Word: conservationism
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¶ Franklin Roosevelt sent Congress a message which, he indicated, rounded out his program for 1937. It called for the creation of regional agencies similar to TVA, which would become one of seven dividing the whole U. S.: one for the Atlantic Seaboard, one for the Great Lakes and Ohio...
¶ Passed (67-to-2) a bill that would make the Civilian Conservation Corps a permanent organization and reduce the annual salary of Director Robert Fechner from $12,000 to $10,000, after voting down the bill passed by the House last fortnight that would extend the CCC for only...
¶ Passed without a roll call the bill extending until Dec. 31, 1941 the authority of the Government to make soil conservation payments direct to farmers instead of allocating the funds for administration by individual States after Dec. 31 as provided in the Soil Conservation Act. Sent it to the...
6) A plan for a national Power policy, including soil conservation, flood control, navigation.
In Manhattan, arrested while hacking at a fire hydrant with an ax. James Boyle explained in court: "I found the ax on my way home from a tavern and just couldn't resist the impulse to chop something down. I used to be in the Civilian Conservation Corps."