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New Deal Faces Busy Opposition in Washington
Washington scene shows the New Deal beset by organized opposition as Huey Long and Father Coughlin gain followers while Senators Nye and Eccles debate central bank ideas. Administrations quarrel over NRA scope and credit policy, with labor leaders warning against narrowing protections amid political attacks.
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Washington
Huey Long
Father Coughlin
Long
Coughlin
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Marriner & Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Louisiana
Senator Long
Walter Coughlin
Heeles
Nye
Hamilton
North Dakota
Mccles
House of Representatives
Federal Reserve System
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Mr. Roosevelt
Long Coughlin
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Powers That Be
Earl Godwin Ashington
Roosevelt
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New Deal
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
John H. Fahey
America
the Relief Administration
Harry Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Power Trust
Wilmington
Del
DuPont Munitions Trust
NRA
Louisville