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War delays adjournment and shifts congressional plans
Congress slows work as war abroad disrupts revenue and prompts leadership to delay antitrust progress. Wanamaker urges government purchase of foreign ships. McReynolds to Supreme Court seat. other measures include war risk insurance and a proposed land tax on values. Roosevelt campaigns in New England as neutrality guidance is issued.
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Congress
Senate
Kern
Houe
Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Hoboken
United States
Murdock
Kansas
House
Progressives
Treasury Department
Bureau of
Bailey
Pennsy
Senator Lane
Oregon
McReynolds
Supreme Bench
Wilson
James Co. McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
Thomas Watt Gregory
Texas
America
T. R
New England
Col. Roosevelt
Hartford
Conn
Boston
American League
Massachusetts
New York
Hinman
Gover
McCall
Portland
Lewiston
State Department
England
Germany
Rench Navy
One de la Peyrere
Jamestown
Admiralty Staff
Admiral Courbet
France