Chronology Given Present
, Roosevelt Administration
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By TIIE AP FEATURE SERVICE
Congress has passed some 5,300
bills in seven and a half years of
“the Roosevelt Revolution” — a
turbulent, precedent - smashing
* era of legislative and adminis
trative activity.
1933
Roosevelt inaugurated; vows
war on depression—Banks closed
by Presidential edict —Congress
grants FDR dictatorial powers
over money — Congress legaliz
es 3.2 b •er — CCC organized to
enroll jobless youth — AAA set
up to control crop production —
TVA power project established—
FERA starts distributing Federal
relief funds — Uncle Sam starts
making loans to home owners —
Government insures bank d pos
its. NRA gives government con
trol over industry — PWA laun
ched to stimulate business — U.
S. recognizes Russia — Prohibi
tion repealed.
1934
Air mail contract cance lation
stirs tempest — Gold va;u of
dollar reduced — SEC created to
regulate stock exchanges—Recip
rocal trade treaty program in
augurated — F11A set up to bol
ster home buying — Congr ss
tabs $500,000,000 to aid drought
sufferers — Railway mediation
board created — Federal com
munications commission created.
Senate rejects St. Lawrence wa
terway treaty.
1935
Holding company "death sen
tence” enacted — Supreme Court
kills NRA — National Youth Ad
ministration established — Na
tional Labor Board created — So
cial Security measure enacted —
Banking system r modled, shift
ing credit from bankers to Uncle
Sam — Guffey coal bill fixes wag
r,. es and prices — Neutrality Act
bans arms shipments to belliger
ents — WPA work relief created
— Senate rejects adherence to
world court.
1936
Supreme Court kills AAA —
Congress overrules $2.000,tM)0,0(M]
soldier bonus veto — Soil conser
vation-domestic allotment replac
es AAA — Rooseelt denounces
“ conomic royalists” in accepting
.renomination — Congress pa;s
| es Rural Electrification act —
Roosevelt - Garner miss on y
Maine and Vermont in record
smashing election triumph.
1937
Giana Bonneville dam powei
project authorized — Congres;
nrak s farm tenont loans — U
S. Housing Authority created L
make loans for low cost homes -
Supreme Court upholds Nation
al Labor Re at ions Act and So
cial Security Act — Senate kill
| President’s proposal to enlarge
Supreme Court.
1938
Crop “insurance act” passed —
wag -hour law goes into effect—
U. S. naval tonnage increased af
ter Munich conference — Civi
Aeronautics Authority set up -
Congress approves soil conserva
tir.n and parity price program —
Roosevelt “purge” of anti-New
Deal D mocrats fails — Repub
licans win congression elections,
see hope of 1940 victory.
1939
House kills $3,000,000,000 spend
lend bill — Hatch Act forbids
political activity of government
employees — Neutrality Act am
ended to r.peal arms embargo
and provide cash and carry plan
-Army Air Corps expanded —
Congress passes government re
organization measure.
1940
Roosevelt on cruise inspects
Panama Canal defense — Silent
on third term — Europe s "all
out” war brings Roosevelt re
quest for huge defense program
_Big Businessmen Knudsen and
Stettinius on defense commission
_ Republicans Knox and Stim
'on made cabinet members —
Congress warns U. S. will fight
to uphold Monroe Doctrine—New
defense appropriations near $10,
000.000,000 mark — Plan two oc
ean navy, 25,000 new warplan s
in two years — Congress pass
es $918,000,000 farm bill.
Roosevelt, with overwhelming
convention delegate support, ac
cepts third-term nomination be
cause of “overriding public dan
: « r.” — FDR picks one-time Re
pubhean Henry A. Wallace, Sec
retary of Agricul.ure, as his 1940
running mate —1 Famed politic
al maestro James A. Farley quits
as chairman of the Democratic
National Committee— Edward J.
Flynn of New York selected by
commit! e as national chairman.
— Wallace resigns as Secretary
of Agriculutre to campaign tor
Vice Presidency. European war
and Far Eastern situation caus
es Roosevelt to ask for legislation
of greatest peacetime training
service. Congress passes selective
draft system — Campaign be
gins, Roosevelt elected for third
t rm, breaking traditional prece
dent — President deliver broad
cast fireside chat intimating
strongly that United States musl
give war supplies to Great Bri
tain.
