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...would be an unforgiveable mistake on the part of President Roosevelt to meet this in any but an orderly way. Packing the court would establish a precedent that would permanently destroy the usefulness of the tribunal. Two alternatives are left; wait for the more conservative members to die, or amend the Constitution. If the President is willing to wait several years, the former method would be a smooth modus operandi. The more democratic and efficient method, however, is that of admendment. The overwhelming support given Mr. Roosevelt on Election Day augurs well for a speedy and cooperative ratification...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON OUR WAY | 11/10/1936 | See Source »

...relief projects, made ready to handle another 58,500. The Resettlement Administration declared a one-year moratorium on some 30,000 rural rehabilitation loans, prepared to pour out $18,000,000 for crop loans and feed. With Secretary of Agriculture Wallace vacationing in Colorado, the AAA continued to amend its soil conservation program, permitting farmers to cut for forage soil-depleting crops hitherto condemned to be plowed under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Costs & Cattle | 7/20/1936 | See Source »

Anti-New Deal sympathies have likewise been shown in every previous poll except the one where students reacted strongly in favor of the concentration of power in the Federal government. Just why this was is a mystery, for the following week college opinion strongly rejected a proposal to amend the Constitution to give the Federal government increased power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poll Shows Student Voters Oppose Currency Inflation | 3/20/1936 | See Source »

...weeks ago the student body rejected a proposal to amend the Constitution to give the Federal government increased power; but in this week's question, over three-quarters of the 951 votes cast went in favor of the New Deal principle of increased concentration at Washington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLL SHOWS STUDENTS FAVOR FEDERAL POWER | 2/28/1936 | See Source »

...onetime NRAdministrator makes no secret of his conviction that President Roosevelt once had two superb aides, both of whom were "kicked in the slats." They were Hugh Samuel Johnson and his good friend & onetime partner in the plow business. George Nelson Peek. Presumably Franklin Roosevelt, if reelected, will amend his errors, set up a brand-new administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Flop, Mess, Tangle | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

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