The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-12-30
DOMESTIC

Jan. 2-Andrew W. Mellon offered his
great art collection to the nation.
Jan. 4-Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas made
speaker of the house,
Supreme court upheld law restricting
Oregon's criminal syndicalism law held
INVALID by Supreme court.
Jan. 5-Seventy-fifth congress convened
and organized.
Jan. 6-President Roosevelt read his
message to congress.
barring war shipments to Spain.
Jan. 7-President Glenn Frank Of Uni
versity of Wisconsin ousted by board of
regents.
Jan. 8-President Roosevelfs budget
message asked for between $1,000. 600. 900
and $4,000, 900, 900.
$3.50 900 600 for WPA until July l.
Charles Edison appointed assistant secre-
tary of the navy.
Strikers at Flint, Mich. in bloody riot
with police.
on silver profits.
dent plan for reorganizing administrative
branch of government.
Jan. 14--Truce for negotiations arranged
In General Motors strike.
Jan. 15-Senate voted 2Ia years extern
sion Of RFC and subsidiaries.
Jan; 19-Congress extended for 21a years
President's control of Sterilization fund
Jan. 20-Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugu-
rated for second term as President.
Jan. 21-Sanford Bates resigned as fed
eral bureau of prisons director.
Jan. 22--House extended RFC and loan.
ing subsidiaries to June 80, 1889.
Postmaster General Farley re-appointed.
a ian "a zS|House passed $79O.OOO.0OO flood
Jan. 27-senate passed house bill ap-
propriating $50,000,0O0 for seed and crop
Jan: 28-House voted to put first. second
and third postmasters under civil service.
1iZed to stop new strike riots in Flint.
Feb. 2-Sit:down strikers ordered ousted
junction.
Feb. 3-President Roosevelt submitted to
congress a billion 6year public works
program.
House. passed bill appropriating 81 ,OOO.
600 for federal offices and agencies.
|, Senate passed 100000 deficiency bill.
ended.
Feb. 5-President Roosevelt submitted
to congress bill for REORGANIZATION of the
teaeral judiciary; including increasing Su-
Feb. toulouse passed bill providing for
voluntary retirement of Supreme court
justices at seventy on full pay.
President asked congress for legislation
to protect plains states from future
Feb. ,11-Biu creating Disasters Loan
corporation passed by congress
General Motors strike settled by com.
promise agreement.
Feb 13-Prof. Charles Seymour elected
president of Yale.
Feb 15-United Mine Workers suspended
from membership President Green of A.
Feb. 16-Ex.Gov. Paul v. McNutt of In.
diana made high commissioner to the Phil
Feb. 19-J. G. wynant resigned as chair.
man of social security board; A. j. Alt
meyer named chairman and M W. Latimer
appointed member.
Feb: 25--Reciprocal. trade treaties act
extended three years by congress.
voluntary retirement of Supreme court
Feb. 27EPresident Roosevelt asked
states to enact soil conservation laws.
Feb 2s-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. I. o. committee as bargain
ing agent.
March s-Neutrality extension resolu-
ton adopted by senate.
March 9-Permanent maritime commits
sion named with J. P. Kennedy as chair
March 11-House passed new Guffey coal
March i2-Dr. F. E. Townsend sentenced
to month in jail and 500 fine for contempt
March I3-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 Cincin.
natl, accepted presidency of University OF
March i5-chrysler sit.down strikers or
dered by court to evacuate plants.
March 16-Railroads and unions agreed
March 21ENationalist riot in Ponce.
Puerto Rico, fatal to ten:
March 22-senate passed s5l2. s47. aOanaval
March 24-John L. Lewis ordered Chry.
sler strikers to evacuate the plants,
March 29-Supreme court upheld the
Washington minimum wage for women act,
the railway labor act and the new Frazier
Lemke farm mortgage. moratorium act
April Soft coal miners of Appalachian
fields quit work pending new wage agree
April New wage scale for coal miners
signed; strike ended.
April as. S. .Kresge gave about sl2.oOO.'
600 to Kresge foundation.
April 5-Senate passed Guffey coal con-
troll bill.
April 6-Chrysler strike settled.
April 7-Senate passed concurrent res
olution condemning sitdown strikes and the
April l2-Supreme court upheld Wagner
labor relations act in five decisions.
April 14-HouSe passed bill repeating
'long and short haul clause of interstate
April 15-Anti-lynching bill passed by the
April 19-Mrs. Florence Hartman APP.
pointed minister to Norway and A. ]. Drexel
Biddle ambassador to Poland.
April 20-President Roosevelt sent mes
sage to congress revising his budget esti-
mates or 1888 fiscal year and asking bill
lion and half for relief.
April 23-House passed 81 million dollar
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.
ton of incomes of $4,000 and over.
The senate confirmed Anthony J. Drexel
Biddle, Jr., of Philadelphia as ambassa-
dor to Poland. Florence Jaffray Hartman
to Norway, and Robert Granville Caldwell
of Texas as minister to Bolivia.
April 28-House passed $7s.2O0.oOO second
April 5s-House passed war department
bill carrying $416 400, O00
MAY 1-Strikes started in Hollywood
movie studios by technical workers.
Fifteen San Francisco hotels tied up by
President Roosevelt signed the neutrality
May 7-George L. Berry appointed sena.
May l2EHouse extended ccc for two
o. called strike in plants of Jones
& Laughlin Steel corporation.
May 13-Steel strike spread to other
Senate passed agriculture department
bill carrying almost 900 millions.
May 1HPresident Roosevelt returned to
Washington from fishing trip.
May 17-Supreme court upheld act re.
stricting refund of AAA processing taxes.