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The author speculates to the possibility of a change in the President's attitude towards the Congress as a result of the primary elections. The author is doubtful whether Franklin D. Roosevelt's astonishing personal popularity with the great majority of the lower income classes has slumped...
- The 73rd Congress Faces the Banking Problem. // Congressional Digest;Apr33, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p97
The article focuses on the banking problem faced by the U.S. Congress in March 1933. The special emergency banking legislation was enacted by the U.S. Congress on March 9, 1933. The Congress is still waiting for information from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning banking...
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The article focuses on the political developments that took place in the U.S. Congress during March 1933. In the case of the emergency banking act and the economy act, the U.S. Senators point out that the President had the solid backing of Americans. Strong opposition to the farm bill is...
- OUR NEW LONG SHADOW. Baldwin, Hanson W. // Foreign Affairs;Apr39, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p465
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- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LAYS SHIPPING PROBLEM BEFORE CONGRESS. // Congressional Digest;Feb36, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p46
This article focuses on the special message given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the U.S. Congress, recommending the passage of a new ship subsidy bill. The President raises the question whether or not the United States should have an adequate merchant marine. He supported his view...
- Washington Notes. // New Republic;2/21/34, Vol. 78 Issue 1003, p46
Comments on the successes of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the U.S. Congress. Passage of the bill appropriating for civil works and relief; Pressure of the states to override the President; Persuasiveness of Roosevelt; View of the author on the effectiveness of Roosevelt's persuasiveness as...
- Roosevelt Trips Himself. T. R. B. // New Republic;8/16/39, Vol. 100 Issue 1289, p46
Focuses on the fate, the spending bill met in the House of the U.S. Congress and speculation that President Franklin D. Roosevelt no longer has a majority of Congress and the country is turning against him. Report that the House refused to consider the spending bill by a vote of 193 to 166 or by...
- President, Congress and People. // New Republic;3/6/44, Vol. 110 Issue 10, p299
Focuses on the dispute between United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress on the issue of tax-bill which suggests a breach between the legislative and the executive bodies. Passage of the tax bill over President's veto in both Houses of the Congress; Reelection of...
- Time to Take Time. // Saturday Evening Post;3/6/1937, Vol. 209 Issue 36, p24
Focuses on the message of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union address on January 6, 1937 implicating the hastiness in the actuation of his administration. Misappropriation and flaws in the enactment of the new law due to speedy legislation; Citation of example...