1941
Congress convenes in Seventy
scv nth session—President deliv
ers message in person to joint
s-ssion — Advances his lease
lend measure to Democracies
now fighting aggressors. Roose
velt demands swift drive to in
crase our armaments, declaring
nation is faced with an unprece
dented “foreign peril.” .— Presi
dent names Supreme Dir.ctoratc
for United States Defense pro
gram — In special message Roo
sevelt ask f r $17,425,528,049, ur
prect dented p ace time budge
for defense — Roosevelt asks foi
extraordinary powers in defense
: matters—Secretary of State C i
l 1 Hull, before House Foreigr
Adairs Committee, says “that cor
-: „rol of the high seas by law
- abiding nations is the key to se
urily to the Western Hemisp
i i! re —R .n.ssveil inaugurated foi
four more years as Pr sident o'
the United States.
39 Britons
Advised To
Leave Japan
TOKYO, Jan. — The Briitsh
consular c ffice advised certain
British rcsiden's to leave Japan
“before an imn.nding crisis in 1
American a"d Japanese relations
comes l i a head.'’ It was disclos
ed by reliable informants that
Wilfred McVittie. acting consul
general at Yokohama, had said
he had sent a lett r of warning to
a selected list of about 30 Britons
in his district. Why these were
selected was not explained. It
was said Britons in Tokyo and
other cities rec ived no such let
ter.
Hull Will ~~
Be Called
By Senate
WASHINGTON, Jan. — The
Senate Foreign Relations Com-1
mittee decided to start h arings
Monday (today) on the lease
lend bill with Secretary of State
Cordell Hull likely to be the first
witness.
Senator Norris, only pres:nt
member of the Senate who vot
ed against United States partici
pation in the war. declared he is
for the bill, provided some time
limit is plae d on the authority
given the President and said: “I
don't think we are going to get
into this war. I think we can go
a long way to helping Britain
without getting in.”
Dispatches from Nvon, Switzer
land, said Bonaparte supporters
heer negotiating with the Vichy
government for the return to
France of Napoleon*- gieat-g,-ard
pephew, Louis Napoleon Jerome
Victor Kmamiel Marie, 20, above,
also known as the Count of Mont
fort. Bonapartists hope he will
become ruler of modern France,
it was reported.
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indicated above. Some observers believe that Japan would like to end this struggle to tree herself
for more promising enterprises in southeastern Asia. Note the nearness ol French Indo-Chma. j
Britain’s Leader
ship Divided
Says Kennedy
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Joseph
P. Kennedy, retiring U. S. Am
b ': sad r to Britain, declared Brit,
ain's leadership is divided on the |
gu slion regarding advisablity of
the United State becoming an ac
tive participant in the war.
Testifying before the House
Foreign Affairs commit! e, Ken
nedy said some memb rs of the
British government felt if the U.
S. entered it will ‘‘find a way to
carry it through.” Others he said ;
believed U. S. entrance into the
war would b:> a great detriment (
to Britain’s war effort because of
a slow down in the flow of mat
erials and aid from America.
Tlie diplomat reported lie went
through 280 air raids while on
service in England. He told the
committee many people in the
British government felt they are
not yet getting all the aid they
might normally expect from the
United States.
DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
Questioned wtv ther he believ
ed the "crisis” would develop dur
ing the next 60 or 90 days as
an Administration spokesman
told the committee last week,
Kennedy said he did not exactly'
know what was meant.
“There are many things in the
military situation I didn’t under
stand,” Kennedy declared. “I
never could understand, for in
stance, why the German army
permitted a British army of 300,
000 troops to escape from Dun
kirque.”
If the German air fore was, oi
ls as strong as claimed, he con
tinued. he though they had a per
f‘ ct chance to annihilate that
British force.
The diplomat said he also
could not understand why Ger
mans had not wrought greater
d slruction on Britain’s indus
trial centers.
