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...House before casting a vote, he has voted for: Emergency banking legislation, legalizing 3.2 beer (he was a Dry favorite in 1924), 25? limitation on veterans' pension cuts (1933): Gold Restriction Act, Bankhead Cotton Act (1934); Wagner Act (1935); Wagner Housing Act, Neutrality Act, taxation of Federal tax exempt securities, Naval expansion, recommitting the President's Court Bill (1937); Relief Bill, Reorganization, more Federal judges...
...enough Springfield rifles at home, had to turn to European suppliers. Important in industrial as well as military mobilization is a Selective Draft Act prepared for passage on M Day. Key provision so far as U. S. industry and labor are affected is a section authorizing draft boards to "exempt" any designated civilian from military service. In practice, this would mean not exemption but civilian service wherever the War Department thinks the citizen should be, would prevent a shortage of skilled labor and executive personnel in vital industries and areas. The Social Security Board's list of some...
...Exempt homesteads from taxes...
...agreement drawn in London in 1920, governing Switzerland's adherence to the League, the nation was made exempt from any participation in League military undertakings, but remained obligated to participate in economic and financial sanctions applicable under Article XVI of the League Covenant. Weakening of the League system, however, convinced Switzerland that her position would be more secure if she returned to unconditional neutrality. Accordingly, two months ago the Government at Berne dispatched a note to League headquarters at Geneva renouncing Switzerland's remaining sanction obligations. Shortly thereafter, Swiss Foreign Minister Dr. Giuseppe Motta took pains to inform...
...will be paid in manufacturers' excise and miscellaneous taxes. The remaining $2,490,000,000 will be paid as taxes on individual and corporate incomes (and on gifts and as death duties by some 9,000 U. S. citizens expected to leave estates larger than the $40,000 exempt from...