Word: morgenthau
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rest of that day and the next and the next, cue-seekers passed in procession through the White House offices. Those interested in immediate or routine questions-inauguration ceremonies (Admiral Gary T. Grayson), CCC continuation (Director Fechner), tax revision (Senator Pat Harrison, Representative Bob Doughton), budget (Secretary Morgenthau, Chairman Eccles of the Federal Reserve)-got immediate answers. But Franklin Roosevelt, having waved aside for a whole month matters of second-term policy, gave no sign that he was ready promptly on return to give cues on such major projects as reviving the substance of NRA, or undertaking new adventures...
Largest classes of workers excluded from the pension provisions of the Social Security Act are farmers and domestic servants. Included in the Act as originally written, they were stricken out by the Senate after Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau's protest that it would be virtually impossible to collect taxes from them and their employers. Last week in Washington it was made known that the Social Security Board was preparing to propose to Congress the creation of a voluntary Government insurance system for these 16,000,000 pensionless citizens. To be administered by the Board, it would accept premiums...
Second in line of Presidential succession is the Secretary of State, but Cordell Hull was also 6,000 miles from home. Actual No. 2 man thus became Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. Behind him came Secretary of War Woodring, followed by Attorney General Cummings. No. 5 man is normally the Postmaster General. With James Aloysius Farley looking up relatives in Ireland, his position fell to ailing Secretary of the Navy Swanson, with Secretary of the Interior Ickes bringing up the rear. Agriculture's Wallace, Commerce's Roper, Labor's Perkins were no nearer the Presidency than they...
...post yet to be filled: Under-Secretary of the Treasury, vacated last January by Thomas Jefferson Coolidge after he split with the Roosevelt Administration over U. S. financial policies. Last week Washington newshawks obligingly sent out the following, at the facetious suggestion of the Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau: "Wanted: Outstanding financial and Government bond expert worth $25,000 to $100,000 annually, willing to work for $10,000 a year as Under-Secretary of the Treasury. Good opportunity for reliable man. Must be willing to work. References required. Apply H. Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, Washington...
...Nance Garner, in Uvalde, Tex., stayed put, as did Senator William Edgar Borah, in Boise, Idaho, after narrowly escaping pneumonia. Governor Alf Landon, duckhunting. New Jersey's Senator-elect William Henry Smathers, hunting in Berwick, Pa., barely missed being shot by his secretary. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., to Sea Island Beach, Ga. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, to Buenos Aires for the Pan-American Conference. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, a speaking tour of twelve lectures in 16 days. Said she: "I plan to try to plan my time better so as to have a more peaceful time...