Word: nationalized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Franklin Roosevelt's familiar, oft-reiterated assertion that "one-third of a nation [is] ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" has been cited by New Dealers as justification for vast Governmental spending...
Last week it seemed that Franklin Roosevelt's estimate would have to be revised- upward. For a searching report on Consumer Incomes in the U. S. by the National Resources Committee demonstrated that nearly one-half of the nation fitted the President's dismal description...
Following the Roosevelt lead and splitting the nation's consumer incomes into thirds, Dr. Kneeland found that the 13,000,000 families and individuals in the lower third received under $780 a year, were not a distinct or unusual social group but included all types of consumers in all sorts of communities. Fully 70% of them were not getting any form of relief, although their average income was$471 a year. The middle third of 13,000,000 averaged $1,076; the top third, just under $3,000-but this was a meaningless figure because of the tremendous range...
...much support Leaders Harrison and Whitney will get in their respective strike votes remains to be seen. The ballots will not be counted much before October 1, when the 15% cut is finally scheduled to go into effect. After that, the National Railway Labor Act still has a long string to its bow. The President may appoint a fact-finding commission to report to him within 30 days. Thereupon both parties must preserve the status quo for another 30 days. Unless Franklin Roosevelt chooses to have the nation's most far-flung industry on strike on Election Day, railroad...
Texas State Network (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., MBS) of 23 formerly independent stations introduced to the nation by Network President Elliott Roosevelt. Governor-Nominate W. Lee O'Daniel, the O'Daniel Hillbilly campaign band...