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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In 146 years 32 Presidents have written 674 veto messages for trusty White House clerks to carry back to Congress. Of these vetoes only 49 have been overridden by a cantankerous House & Senate.* Last week President Roosevelt tossed the custom of the country out the window and made a breezy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Ex-Precedent | 6/3/1935 | See Source »

But it will be difficult for TVA to explain some things in the McCarl report: 1) TVA expenses were $12,438,000, TVA receipts $1,345,000; 2) the Government turned over to TVA dams, electric and nitrate plants and other property valued at $133,000,000 which reappeared on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Exceptions & Explanations | 6/3/1935 | See Source »

A, F. of L. Two years ago, when the Recovery Act containing Section 7a was passed, A. F. of L. men thought they had won a mighty victory. They had at the time 2,000,000 A. F. of L. members out of a total of some 24,000,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: For the A. F. of L. | 5/27/1935 | See Source »

Post-War nations which have seared each other with the hottest hate are Lithuania and Poland. Reason: a swashbuckling corps of Polish officers seized Vilna in 1920 and Poland still holds that city, whereas the Constitution of Lithuania opened then and still opens with the sentence: "The capital of Lithuania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Dictator's Mother | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

¶ Claiming that Missouri-Kansas had grossly misrepresented its stock to the public, the Government called a witness who testified that the company had claimed to have $27,000,000 in cash in 1930 whereas actually there was less than $4,000,000. Another declared that Frank Parish and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Gas Man's Trial | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

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