POLITICS
Politics Notes from Here and There About Solons and Citizens [By 'OBSERVER'] THE prevent It being the object of a Nazi financial "blitzkrieg." the property in the United States of Danes and...
...over its blue network, 10:30 to 11 p. nv, eastern daylight, saving time...
...At the end of the discussinn, he told the legislative representative: T have not received a single communication from my district on this matter.' He voted the wrong way...
...This article, slap on the picturesque back page of Coughlin's magazine, was quite an eyeful—yet there was more to it than met the eye...
...Declaring that Communists and "the disgruntled groups tint trailed behind them" had been stripped of all Influence In the affairs of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, David Dubinsky...
...Albert Parry is editor and Hendrik Van I-oon is a consultant: "The entire back page of a recent issue of Father Coughlin's magazine...
...pastor of a First Presbyterian church celebrating its 200th anniversary...
...A move to organize popular support for the nomination for president of Wendell L. Wlllkle, public utilities official and critic of many New Deal policies, became known by the circulation of material in Washington and elsewhere, favoring his candidacy...
...Careful reading of the text of Lewis' speech discloses that nowhere do the words 'third party appear...
...the property in the United States of Danes and Norwegians was ordered registered by President Roosevelt under the powers of the 1917 "trading with the enemy" act...
...The former president has been far from idle, politically, in recent months and is still a force in party councils...
...It is their contention that the filibuster is undemocratic because it permits a very small minority of the senate to block the will of the majority, not only of the senate, but of the American public...
...Secretary of States Ickes, Secretary of State Hull, John L. l.-w-is, and other prominent American figures . . . From the "Between the Lines" bulletin of the Labor's Non-Partisan league issued from Washington: "Regardless of the wishes of the economy hounds in congress against more relief, support is growing for higher appropriations for the WPA...
...Roosevelt to be the choice of the delegates at the Newark convention says he placed "social decency, economic fair play, and democratic principles above the ties of traditional politic*1 partisanship...
...The general level of farm product prices dropped four points during the month ended March 15, it was announced by the U. S. agriculture marketing service...
...Browder was banned because he has been convicted of a passport fraud . . . The Ohio state supreme court, recently upheld Ohio's housing law when it allowed a writ of mandamus under which City Manager C. O. Sherrill of Cincinr.a'i was ordered to sign a co-operation agreement with the Cin( mnati Metropolitan Housing author!cy...
...Business interests that yelp about the high cost of education might also note that in 1938 F. A. Ccuntway of Lever Bros, received enough dough ($469,713) to pay the total salaries of about 300 Indianapolis teachers...
...There was reactionary pressure being brought on him In connection with the measure in question...
...Prices paid by farmers stayed at 122 per cent of pre-war for the seventh consecutive month...
...COUGHLIN AND REYNOLDS Comments The Hour, of which Dr...
...In a move to protect establishments paying the 30-cent minimum in low wage industries...
...SPIRITUAL AWAKENING Belief that a spiritual awakening would sweep away all social, economic and political problems was expressed by Pres...
...of New York had been using his name in an unauthorized manner...
...Barbour of New Jersey has filed petitions for re-election...
...They go on from there...
...Closest friend of the chief economist on the board is William M. Leiserson, currently the dissenting member...
...S. Senator Robert Rice Reynolds of North Carolina...
...Factories in the Field...
...General John J. Pershing, in a formal statement issued through the War department, said that the Women World War Veterans, Inc...
...The revised pension measure would substitute a 3 per cent gross income tax, payable monthly, for existing taxes, licenses and fees levied by the state...
...least time and a half the worker's regular rate for overtime...
...Carey McWilliams, chief of the California division of immigration and housing and author of the best seller...
...It is surprising that Coughlln...
...TEACHERS AND TRUCKERS Remarks John Paine: "The Indianapolis Teachers Union points out that 600 teachers get less than $1,700 a year, the starting pay for letter carriers...
...Willkle...
...The "total eclipse of the Moscow-in-spired group" in the union was | ascribed by Mr...
...29 by Senators Robert F. Wagner of New York, Mathew M. Nrely of Virginia, and Arthur Capper of Kansas...
...We have inspected an establishment only on a complain...
...The plan which California voters defeated last November called for pensions of $30 every Thursday for persons over 60...
...The resolution also says that Mr...
...The resolution declaring Mr...
...The committee, with national headquarters at...
...The matter had been brought up suddenly, though there had been previous notice given, and plenty of time for his constituents to inform him of their desire...
...Saposs is often on the conservative side of the argument...
...The new plan calls, for payment of $20 every Thurs-daj'i to persons more than 50 years old...
...Willkle...
...Roosevelt recently...
...When the liberal forces come Into head-on collsion with the "economizers" on this question, a real battle is expected...
...Philip B. Fleming, administrator of the wage-hour division, ordered inspection of competitors whether or not complaints have been filed against them...
...On some other matters It was questionable...
...They will denounce in advance any attempt at a filibuster...
...Root said, but are forms designed to permit citizens to register support for Mr...
...WPA Administrator Harrington, insists that the one billion dollar budget approval is not enough to take care of the situation...
...Insiders expeel Herbert...
...The answer Is in the heading to this paragraph...
...Roosevelt has done more than "any other person in contemporary American history to move forward and onward the frontiers of social progress...
...Despite the fact that 1.400,000 will be dropped from WPA rolls between June and August, there still will remain 1.350,-000 unemployed to be taken care of, he points out...
