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Ever since President Roosevelt went into office he and his advisers have agreed that, for three good reasons, housing is a keystone to Recovery. These reasons were: 1) construction, as the balance wheel of industry, creates a market for thousands of types of manufactured goods; 2) a widespread public housing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Whole Hog | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

¶ Meanwhile, too, air services were speeded up; a new Sunday magazine of millions of circulation was evolved, with technical science yielding the spotlight to the science of concerted competition; and, bigger than all the others, Low Cost Housing was a goal which hundreds of architectural, plumbing, electrical, refrigerating and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Laytex After Lastex | 10/15/1934 | See Source »

In these days of huge emergency expenditures yielding questionable returns, it is particularly encouraging to read of relatively modest emergency appropriations paying three-fold dividends. In 1932, Harvard College established The Temporary Student Employment Plan, under which the sum of $40,000 is set aside annually to give employment in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ORGANIZED LABOR | 10/15/1934 | See Source »

What made the appointment necessary was the resignation of Governor Eugene Robert ("Gene") Black, who took the post a year ago last May, hoping that it would be for no more than a three-months' leave of absence from his regular job, Governor of the Atlanta Reserve Bank. One significance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Black Out | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

But labor recognizes this is a crucial struggle and is anxious to gain some advantage. It is afraid to retreat or to appear to be yielding. Hence the search in the last 48 hours for the usual alibi to save everybody's face. Every plan thus far has looked toward...

Author: By David Lawrence, | Title: Today in Washington | 3/24/1934 | See Source »

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