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Just before the President and Winston Churchill left on vacation, Mr. Roosevelt called in Judge Rosenman, gave him orders large and new, fit for the deed he had to do: draft a reorganization plan that would wake up the U.S. people, produce war materials, aid all victims of aggression. The Judge was given complete freedom to rip OEM, OPM, NDAC, OPACS, etc., etc., etc., up & down & sidewise, if he saw fit; the thunderous sky was the limit...
When oil was discovered in 1932, nobody knew who really owned the land. In association with some other oil companies, Humble bought up leases based on one deed, of doubtful origin, which had been ticking around Texas for 40 years. The company also tracked down some 60 descendants of old Allen Vince, paid them $300,000, gave them royalty rights. But Bumble's lawyers were still worried about Wilson Strickland. They cut off the Vinces' royalty payments, invited them to start a lawsuit which would settle title for once & all, advertised for heirs of Wilson Strickland to join...
...Called on teachers to "cooperate fully in the national defense program to protect our Republic by thought, word and deed...
...court settlement last week, the city agreed to pay $15,000, the union to pay $30,000 now and the balance in installments of $2,500 a month. With the conscious pride of one who had done a rare good deed, Alexander McKeown, national president of the hosiery workers, declared: "We had a responsibility to the entire labor movement with our actions in this case. . . . We have forever answered those critics of trade unionism who delight in talking about the 'irresponsibility' of labor...
...piece on motor accidents,-And Sudden Death) may be forgiven for not remembering just when & where he summed up the Crosby appeal: "The prevalent feminine verdict is that he is definitely cute, while the masculine part of the audience seems not to mind him at all. . . ." It was in deed in the New York Herald Tribune -May 6, 1934, page...