Evening star., 1933-12-31
ADVENT OF THE NEW DEAL
RESTORES COURAGE In i. S.
Roosevelt Inauguration, Bank Holiday,
n. r.. A. Program, End of 18th Amend
ment Leading Developments.
DOMESTIC

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State troops were sent after two persons
were killed.
January Eight hundred enraged
Iowa farmers halted farm mortgage sale.
January 5-Former President Calvin
Coolidge died in Northampton, Mass
and President Hoover ordered 80 days
OF public mourning.
January l2-HouSe passed domestic
allotment farm aid bill.
January l3-PreSident Hoover vetoed
the Philippine independence bill, and
the House overrode the veto.
January 17-Senate repassed Philip
pine independence bill over President
veto.
January 3O-President Hoover and
President elect Roosevelt agreed TO open
war debt negotiations with Great Brit
ain.
January 22-The twentieth amend
mant to the Constitution, ending lame
duck" sessions of Congress, was officially
adopted when Missouri, the thirty-SiXth
State to approve, ratified 1t.
January 24-Secretary StlmSon IN
vited all non-defaulting nations to con-
ference on war debts after March 4.
Congress voted S9O,O00,000 for farm
loans.
January 25-Senate passed the Glass
banking bill.
January 30-House passed bill to en-
able debtors to avoid bankruptcy, and
the Glass banking bill.
February Senate ouSted Sergeant
at Arms David S. Barry for traducing 1t
IN magazine article.
Roosevelt called conference of all
Governors in washington March s.
February l4-Gov. COnlStoCk OF Mich
ioar, l,~Or1air11p n 0-daV banking hOli-
day.
February l5-An anarchist, Giuseppe
Zangara. fired five shots at Franklin D.
Roosevelt in Miami. missing him. but
fatally wOunding Mayor Cermak Of
Chicago
February 16-Senate adopted resolu-
for repeal of eighteenth amendment.
February 20-Resolution for prohlbi-
ton repeal passed by the house.
February 2l-Appointment announced
of Senator Cordell Hull as Secretary Of
State and William H. Woodin of New
York as Secretary of the Treasury in
the Roosevelt cabinet.
February 23-Congress passed $685.
000O00 naval appropriation bill.
j. c. Stone resigned as chairman OF
Farm Board.
February 24-House of Representa-
t4NNS LlLlDCdNAlSO ICOCA al CdNSC IL OAN
LOuderbaCk of California for 'miSde-
meanOrS in office
February -President-elect Roose-
welt announced Henry Wallace would be
Secretary of Agriculture and James A.
Farley Postmaster General,
February 27-Harold Ickes as Secre-
tary OF the Interior and Claude A
Swanson as Secretary of the Navy an
nounced by Roosevelt.
Federal grand jury in Chicago in
dicted the insults and others for using
the mails to defraud
March Harry Byrd appointed Sen
ator from Virginia to succeed Swanson.
Treasury-Post Office bill, comforting
reorganization powers on President
passed,
March 2-Representative Henry T
Rainey Of Illinois chosen next Speaker
by Democrats.
Henry NCrgenthau, jr., named new
Chairman Of Farm Board.
March Bank holidays proclaimed
in New York and Illinois.
Homer s Cummings named Attorney
General in Roosevelt cabinet.
March 4-Franklin D. Roosevelt in
augurated President of United States
SeVenty-second Congress came to a
close.
March 5-President Roosevelt declared
tour-day bank holiday and called Con-
gresS in session on March 9.
March 7-Theodore Roosevelt re-
signed as Governor General of the Phil
1ppines.
Lewis Douglas appointed director of
the budget.
March 9-President Roosevelt ex-
tended bank holiday indefinitely.
congress gave President full control
OF banking system.
Congress met in special session; Raj
ney elected Speaker of House.
March 10-President asked Congress
for power to cut veterans costs and
Government salaries s5OOO00000.
March 11-House passed Presidents
economy bill
March l3-BankS reopened.
Robert w Bingham appointed Am
bassador to England. Jesse I. Straus
Ambassador to France and Josephus
Daniels Ambassador to Mexico.
March 14-House passed 80 per cent
beer bill
March 16-Senate passed beer bill.
March 22-House passed Roosevelt
farm bill.
March 27-President scrapped Farm
Board and combined several agricul-
tural bureaus.
March % President issued order
cutting pay of 100000 Federal employees
Is per cent.
April President signed regulations
reducing veterans aid s4OO 900 600, ef-
fective July /.
April 3-Claude G. Bowers named
Ambassador to Spain
Michigan first State to vote repeal of
dry amendment.
April 4-Wisconsin voted repeal.
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gold boards over S100 by May l.
April 6-President invited nine ma
tionS to Economic Conference in Wash
ington.
April 8-Mayor Frank Murphy of De-
troit named Governor General of Phil
ippines.
April 12-Ruth Bryan Owen named
Minister to Denmark
April l7-Senate rejected 16-to-1 sill
Yer reconciliation amendment to farm
bill
House adopted resolution giving Pres
ident power to declare an arms embargo
April 19-United States went off gold
standard; embargo on gold eXporta-
tions declared; bill for controlled in
fation" drafted for administrator.
April 20-Breckinridgc long nomi-
mated for ArcILzasoasador to Italy.
april 21-House passed bill providing
half billion dollars for outright relief
gifts to the States.
Sumner Welles nominated for AM
baSSadOr to Cuba.
April 25-House passed the Muscle
Shoals bill.
Wisconsin ratified prohibition repeal
amendment
April 26-Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross ap-
pointed director of the mint
April 27-L. A. Steinhardt was ap-
pointed Minister to Sweden and Ambas-
sador Hugh S. Gibson transferred from
Belgium to Brazil.
April % Senate passed farm bill
with credit and currency expansion
amendment.
House passed 2,3oo,000,o0o home
mortgage ref1nancing measure.
Warren Delano Robbins was appoint