Word: budgets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speeches on his "intake" Western tour, Franklin Roosevelt discovered two subjects that were sure-fire with all audiences. One was Peace. The other was balancing the budget. First thing the President did on his return was to reshape U. S. foreign policy. Last week he turned his attention to the budget...
...Last week, while many another U. S. citizen had begun to wonder whether the country was on the verge of a major business slump, the President made it clear by his saving intentions that he finally felt that the lean years were over. The week began with a new budget estimate showing a net deficit of $695,000,000 for fiscal 1938, $277,000,000 more than had been estimated last April (see p. 19). During the rest of the week Franklin Roosevelt emphasized & re-emphasized two points: 1) that he does not expect the deficit to grow any larger...
...charge of extravagance, the Fusion administration might seem guilty on the surface, since the budget for the city has risen. But the causes for this rise were mandatory charges imposed by the new charter, the introduction of the three platoon system in the fire department and the eight hour day for nurses in city hospitals, and the restoration of depression pay cuts. Furthermore, the Tammany Board of Estimate has consistently refused to permit the weeding from office of their political parasites, restoring in the face of La Guardia's explosive wrath sixty-four hirelings of no value to the community...
...Philadelphia's richest men, became bored with private banking in 1930, resigned as a partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. to seek "romance and high adventure" in running his old university, which he insisted on doing without pay. Soon he put Education on a business basis, balancing the budget by reducing expenses from $9,000,000 to $6,000,000 a year, projecting a 15-year money-raising program to replace the hand-to-mouth system of making the rounds of donors each year...
...Roosevelt. Actor Cohan, prime Down East favorite, was appearing in the tryout run of the George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart satire, I'd Rather Be Right, due on Broadway next month. Mummer Cohan wore a pince-nez, assumed a Groton inflection in opening his fireside chats. Musing on budget-balancing and third terms, he sang a song called Off The Record, confiding "I'm very fond of Eleanor, but I never read her column,'' vouchsafing further, with intervals of hoofing...