Feud Over Supreme Court Tarnishes Public Trust
The piece decries the discord between Justices Black and Jackson and critiques Roosevelt era court packing. It argues for nonpartisan judicial integrity, warns against public derision, and calls for retirement or reform to restore faith in the courts. It analyzes Vinson and Snyder appointments and Treasury policy under Morgenthau and Truman.
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United States Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Robert H. Jackson
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Justice Jackson
Justice Black
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Hughes
Black
Supreme Court
Jackson
Truman
Mr. Vinson
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
George E. Sokolsky
Fred Vinson
John W. Snyder
the Treasury
Judge Vinson
John Marshall
John Snyder
Treasury
St. Louis
Missouri
New York
Druman
Hannegan
Allen
United States of America
White House
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Henry Morgenthau, Sr
Junior
Morgenthau
Vinson
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Mellon
Chester Bowleses
George Allens
America
City Budget Woes Highlight Accounting Confusion
City auditor reports June 11 balances across funds with a total of 507,496.13 dollars and an increase of 3,016.80 over June 10. Council approved 243,000 dollars in demands earlier, but how those funds were disbursed remains unclear.
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City Hall
Joe E. Lewis
George Goddard
Mr. Goddard
California
Imperial Valley
Arizona
Oppressors of Labor in the Musicians Union
Westbrook Pegler denounces the American Federation of Musicians as democratic oppression, accusing national officers including Joe Padway and Petrillo of autocratic rule, fines without charges, limited appeals, and control over work across locals, with high salaries and propaganda funded by members.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
American Federation of Musicians
Joe Padway
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Musicians’ Union
Padway
United States
Jimmy Petrillo
Petrillo
National Union
Chicago
Joe Webber
of the Union
Dan Tobin
The
Teamsters’ Union
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Jake Rosenberg
Rosenberg
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Emblem Contest for GOP Offers $100 Prize
The Milwaukee Journal notes a Republican magazine offers $100 for a new national party emblem to wear as lapel or dress ornament. It critiques past symbols like the elephant and cites Hoover slogans, suggesting a fitting emblem remains to be found for the party.
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Republican
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican Party
Milwaukee
Journal
Help For A Fee By Paul Mallon
A satirical column imagines Pirates fans demanding 152 rights with outrageous pay and benefits. It mocks labor-style demands, then shifts to quirky anecdotes about melon crops, Washington anecdotes, and a Mount Vernon cherry tree joke.
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Paul Mallon
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Whitney
Curly Caminita
Ickes
Washington
Mount Vernon
Hackie
George
Reminiscences of Generals Kilpatrick and Battley
Washington diary recalls Gen John Kilpatrick and Brig Gen Joseph Battley in New York. They joke about the general’s load, staff humor, and shifts in the Army caste system. The anecdote contrasts pay and perks of officers with enlisted men and ends with a humorous aside about cantaloupes and honeydews.
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New York
John Reid Kilpaterick
Madison Square Garden
Joseph F. Battley
Somme
Gem Kilpatrick
Battley
Gen. Kilpatrick
Norfolk
Washington
George Dixon
Roosevelt
Steve
When a Clean House Jealously Rules a Home
A speaker laments household clutter swept away by a meticulous spouse. Old books, unfinished projects, tools, and treasures vanish on cleaning days as garbage men cart items to the curb. The poem weighs the cost of domestic order on a quiet family life.
Didn't necessity mother of invention tire of screen doors
The note attributes to a Boston Globe frustration about screen doors that slam and the adage that necessity drives invention.
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Necessity
Mother of Invention
Boston
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Russell Pettis Askue
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