Bonus Fight to Be Presidential Issue
Advocates drop the cash payment fight for veterans and plan a PR campaign for the Patman inflation bill next term. House and Senate leaders reject compromises as President Roosevelt’s veto looms, with Thomas noting 75 percent support for the Patman bill but that soldiers face too great a sacrifice to override a veto. Representatives Patman and veterans groups attend the session.
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White House
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Thomas
Oklahoma
Harrison
Louis Ward
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Patman
Borah
Idaho
Smith
South Carolina
Frazier
North Dakota
McCarran
Nevada
Bulow
South Dakota
McGill
Kansas
Texas
Zoo Labor Banner Dispute Prompts Kitten in Furnace Tale
A People’s Voice report recounts a winter incident at a city zoo where a worker allegedly burned a live kitten in a furnace. The narrative blames management for aggressive union-related actions and urges witnesses to come forward amid ongoing worker protests and banners at the zoo.
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People’s Voice
Park Board
United States
Charterites
Norris Attacks Holders as Robbers in Senate Lecture
Senator Norris denounces holding companies as thieves and frauds in a Senate chamber lecture on the New Deal reform bill. He branded leaders as robbers, traced their tactics with charts, and warned the public and widows against watered stocks and high rates while pledging to amend the Constitution if needed.
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Norris
Senate Chamber
Congress
Electric Bond & Share Company
Edison Electric Institute
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Columbia Gas & Electric Company
Niagara- Hudson Power Company
Insull
T Insull
Rome
Widows and
John
United States
Utility Interests Plan Finish Fight
Edison Electric Institute President Thomas McCarter warned the Roosevelt administration would face a fierce, nationwide clash over the New Deal power program. Speaking at Atlantic City before 1,200 utility leaders, McCarter said the administration’s actions amounted to a devastating attack on the industry and its objectives.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Edison Electric Institute
Thomas McCarter
McCarter
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
Roosevelt
Newspaper Guild Joins the A F L
Newspaper writers formed a guild under the code and after the NRA ruling have chosen to align with the American Federation of Labor. Delegates at Cleveland voted with a wide margin to approve the move amid uneasy reactions from guild members.
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Supreme Court
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Cleveland
World warns against relying on constant trap mentality
The quote suggests persistence in pushing a strategy may fail to attract attention or success if the approach ignores genuine appeal or necessity. It implies overemphasis on maintenance can deter results and invites reconsideration of effort and timing.
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Mr. Burman
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