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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nation took a breathing spell. President Roosevelt slept and rose to tell the Governors of 25 States, summoned a month before to the White House, how they must work as henchmen of the Federal Government to make its banking plans -not yet worked out-effective everywhere throughout the nation...
...none of the launches are yet on the river, but remained at the boathouse while the crews went out. He expects the crew to shape up rapidly with a few weeks of outdoor work and to be in good shape when the season begins. Due to the protracted cold spell, the crews have been somewhat later in getting out this year than last...
...railroad equipment to head Federal finances heartened U. S. business. Secretary Woodin is a "hard money" man who can be counted on to oppose all schemes for currency inflation. He was a stanch Union League Republican until, as fuel administrator for New York in 1922, he came under the spell of Governor Smith, whose presidential candidacy he supported...
...Senate he wears frock coats and high wing collars, declaims his speeches, mixes his metaphors and keeps both ears to the Virginia ground simultaneously. Attacks of indigestion sometimes cause him to faint. His secretary tries to suppress publication of such incidents. A Swanson fainting spell that got into print once cost the Senator some $25,000 in additional campaign expenses to convince his constituents he was not an invalid. Admirals expect him to give them a free hand running the Navy...
...black spot. Behind the Michigan moratorium, the effects of which were just beginning to be felt elsewhere, lay three grinding years of Depression and 5,096 bank failures throughout the U. S. Nevada had clapped its bank doors shut in self-protection, Louisiana had taken an extra-legal breathing spell. Instead of being permitted to recover from the big Michigan shock, Public Confidence was last week knocked groggy by fresh blows...