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Most important political event in the U. S. since the election of Nov. 3 took place last week at a private luncheon and caucus of 24 of Pennsylvania's 27 Democratic Congressmen in Washington's Hotel Mayflower. Host was Pennsylvania's Senator Joseph F. Guffey. Newshawks hovering about the doors of the suite waited for someone to break the news of what had happened. First to emerge was Representative J. Burrwood Daly of Philadelphia. He cut questioners short...
Among the student contributions are notes discussing the tax on undistributed corporate profits and the Guffey Coal Act. Other notes, comments on recent decisions, and book reviews complete the issue...
Onto that mighty stage last week marched Lawyer Frederick H. Wood of Manhattan, victor over NRA and the Guffey Coal Act in the Schechter and Carter cases, "to challenge the constitutionality of New York State's unemployment insurance law. Since last January the law has exacted a 1% payroll tax (which will increase to 2% in 1937, 3% in 1938) from all employers of four or more persons. From the fund thus created, workers who lose their jobs after next year will, following a three-week wait, get $5 to $15 per week for not more than 16 weeks...
...almost irreparable damage done by the New Deal, the Yale News comes to the conclusion that "mistakes are better than inaction." Before President Roosevelt arrived America had no Farley, no Tugwell, no Passmaquoddy, no N.R.A., no Guffey Act, no A.A.A., no Silver Purchase Act, no boondoggling. We will take "inaction...
...clumsy persistence in trying to formulate stop-gap measures to replace laws ignominiously thrown out by the Supreme Court is typical of his underhand methods. If he had sufficient courage to brave the political blast, he would come out in favor of a constitutional amendment to legalize Hot Oil, Guffey Coal, and A.A.A. The people could then endorse or reject his theories of government and would be able to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted a planned economy and governmental regulation or industry. These fundamental issues, which differ widely from ideals that Americans have hitherto cherished, must...