Word: morgenthau
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President Roosevelt, not Secretary Morgenthau, not Senate Finance Committee Chairman Pat Harrison, not Share-the-Wealther Huey Long, in fact hardly anyone except the rawboned, 6 ft.-2 in. North Carolina mountaineer who is Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee had a good word to say in public for the measure. Against Chairman Doughton's loyal but half-hearted defense rose the critical outcry of thousands of Republicans, businessmen, plain citizens. Declared Republican Ways & Means Committeemen in their minority report...
...White House Secretary Morgenthau brings his troubles. Last week he brought a proposal for the President's approval: to mint copper half cents which have not been minted since 1857, and aluminum mills, which have, up to now, been a money of account found only in school books. Object: to enable citizens to pay fractional cents of sales taxes. Franklin Roosevelt thought it was a great idea to save people money, personally sketched a "doughnut" half cent and a square mill, visioned citizens getting bargains...
...hands of the Press: "The President stated that he is in entire sympathy with all people who make it clear that the American people and the Government believe in freedom of religious worship, not only in the United States but also in all other nations." ¶ Assembling Secretaries Morgenthau and Perkins, Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins and Frank C. Walker, the President admonished them that it was none too early to begin figuring out how many billions would be needed for relief in 1937 and how many billions the Treasury could afford to offer...
...early days of Depression a gold boom hit the mining States. It was followed by a silver boom which hit its proper pace this spring after Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau squeezed silver prices to a high of 81? per oz. (Depression low: 25?). Secretary Morgenthau has currently let the price slip to 68? but by law he must continue buying until either his silver stocks amount to 25% of his gold stocks or the price goes to $1.29 per oz., the more likely alternative...
Absent members of the Cabinet were Secretary of State Hull; Secretary of Labor Perkins who, being a woman, was not invited; Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, who was tripping in the Midwest; Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, who has no taste for clambake politics, and Secretary of the Navy Swanson who, as usual, was ailing. Harry Hopkins and Rexford Tugwell went along for the sake of goodwill, as did George Peek, Frank Walker, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Charles Michelson, top men from many a board & bureau. The list also included John D. Reilly, president of Todd Shipyards Corp., Sidney Weinberg...