Word: sevening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...creating a commission and authorizing the appropriation of $5,000,000 for U. S. participation in the New York World's Fair of 1939, Franklin Roosevelt imposed the first veto of his second term.* His reasons: the sum was too large and the proposed commission (three Cabinet members, seven Congressmen) would be given complete authority for the expenditure of public funds, "an unconstitutional invasion of the province of the Executive." Congressmen sniggered publicly at both reasons...
...annuity section. This was an appeal by the Government from a lower court decision in favor of Stockholder George P. Davis who sued Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston to restrain it from paying old age pension taxes on its payrolls. This time Justice Cardozo carried seven members of the court with him in approving the law, leaving Justices Butler and McReynolds to dissent. Finally Justice Stone read a decision upholding (5 to 4) Alabama's unemployment insurance law passed to conform to the Federal law. The Court having thus made a clean sweep of legal attacks on Social...
...outcome of that election kept Industry and Labor guessing. At 6 a. m. one morning the balloting began and continued till 1 a. m. next morning. Only excitement took place off-stage when Philip Murray, head of S. W. O. C., charged that Republic Steel had sent seven company policemen, some of them formerly employed by Jones & Laughlin, to interfere with the election. Jones & Laughlin denied knowledge of their presence, Republic said they were merely sent as observers, but warrants were issued for their arrest. Meanwhile at Pittsburgh and neighboring Aliquippa, 24,000 of Jones & Laughlin...
...investigation in New York State 30 years ago. Some of this criticism has been caused by the terrific lapse and surrender rate that followed the 1929 Crash. High-pressure salesmanship had foisted more insurance on the U. S. public than the U. S. public could carry. In the past seven years some $120,000,000,000 worth of policies lapsed or were surrendered, involving the forfeit of nearly $750,000,000. In 1934 alone 10,000,000 industrial policies disappeared from the books of New York life companies...
Plans are underfoot for a huge, combined House Dance on the Friday evening before the Yale game next fall, it was learned last night. Representatives of the seven House Committees met at Dunster House then to discuss the proposal...