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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some kind friend has sent me a copy of your publication of Aug. 4, 1930 wherein is a picture of myself and a really gorgeous column of fiction. No doubt you printed what you thought was right but you have my word for it-for what it is worth-that there is hardly a true statement from top to bottom...
...soap and scrap iron, fertilizer, leather, glass, paper, old rubber and garden truck were some of the things Interstate Commerce Commissioners in Washington pondered last week when opponents of the railroads' petition for a 15% freight rate increase began to present their rapid-fire testimony (TIME, July 27, Aug. 3). Shippers and manufacturers popped up and down in the witness stand to oppose Ex Parte 103 faster than the Press could keep track of them. The gist of their argument: if rail rates went up they, the rate payers, would divert more & more of their freight traffic to motor...
Fortnight ago in the Doyle case the Court of Appeals issued a ruling which severely limited the committee's powers to compel reluctant witnesses to testify with immunity (TIME, Aug. 17). The whole future course of the investigation depended upon broadening the committee's authority to get information under threat of contempt action. Therefore last week the committee petitioned Governor Roosevelt to summon a special session of the Legislature to pass a bigger & better immunity bill for its use. Within 24 hours the Governor as a matter of "clear duty" issued the call for this week...
...conservation law to curb the State's wild oil production. For 28 days the Legislature shilly-shallied, got nothing done. Meanwhile in Oklahoma Governor William Henry ("Cocklebur Bill") Murray called out troops to shut in oil wells until the price of oil should reach $1 per bbl. (TIME, Aug. 17.) Taking cue from his neighbor, Governor Sterling last week roweled his Legislature into action one day before adjournment with a threat of martial law. To show he meant it he sent his adjutant general into the gushing East Texas fields to find quarters for 1,000 troopers. Twelve hours...
...long elaborate explanation of Germany's present financial position from Dr. Karl Melchior. This led to a few hard words, for Dr. Melchior either did not know or would not say just what assets Germany holds abroad. Moreover, the political situation in Germany was so improved (TIME, Aug. 17) that everyone felt more free to handle the Germans firmly. There was much criticism of German domestic extravagance. From the Wall Street point of view no financial diplomat could better express the hard truth which Germany had yet to be told than Banker Wiggin. As head of the Committee...