HOLLYWOOD STAR-1 ITKS
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD CEjtolusive) -
{ Ronald Reagan is Hollywood's
newest star—we believe that in
on year Mr. Reagon will be the
biggest name on the movieland
horizon. Since "Knute Rockne"
he has been climbing steadily
with grand roles like “Santa Fe"
with Errol Flynn and Bad Man
with Wallace Beery his futur is
assured. Here is the answer t<
1941's Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Cur
rently he’s making Miss Wheel
wright Discovers America with
Jell ry Lynn, Priscilla Lane and
May Robson.
Hollywood B mlevard Talk— is
that Barbara Stanwyck isa glam
our girl in Lady Ev al because
cf cinema'and’s new direct ir
Wizard Preston Sturgess. Ann
Sheridan is burning plenty be
cau e of the success of Rita
Hayworth at Warners—she took
over her role when she walk d
out on the studio for more mon
ey. Rita has plenty of glam air
ar.d at times reminds me of An
nie. Bette Davis deserves th
Academy award because of the
two best feminine performances
of the year in The L.tter and
Al This and Heaven Too.
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i Best News of the Week Lio
1 nel Barrymore will make Roosty
! minus his wheelchair. He'll be
| supported by Edward Arnold,
G ne Reynold and Robert Stir
! ling. One of the greatest of greats
, that Lionel Barrymore.
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0 r (1 i n a r y
J
,!aj) Budget
Is Immense
TOKYO. Jan. — Finn: r. Min
is‘er Kawada introduced mti fhe
Did a record-breaking so-cal’ed
ordinary budget calling f • • ex
penditure of 8,853,000,000 yen
about $1,700 000 000.
The budg t did not include mil
ilary expenditures, which Raw
ada did not even estimate.
T c finance minister estimated
that Japan’s total revenue from
taxation during the coming year
would total 4,903,000.000 v n. or
about three-fourths the total ex
penditures for ordinary purp ■ c
He said that increased l> nd is
sues will be needed to finance
military expenditures, and to
make up the deficit in the ordin
ary budget.
Kawada aid that Jaj v
eign trade had increased in 1940,
in spite of the European v. r. and
the empire end d with
a* l" trade exchange of 253 m: 1 -
s ■ However, h*- warned
that ti■ uncertain cor '.' • » of
1941 may result in a sc-.ou cur
tailment of Japan sc f
trade.
Sip\ Agreemenl
Fishing Rights
r c
MOSCOW, Jan. —The T; ,s. F-i
viet/news ag ncy, said renewal
for another year cf the agree
ment permitting Japane- t ti:
in Ruslan waters “doubtu s con
stitutes a step forward in the
matter of improving S viet-Jap
an.se relations.”
The agreement was signed Jan.
21 between Molotoff and Japan
ese Ambassador Tatekawu. The
agreement reqiures 20 pe:c nt in
crease in rental taxes payable by
the Japanese Fishery owners.
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OIL MAN —William Rhodes
Davis (above), international oil
operator recently mentioned as a
one-lime bearer to I S. of a
Nazi offer to negotiate peace
with the Allies, has invited con
gress to review circumstances
surrounding case.
' jr;rw Seattle
aehal! (In I),
Slrlchsn, Passes
SEATTLE, Jan. Jack Leli
velt, 53, r ported to be one of
th“ h chest paid manager of a
n inor league baseball club, died
' wo h urs after being stricken
with an attack of t i • heart af
ter watching a basketball game.
Li! vc.lt pilot d the Seattle
.■ball term to two successive
Pacific Coast League pennants.
I. ‘liveit seemed in excellent
health wh n he went to the bas
ketbal game.
Ltlivelt spent more than 35
years in a baseball uniform.
f*RI.N riMj KI.ANKS CAKKIED
f'l" N me .1. i> .gje? carrms
“veral f irms of printing blames
v -*u .vnveti nee Iji edge
■g.v ‘nawing rad- .11 reports,
i..n «*d tacei rind Lode
Vouchers,
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MIKADO’S MAN —Japanese equivalent of “Fire'' is yelled
by naval officer whose hood enables him to get orders from bridge.
NEW LIFE — THEY HOP E-Mme. Chiang comforts
newly clothed Chinese refugees after Chungking bombing.
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