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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Manifesto on which the La Follette Progressive Party proposed to unite was summarized in five points which called for: 1) public "ownership and control of money and credit"; 2) restoring "to every American the absolute right to earn his living by the sweat of his brow"; 3) granting "the Executive branch power to get things done . . . with ample guarantees against . . . abuse of such power"; 4) security for "those who work on the farm and in the city . . . measured by ... contribution"; 5) no more "coddling or spoon-feeding . . . restore to every American the opportunity to help himself. After that...
...Senate on capital gains, and 2) for the House on undistributed profits. If Congress approves and the President signs it. corporate profits will be taxed a flat 16½% plus a 2½% surtax on those not distributed -with surtax exemptions and graduated tax rates for all corporations which earn less than $25,000 a year. Capital gains will be taxed in toto but the rates will be reduced-79% maximum on short-term gains but only 15% on gains from assets held more than two years, 20% on gains from assets held 18 months to two years -with previous...
Finally, like all human institutions, the Supreme Court must earn reverence through the test of truth, he asserted...
...Failure to deduct depreciation reserves in arriving at rate base values has permitted the Bell System to earn a return on amounts far in excess of the investment made by the owners." Rates should be based on the "prudent investment" theory espoused by Franklin Roosevelt...
...Assassin John Wilkes Booth the morning after Booth shot Abraham Lincoln, and who for his apparently innocent treatment languished four years in Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas off Florida. Purpose of Daughter Nettie's visit: to apply for an accountant's job, so that she might earn $200, enough to finish research for an authentic Civil War romance. Asked about her father, she answered: "When he died I was lost, and I have been lost ever since...