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...Washington in years. "It has come to the attention of this Administration by incontrovertible evidence," said he, "that your campaign committee, shortly, after your election, proceeded to solicit money from the men and business firms who sold goods to the Ohio Relief Administration. The frank purpose of this shakedown, because it can be termed fairly by no other name, was to help pay off the deficit of your campaign and the expenses of your inaugural." Specifically, the evidence which had come to Mr. Hopkins' attention was a sheaf of affidavits, which he had sent his own investigators...
...Last April in her first test-flights she broke two world's altitude-with-load records, and with her performance last week now holds all existing transport seaplane records. Following her acceptance by PAA last week she flew non-stop from Bridgeport to Miami (1,300 mi.) for shakedown cruises at the company's Dinner Key Base...
Having plowed through no less than 60 industrial agreements affecting the work and wages of 11,000,000 people, NRA last week completed its four-month shakedown cruise. Result of the shakedown was a re-organization of NRA into five permanent branches: Extractive Industries (including motors and shipping); Construction & Machinery (including lumber and metal products); Chemicals, Leather & Other Manufactures; Trades. Services, Textiles & Clothing. Each now has its own administrator, who acts as a deputy to General Johnson. General Johnson personally takes over the fifth department: Compliance. Structure of the Compliance Board is based on 26 district officers of the Department...
...mail contracts were being sliced 25%. 5,000 route miles eliminated.* The Army was ready to let out 5,000 civilian arsenal employes. Charlotte, Denver, Des Moines, El Paso, Galveston, Indianapolis. Milwaukee, Mobile, Salt Lake City and Wilmington lost Department of Commerce district trade offices. Behind all this general shakedown in Government service lay these cold facts: ¶ The 1933 budget deficit was $1,786,000,000 (receipts: $2,080,000,000; expenditures: $3,866,000,000). The 1932 deficit: $2,885,000,000. The 1931 deficit: $903,000,000. ¶ President Roosevelt proposes to reduce "ordinary" 1934 expenses...
...were turned out six ships in the Augusta class (Chester, Augusta, Chicago, Houston, Louisville, Northhampton). These proved to be heavy rollers, and five developed cracked stern castings. Next class, the Portland and Indianapolis, were modified after construction to rectify their sisters' shortcomings. But even the Indianapolis, on her shakedown cruise three months ago, damaged her light superstructure in gunnery practice. Their construction difficulties adjusted, these ten ships are now second to none in mobile fighting power...