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...pension rolls, he was one long lap ahead of the veterans' lobby. By last week the veterans' lobby had not only caught up with him but was rapidly undoing his Budget savings. At its prodding the Senate had openly revolted against the President and Speaker Rainey was predicting that the House could no longer be held in line...
...House was itching not only to accept the Senate's 25% limitation but to cut the cuts back to 15%. President Roosevelt called a Sunday night conference at the White House on his return from a cruise down the Potomac on the Sequoia. To it he summoned Speaker Rainey, Majority Leader Byrns, half a dozen important House Democrats. For three hours he gave them a heart-to-heart. Director of the Budget Douglas had advised him to veto the whole appropriation bill, take the economy issue to the country by radio if Congress insisted upon a pension boost...
...Speaker Rainey & friends marched out of the White House looking glum and worried. The President had not succeeded in definitely killing the pension boost but he had made it seem much less attractive politically to the House leaders...
...trooped twoscore mayors of twoscore debt-ridden cities, all looking for Federal loans (TIME, June 5). Led by Boston's Curley, a delegation called on President Roosevelt, on Governor Black of the Federal Reserve, on Chairman Jones of R. F. C., on Vice President Garner, on Speaker Rainey. All they got was sympathy. The President was opposed to lending money to municipalities because 1) demand might quickly soar to ten billion dollars, 2) local governments would have to surrender their independence to Washington...
...kind in the U. S., was celebrating its 60th anniversary. It had never given a degree to a nonprofessional, but at last it decided Secretary Woodin is a composer "of high merit." Secretary Wallace was to give the commencement address, nationally broadcast, at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa). Speaker Rainey and Budget Director Douglas were to speak at Amherst alumni reunions. Busy Mrs. Roosevelt officiated at two commencements last fortnight, at Malcolm Gordon School (Garrison, N. Y.) and Todhunter in Manhattan where she used to teach. Last week she received an LL.D. from Washington (D. C.) College...