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...Madam Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, in England to explore industrial conditions for Franklin Roosevelt, replied last week to a British query on his third-term intentions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Answer Me! | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

...Morgenthaus to their farm at Fishkill, N. Y.; the Woodrings to Cape Cod; the Cummingses to California; Mr. Farley & children en route to Alaska (sec p. 13); the Wallaces to Colorado; the Ropers and Madam Perkins in England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Men at Work | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

...cream and fertilizers made more jobs in April, as business moved to satisfy the seasonal demands of gullets and gardens. But seasonal increases in nonagricultural fields fell far short of normal April figures, according to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins last week. Madam Secretary estimated that since fall, 3,000,000 U. S. workers have been laid off. Those who still have jobs are getting lighter pay envelopes than a year ago, although most hourly rates are unchanged since against union resistance it is easier to cut hours than rates. As usual in depressions, payrolls have dropped faster than jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Lighter Envelopes | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...walk the customary four or five blocks on Commonwealth Avenue or Tremont Street before the car is to cruise tactfully past and pick them up last the master's shoe begin to pinch his corn. But, under pain of dismissal, not until the world and the photographers have noted madam's attire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 4/16/1938 | See Source »

...MADAM CURIE - Eve Curie - Doubleday, Doran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Best-Sellers | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

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