Word: 74th
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Washington, Dec. 17--The administration is determined to prevent any "soak-the-rich" movement in the 74th Congress from reaching the point where it will cause another stampede by business and industry away from the New Deal, it was learned tonight...
...three months the biggest date on President Roosevelt's calendar has been Nov. 6. This week that day came and went and for the 74th time in its history the U. S. electorate chose another Congress (see p. 14). Automatically the next big day on the White House calendar became Jan. 3, when the new Congress sits for the first time...
Present Democratic strength in the Senate is 60 seats-four short of the two-thirds majority which can apply gag-rule and railroad through any legislation. Sure Democratic gains for the 74th Congress pushed this strength to 69, with belated returns of other Republican losses indicating that it may go above 70. Never before in the history of the U. S. has either the Republican or Democratic Party reached such a dizzy height of political power in the Senate. Significant steps in the 1934 election to that eminence...
Reports tonight indicated that the Republicans would win between 10 and 25 seats in the House but might lose at least four in the Senate. Experts predicted that the Democrats would maintain control of both Houses in the 74th Congress...
...There will be no serious attempt in the 74th Congress to establish a Central Bank in the United States, replacing the Federal Reserve System, Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, chairman of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee predicted today...