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Dates: during 1930-1939
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WASHINGTON--Prospects of Neutrality Act revision at this session of Congress were enhanced considerably tonight by an administration plea for foreign policy legislation that would render this nation more "secure" against involvement in a foreign...
...laziest members of the House, multiply the burdens of Congressmen who try to do more than run errands. Facts not denied: 1) many a Congressional relative does roost on the House payroll, even though he or she may have to work for the privilege while Congress is in session; 2) short-handed though many are, a Congressman often keeps one of his secretaries at home to watch his local fences...
Defeated, Carter Glass sat down. Another who had already sat down defeated was Utah's King, who had embodied his hope of economy in a proposal for an automatic cut of 10% in all appropriations made by this session of Congress. The rest of the Senate's economy bloc had either yielded too or, succumbing to political schizophrenia, recast themselves as members of the Senate's farm bloc. When the bill came to a vote, only 14 Senators mustered courage to vote No. Even such Democratic economizers as Adams, Byrd, Byrnes, such Republican economizers as Taft...
...Polish Government moved to bar any discussion of Danzig from the League of Nations Council session meeting late this month. The Poles want no mediation at Geneva, either. Danzig affairs are handled at the League by a committee of three: Britain, France and Sweden. The League of Nations High Commissioner for Danzig is Dr. Karl Burckhardt, a Swiss professor of law whom Führer Hitler, in his last speech, called "incidentally a man of extraordinary tact." Dr. Burckhardt's "tact" consists largely of a do-nothing silence. Unlike his predecessor, fiery Sean Lester of Eire, who barked long...
...better bowlers than U. S. women. Quite conclusively was this demonstrated last week when the Women's International Bowling Congress, No. 1 tournament for women, wound up its 26-day session three days after the adjournment of the 58-day American Bowling Congress, No. 1 tournament...