Berle's testimony on capital credit and misread reactions
Richard Strout recounts Adolf A. Berle's Senate testimony on capital access for big versus small business and the Roosevelt era public works. He notes Berle's warnings about modernizing the financial system, the misinterpretation by a Milwaukee paper calling him radical, and subsequent corrections. Strout questions who Dewey’s researchers are.
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Berle warns on government financing and private initiative
The debate centers on Berle's memorandum where he questions direct government funding leading to eventual control. Governor Dewey quotes a forecast of government ownership of productive plants while Berle frames it as a hypothetical warning. The piece notes heavy Communist attacks and the risk of misquoting research material.
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Daily Worker
YMCA Halloween Party Planned for October 27
Community briefs note the YMCA hosts a Halloween party on Friday October 27 with attendees in costume. Committee includes Charles Cooke chairman Leona Curtis Irma Johnson Curley Johnson and Rose Argenta. Skating classes run Saturday while Community Chest activities finish Monday and the Y gymnasium is released for other use.
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