Republic Steel bosses secure lifelong pensions at stockholders’ expense
A Washington expose reveals Tom M. Girdler of Republic Steel and top executives receive lavish lifelong social security funded by stockholders. Provisions allowed proxies to vote for the plan without any option to vote against it, in a 1937 Jersey City meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel
Joe Weber
Jimmy Petrillo
Petrillo
Mr. Weber
Jersey City
Girdler
Mr. Wick
Day's anti Union Now book fronts wartime propaganda clash
Washington report notes Rep Stephen Day Republican at large of Illinois has authored We Must Save the Republic a red white and blue cover expose of Union Now with Britain. The piece links Day to Nazi agent affiliated publishers and lists Flanders Hall as the publishing firm with officers Hauck family and connections to Viereck Wirsing and other Axis associations. Also covered are farm labor antics of Indiana's ex Governor Cliff Townsend and a backstage fight between state department and Maritime Commission over 80 Axis ships in Latin American harbors and Good Neighbor policy amid shipping shortages. Venezuela and Cuba show willingness to release Axis ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stephen A. Day
Illinois
Republic
United States
George Sylvester Viereck
State Department
Giselher Wirsing
Munich
Verlag Knorr and Hirth
Flanders Hall
Congressman Day
Britain
Clarence K. Streit
Day
Streit
White House
Army- Navy-Mritime Commission
North
South America
Hitler
Maritime Commission
Navy
Commission
James H. Burns
Harry Hopkins
Venezuela
Cuba
Wickard pressure and price fights swirl over cotton policy
Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard faces intense pushback from southern Democrats over a 300,000 bale cotton sale and parity pricing. The dispute widens as aides and Congress propose new restrictions, while observers forecast continued tension in price policy amid wartime economy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Claude Wickard
Commodity Credit Corporation
South
Alabama
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Wickard
Government
Defense
Decline of Totem Poll and the Emergence of UE Debates
An essay contends unlimited emergency weakens opinion polls and questions their integrity. It critiques private versus public polling, concerns over misused results, and the impact on Congress and civic responsibility. It defends Gallup while warning against manipulation and oversimplification of complex issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doe
Post Office
Department
Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Voice of the People
United States Congress
Congress
McGuffey
There Is Something About The Navy
A nostalgic column notes the Navy favors volunteers over drafts while the Army pursues longer terms. It discusses regional enlistment trends, myths about the southern navy, and the call for a Navy Enlistment Week in Tennessee. The piece cites Agriculture egg shipments, army illness rates, and a man who made his own coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Army
Whittler
Wwell
Congress
Marshall
South
Dixie
Tennessee
America
Gridley
Indiana
Admiral Anonymous and a Navy gatekeeper who refused a son of senator
Senator Walsh exposed a commander known as Admiral Anonymous for blocking Richard Wheeler son of Senator Wheeler from a naval training slot after questioning his father’s views. Secretary Knox confirmed the action amid calls to end secrecy in the service and equal defense opportunities for all, including women in defense work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Navy Department
Washington
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Navy
Knox
Richard Burton Wheeler
Naval Training School
Wheeler
Montana
Army
America
Central board urged to coordinate war production plan
Editorial calls for a president loyal central authority to plan and execute a unified defense program from air power to civilian defense. It notes overlap among eight federal agencies over raw materials and adds that a central body could reduce confusion and waste. An Indianapolis brief adds a quip about a motion only car horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knudsen
Washington
Germany
Japan
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Times
Carpenters Keep Polka-Dotted Bow Ties In Heat
Arthur Baer notes Mr. Julius, a seventy year old carpenter at a hot July work site, wearing a white shirt and polka dotted bow tie. He explains carpenters wear bow ties, likening them to butchers with straw hats in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Julius
Smithsonian
America
Odds On Peace Odds Shorter Than View in London
London bookmakers quote 1 to 3 that peace will come before New Year, shorter than popular and official forecasts. Some government staff post modest bets of 1 to 5 and 1 to 10 on peace within five months, while government military authorities appear confident about Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Satchel Shows Possible Threat in Senate Office Visit
A man approached Florida Senator Pepper with a satchel aimed at showing personal improvements. Police halted the visit, removed the satchel, and found an unassembled machine gun. He claimed the item was a demonstration and was sent home with blueprints as safer proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Florida
Mr. Pepper
Washington
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Weber
Tom
R. J. Wysor
Myron A. Wick
N. J. Clarke
C. M. White
Mr. Wysor
Carlisle
Ultatecti
He Bae
Union
Columbia Press Service
Viereck
Kaiser
Scotch Plains
N. J
Sigfrid Hauck
Mary Hauck
Adolf Hauck
Sec
Cliff Townsend
Far West
Townsend
Claude Wickard Falls
Pig Pen
Paul Mallon
Russia
Brookings Institution
Louis Marlo
Department of Agriculture
England
Milton
Indianapolis News
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Baer
Forty-Second
Broadway
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