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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...debate and which, since it includes a majority of four Republicans and five Democrats from the South whose industrialization depends on low wages, was last week as unwilling as ever to let the Black-Connery Bill reach the floor. Only means of getting it there in this session appeared to be a petition to discharge the Committee, which must be signed by 218 of the House's 435 members. Labor Committee's Chairman Mary T. Norton, having got 153 signatures on such a petition, was this week faced with a growing opposition to the bill. Although both Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: First Days | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

Executive Reorganization was represented in the Senate by one bill, in the House by four, two of which, including one to provide for six executive assistants equipped with a "passion for anonymity," were passed last summer. Reorganization's chance of passage this session was exceedingly small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: First Days | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

That Congress was paying far less heed than the President might have wished to the program he had asked it to attend to, by no means meant that it was doing nothing last week. On the contrary, it meant principally that an extraordinary session called when there was nothing very extraordinary going on, had assembled when something most extraordinary was. This was of course, Recession. Notoriously liberal in regard to spending money, Congress is otherwise generally inclined to be conservative. The problem most on the minds of both Houses last week was helping business. In the ways it considered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: First Days | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

...affected by corporate gains modifications. Second would affect large and small business alike. Third would principally benefit large individual incomes. Representative Vinson, seconded by the Ways & Means Committee's Chairman Robert Lee Doughton made it clear that tax legislation would not be ready for action in the special session. Said Chair-man Doughton: "I think it would take just as long to get a part of the program through as to do all of it. I don't object to consideration at the special session, but I don't think we can get the bill ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: First Days | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

...worried was the U. A. W. high command by the possibility of the current restlessness developing into a general G. M. strike that the full executive committee was summoned last week into emergency session, and John L. Lewis dispatched a personal representative to attend. After an all-night meeting the faction-torn executive committee broke up for breakfast, went groggily to bed. Meantime a U. A. W. underling went out to the Fisher plant, learned that the rebels were under the firm impression that Homer Martin was scared to speak to them in person. Attempting to report this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Anniversary | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

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