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...note, unusual in that it pointedly omitted to thank the Senate for its services, had been read, the motion to adjourn was offered and carried. Twenty-eight minutes later, at 7:23, the House, which had been wrangling over the cotton subsidy, likewise closed up and the 75th Congress' astonishing first session was over...
...When the 75th Congress met last January, it looked like one of the most efficient legislative machines assembled in U. S. history. A huge Democratic majority had returned the President to office. A huge Democratic majority in both Houses was apparently waiting to do his bidding...
...Supreme Court Justice he often visited Mrs. Findlay, said that her face as a little girl was the most beautiful he had ever seen. Last week, Mrs. Findlay gave the President a first-hand account of the incident, urged him to attend the commemoration exercises at the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, in which Captain Holmes was wounded, Sept. 16-17. The President, although scheduled to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the signing of the Constitution with a Washington speech the same day, said he hoped to attend...
Good Intentions. When the 75th Congress met last January the Democratic Party had a bigger majority than any party in the history of the U. S.-75 of 96 Senators, 333 of 435 Representatives. Moreover the great majority of the Majority had goodwill towards Franklin Roosevelt. The only sour note was every politician's knowledge that overwhelming majorities, like oversized amoebas, tend to split. On Feb. 5, Franklin Roosevelt dramatically disclosed his plan for enlarging the Supreme Court and the Majority began to disintegrate. The good intentions of Congress towards the President's legislative program were...
First thing anyone learns about plump, suave Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice President and Finance Minister of China, is that he is the 75th direct descendant of Confucius...