The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-30
DOMESTIC


made speaker of the house
Supreme court upheld law restricting
prison-made goods.
Oregons criminal SyndlcanSm law neIo
invalid by Supreme court.
Jan. 5-SeVenty-ffth congress con-
Vened and organized.
Jan. 6-President Roosevelt read his
message TO congress.
Congress passed neutrality reSoluuon
barring war shipments to Spain.
Jan. 7-President Glenn Frank of Uni.
versity of Wisconsin ousted by board OF
regents.
message asked for between So, ,0OO, 600 OOO
and So, ,000. 900. 900.
Jan ii-President Roosevelt asked
for S790, ,O0o. 900 for WPA until July /.
Charles Edison appointed assistant Sec
retary of the navy.
with police.
on silver profits.
Jan. I2-Congress received from Presi-
dent plan for reorganiZing adminlstra-
tive branch of government.
Jan. I4-Truce for negotiations ar
ranged in General Motors strike.
Jan l5-Senate voted ga years ex-
tension Of RFC and subsidiaries. o.,
Jan. l9-Congress extended for 212
wears Presidents control of stablllZa-
ton fund and dollar valuation.
Jan. 50-Franklin d. Roosevelt In
sugurated for second term as President.
Jan. 2I-Sanford Bates resigned as fed
eral bureau of prisons director.
Jan. 22-House extended RE ana
loaning subsidiaries to June 30. 1889.
Postmaster General Farley reap
jan. ae-House passed s79o. .OOo. 900 food
Jan. 27-Senate passed house bill ap-
propriating $4,000. 900 for seed and crop
loans.
ond and third postmasters under ciVn
Feb. michigan National Guard mo-
biliZed to stop new strike riots In Fllnt.
Feb. 2-Sit-down strikers ordered GUST
ed from General Motors plants by court
Feb. 3-President Roosevelt submitted
TO congress a billion 6-year pubic
works program.
House passed bill appropriating ST.
O00. 900 for federal offices and agencies.
Senate. passed $943. 100000 deficiency
bill
Feb. 4-West Coast maritime strike
ended.
ted 70 congress a bill for reorganization
of the federal judiciary. including in
creasing Supreme Court to Is.
Feb. lo-House passed bill providing
for voluntary retirement of Supreme
Court justices at seventy on full pay.
corporation passed by congress-.
General Motors strike settled by com.
promise agreement
Feb. 13-Prof. Charles Seymour elected
Feb. l6-Ex-Gov. Paul v. McNutt of
Indiana made high commissioner to the
Philippines.
FEB. l9-J. C. Wynant resigned as
chairman of social security board: A.
I. Altmeyer named chairman and M. w.
IatirnRr aDpOinted a member.
Feb 25-Reciprocal trade treaties act
extended three years by congress.
Feb 26-Senate passed house bill for
voluntary retirement of Supreme Court
Feb 27-President Roosevelt asked
states TO enact soil conservation laws
Feb. 28-Eugene Vidal resigned as di-
rector of federal air commerce bureau
March 1-Supreme court again upheld
the gold clause abrogation act
March 2-Big steel companies began
raising wages and reducing hours. and
recognized c. /. o. committee as bar
gaining agent.
March 3-Neutrality extension reSolu-
ton adopted by senate.
March 9-Permanent maritime COM
mission named with J. p. Kennedy as
chairman.
March 11-House passed new Guffey
March 13-General Motors and United
Automobile Workers reached agreement.
March 14-Remington-Rand ordered by
labor relations board to re-employ 1000
workers.
c. A. Dykstra, city manager Of Gin
cinnati, accepted presidency Of Univer-
city of Wisconsin.
March 16-Railroads and unions agreed
on pension plan.
March 21-NationaliSt riot in Ponce,
Puerto Rico. fatal to ten.
March 22-Senate passed SSH, ,84T BOB
naval appropriation bill.
March % Supreme court upheld the
Washington minimum wage for women
act the railway labor act and the new
Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage mora.
April New wage scale for coal
miners signed; strike ended.
April 3-S. s. Kresge gave about Sl2,-
600 600 to Kresge foundation.
April 5-Senate passed Guffey coal con-
troll BILL.
April 7-Senate passed concurrent res.
olution condemning sitdown strikes and
the industrial spy system.
April 12-Supreme court upheld Wag-
ner labor relations act in five decisions
April 14-HouSe passed bill reDealing
-'long and short haul" clause of inter-
state commerce act.
April l9-Mrs. Florence Hartman ap-
pointed minister to Norway and A. J
Drexel Biddle ambassador to Poland.
April 2o-President Roosevelt sent
message to congress revising his budget
estimates for 1888 fiscal year and ask
ing billion and a half for relief.
April 23-House passed 927 million dol
lar agriculture department bill.
April 26-President Roosevelt averted
strike of freight handlers in New York
area by appointing mediation board.
April 27-President Roosevelt left for
fishing trip in Gulf of Mexico.
House voted repeal of law for pub
lication of incomes of $4,000 and over.
The senate confirmed Anthony J. Drex-
el Biddle. Jr.. of Philadelphla as am
bassador to Poland: Florence Jaffray
Hartman of the District of Columbia
as minister TO Norway. and Robert
Granville Caldwell of Texas as minister
20 Bolivia.
April 2s-House passed s79.2Oo. 900 sec.
ond deficiency bill.
April 29-House passed war depart
ment bin carrying S4l6.400. .OOo.
Nav l-Strikes started in Hollywood
movie studios by technical workers
Fifteen San Francisco hotels tied UP
by strikes.
President Roosevelt signed the neu.
trality act.
senator from Tennessee.
May 12-House extended CCC for two
years.
CT. o. called strike in plants of Jones
4 Laughlin Steel corporation.
Nay 13-Steel strike spread to other
plants.
Senate passed agriculture department
bill carrying almost 900 millions.
May 17-Supreme court upheld act re.
stricting refund of AAA processing taxes
House passed Sis. 900. 600 Department
of Interior bill.
Nav I8-Justice Willis Van Devanter
announced his retirement from Supreme
court, effective June l.
Senate judiciary committee reported
unfavorably the Presidents Supreme