...There are those editorials and comments devoted to proving that Lewis hasn't a chance of starting anything in the way of a third party...
...Comments Henry Zon on Lewis' "third party" threat: "The wise boys of the editorial page and the page opposite editorial seem divided Into two schools...
...pension plan before the people at the November elect ion...
...FDR-LEHMAN CONFER Gov...
...It seems Lewis wanted the idea of a third party to spread among the ranks of the professional politicians but wanted to avoid committing himself to such a course at the present stage of the game...
...79 Fifth Ave...
...said Fleming, "as we have many complaints awaiting attention...
...From "Washington Whispers" In the United States News: "The president now joins with Postmaster General Farley in the view that New York's Tom Dewey Is the man the Democrats will have to beat in November...
...John L. Lewis by Travel's Clement, national secretary of the Socialist party...
...Lehman of New York conferred with President Roosevelt last week—the object of his en 11 was not revealed . . . Robert Maynard Hutch-ins, president of the University of Chicago, upheld a dean's ruling that Earl Browder...
...The broad-cant, has been arranged through the National Broadcasting Co...
...Dubinsky characterized the defeat of the left wing forces as "a most impressive job of spring housecleaning...
...These "declarations" are not petitions...
...The third party field is so barren, they argue, that two Irishmen and a jug of whiskey couldn't start anything...
...The congressman was known neither as a great progressive, nor as a die-hard reactionary...
...HAM AND EGGS AGAIN The "Mam and Eggers" In California, having been defeated twice on the ballot, are planning to circulate ; lietltlnns to place another ' h-ini end eggr...
...Farmers and artisans permanently residing in the U. S. were exempted . . . President Roosevelt also included Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish and Danish waters in the "combat areas" Into which American ships are forbidden to sail under the neutrality act . . .Mayor Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee, who retires from that, position this week after 24 years service, will open up a law office in Milwaukee...
...bass of the Communist party in the U. S. be denied permission to speak on the university campus...
...president of the union, reported thai only eight of the 1.147 posts filled through the votes of 100,000 I. L. G. W. U. members In this city had gone to Communists or their "ramp followers...
...Basil Edwards, slate director of the plan, estimated that the required 212,117 signatures necessary to qualify the proposal for the ballot would be obtained in thirty days...
...Vague and inconclusive" were used to describe the third party threat of CIO Pres...
...Dubinsky to the Sta-lln-Hlfler pact and the subsequent hostility of the Comunist party to President Roosevelt...
...One of the most bitter conflicts in this session is expected to flare up when this question comes up for consideration...
...Oi'en Root Jr...
...D. C. which was attended by delegates representing 25 states and was greeted by President Roosevelt...
...Colleagues of David J. Saposs, chief economist of the National Labor Relations board, say they arc amused at congressional charges that he has dangerous radical leanings...
...From now on, we are not...
...I doubt if there is any problem, social, political or economic, that would not melt away before the fires of such a spiritual .awakening...
...Social Justice, was taken up with an eulogistic article on the character and accomplishments of 11...
...No greater thing could come to our land today," the president wrote, "than a revival of the spirit of religion—a revival that would sweep through the homes of the nation and stir the hearts of men and women of all faiths to a reassertlon of their belief in God and their dedication to His will for themselves and for their world...
...He said the results of the local elections in New York City *hnd been duplicated in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and other garment centers...
...The other school starts out with the declaration that Lewis knows that third party prospects are pretty glum and has other Ideas in mind...
...Hoover to exert considerable influence upon the choice of a Republican nominee and drafting of a platform when the party meets in Philadelphia...
...The ILD tells the following story headed "Why To Write To Your Congressman": "In connection with a recent vote in the House of Representatives, the Washington representative of an important progressive organization approached a congressman, to discuss the measure...
...His vote on many questions had been progressive...
...ANTI-LYNCH BROADCAST A nationwide broadcast urging passage of the federal anti-lynching bill will be made on Apr...
...Hoan was city attorney prior to being elected mayor of Wisconsin's largest city in 1916 . . . Labor's Non-Partisan League of New Jersey has endorsed President Roosevelt for a third term...
...The White House made public a letter written by the president to Rev...
...has been elected to serve as chairmar of the Amrriean Committee for Protection of Foreign Boin...
...going lo await complaints in order to protect establishments In compliance, that is...
...Sherrill had refused to sign the contract, questioning the constituionality of the Ohio housing law...
...WASHINGTON,* D. C—Steady increase in the number and coverage of union agreements since the national labor relations act became operative was noted by the NLRB's division of economic research...
...New York, recently held its fourth annual conference In Washington...
...In private discussions at labor board headquarters, they say, Mr...
...The three senators, who are staunch supporters of the bill, will insist that it be taken up before congress ao'journs and that it be given a chance to be voted on on its merits...
...who numbers many Irish-born among his followers, should devote so much space to pralRe of Reynolds, the alien-baiter...
...The 'economy bloc' is not interested In these facts, but in reducing the budget regardless of the human suffering this involves...
...Robert Rice Reynolds of North Carolina is co-author of a bill which would establish a domestic passport system and stringent police surveillance for millions of law-abiding men and women in the United States...
...He says that he is for "sound liberalism...
...a grand-nephew of Elihu Root, said that he had maileJ "declarations" to a list of persons throughout the country, seeking signatures in support of the nomination of Mr...
...paying no one less than 30 cents an hour and paying at...
...Sen...
...Denton M. Grewo...
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