Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-06
Chronology OF
The Year 1887
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March 1-Supreme court again upheld
the gold clause abrogation act.
March big steel companies began
recognized c. l. o. committee as bargain.
March s-Neutrality extension resolu.
ton adopted by senate.
March 9-Permanent maritime commits.
sion named with ]. p. Kennedy as chair.
March 11-House passed new Guffey coal
March 12-Dr. F. E. Townsend sentenced
to month in Jail and 500 fine for contempt
March IsGGeneral Motors and United
Automobile Workers reached agreement
March 14NRemington-Rand ordered by
labor relations board to re-employ 1000
workers.
c. Dykstra. city manager of Cincin.
natl. accepted presidency OF University OF
March 15-Chrysler sit-down strikers or.
dered by court to evacuate plants.
March 16-Railroads and unions agreed
March 21rNationalist riot in Ponce.
Puerto Rico. fatal to ten:
March 22-Senate passed $512 847 1903 naval
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.
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fields quit work pending new wage agree.
ment
April New wage scale for coal miners
signed: strike ended.
April SIS. S. Kresge gave about So. 000.-
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
industrial SPY system ,s u
labor relations act in five decisions.
April l4-House passed bill repeating
"long and short haul" clause of interstate
April l5-Anti.lynching bill passed by the
house.
April 1s-Mrs. Florence Hartman ap.
pointed minister to Norway and A. J. DreXel
Biddle ambassador to Poland.
April 20-President Roosevelt sent mes
sage to congress revising his budget esti'
lion and a half for relief.
April 23-House passed p million dollar
agriculture department bill.
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 publica.
ton of incomes of $4,000 and over.
The senate confirmed Anthony ]. Drexel
dor te Poland ola Fore"se pJaa a
of the District of Columbia as minister
to Norway. and Robert Granville Caldwell
April SsHons a's passed SIS 10000 second
deficiency bill
April 2s.Hogse PASSED pas Sed war department
May i-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.
tor from Tennessee.
May l2-House extended CCC for two
CT O. called strike in plants of Jones
& Laughlin Steel corporation.
May 13-Steel strike spread to other
Senate passed agricd lture department
May 14-Presdent Roosevelt returned to
Washington from fishing trip.
May 17-SupIeme court upheld act re.
stricting refund of AAA processing taxes.
, House pa passed Sis 100000 Department Of
May 1S-Justice Willis Van Devanter an.
nounced his retirement from Supreme court.
Senate judiciary committee reported I'm.
fayorably the Presidents Supreme court
May 2O-senate voted to make ccC
Jones. & Laughlin Steel employees voted
to 2 for So !: O. .,,,u. ,,s.,s o,s 80.
provisions Of social security act. and Ala.
bama employment insurance law.
setting up wage and hour, standards for
industry, and identical bills were intro
duced in z. house and senate
three independent steel companies.
May 3o-Seven killed. many hurt in bat
tie between police and steel strikers in
June House passed billion and a half
relief bill.
President Roosevelt asked congress to get
June 3-President asked congress to ere
ate seven regional authorities like IVA.
June 5-John No. D 90 Rockefeller left bulk
June 9-Strikers and police staged battle
with guns and gas at Youngstown, Ohio.
June 10-Resolution calling for investi.
cation of tax evasion problem sent to
June 1I~Strike called at Bethlehem Steel
corporations Cambria mill
mines owned by two steel companies.
June 14-Senate committee condemned
court enlargement bill:
June 2O-Pennsylvania governor closed
Johnstown steel plant: martial law de.
June 2l-senate refused to cut relief
House passed pension bill for railroad
June 22-senate passed billion SO mil.
June 23.-Ellis Parker. ST., and son con-:
victed at Newark N. j., of kidnapping plot
under Lindbergh law.
Fifty-five indicted in Is million dollar
gem smuggling plot in New York.
June 24-Senate voted to extend nuts.
ance taxes and cent postage for two
June 25-steel strike in Johnstown area
lost by union.
June 2s..J; Butler Wright named ambas.
sador to Cuba
National labor relations board charged
Ford with violation of Wagner act.
June 29-Senate ratified treaties drawn
at Buenos Aires conference.
June 30-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.. and
Ethel du Pont married.
July 6-Ohio grand jury indicted 200
for rioting as steel plants reopened.
July National labor relations board
began hearings on charges Ford company
violated Wagner act
July 8-Immunity was granted President
Roosevelt in tax lodging hearings.
July 12-President urged immediate pas.
sage of new crop control legislation
dor to Belgium; Hugh Gibson, ambassa.
dor to Brazil, transferred to Belgium.
July 13-HouSe paid tribute to and pen
stoned Harry Parker, venerable doorman
for the ways and means committee.
House OVERRIDE Presidents veto of farm
loan bill
July 1LNine men, including two c. l. O.
States mails in Ohio strike zone
July 17-Controller general refused to
pay expenses of foreign junkets.
July 19-House voted "a millions for Ohio
basin food control.
July administration abandoned Su.
preme court bill
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