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...Socialist Party in 1906, Aristide Briand began his lifelong career of pacification. His first great act of statecraft was peacefully to disestablish the Roman Catholic Church while arranging for the continuance of its rites in France. When he first became Premier (1909), M. Briand significantly appointed himself "Minister of Interior and Worship." Ironically in 1910, Aristide Briand who in 1894 had incited a general strike, broke a threatened general strike of French railwaymen, pacified them...
...claim no political credit for his relief measures, has shown more co-operation with the Democratic majority of the House than have the members of his Cabinet. Last week Democrats were able to point accusing fingers at Secretary of War Hurley,- Secretary of the Treasury Mills, Secretary of the Interior Wilbur and Secretary of Agriculture Hyde as officials who would not ''play ball'' with the House on economy and reorganization. The Speaker's management of the House continued to inflate the Garner-for-President boom. Texas Democrats endorsed him to a man. His name...
...Cabinet: President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs-Andre Tardieu. Vice President of the Council, Minister of Justice and Controller of Administration-Paul Reynaud. Interior-Albert Mahieu. Finance-Pierre Etienne Flandin. National Defense-François Pietri. Public Instruction-Mario Roustan. Public Works, Communications and Merchant Marine-Charles Guernier. Commerce and Posts-Louis Rollin. Labor-Pierre Laval. Public Health-Camille Blaisot. Agriculture-Dr. Claude Chauveau. Colonies-Louis de Chappedelaine. Pensions and Liberated Regions-Auguste Champetier de Ribes...
Representative Byrns, chairman of the potent Appropriations Committee, declared that, at Mr. Hoover's suggestion, the Patent Office had been transferred from the Interior Department to the Commerce Department and its annual cost had thereafter risen from $3,708,000 to $5,236,750. He also emphasized the President's own addiction to new commissions and special boards and suggested he could make a better start toward reorganization economy by abolishing some of them...
Passed a bill appropriating $50,000,000 to the Department of the Interior. ¶ Adopted (335-to-56) a Senate resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment to eliminate the "lame duck" session of Congress...