring
Mack Shirt Company
United States
Uncle Sam
Will Rogers and Post on Last Flight
A reflective tribute recalls Will Rogers and his Post plane colleagues as artists of aviation and humor. The piece contemplates mortality, fate in the Arctic crash, and the shared peril of early flight, mourning the loss while considering human fragility and resolve.
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Will Rogers
Post
Rogers
Rogers and
Rogers and Post
Love
Father Coughlin predicts young folk reject World War bonds
Father Coughlin emerges from vacation to comment on Roosevelt Curley politics and Italy. He says the nation will repudiate war debts and laments Congress critiquing lawmakers. He jokes about fleeing to the Aleutians if Congress acts. Continued on page 3.
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Boston
Curley
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Italy
Father Coughlin
Congress
Aleutian Islands
Roosevelt Bungles Social Security Job
An editorial denounces Roosevelt signing of the Social Security Act as expanding bureaucratic socialism. It warns of tax funded pensions, a large payroll tax, and unemployment insurance, arguing the plan burdens industry and grows government reach. Page 7 continuation noted.
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Roosevelt
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Public-Be
Higgeldy Piggeldy
Black Hen
Rey
Detroit
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