The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06
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
prison-made goods.
Oregons criminal syndcalism law held
Jan. 5-Seventy-fifth congress convened
Jan president Roosevelt read his
message to congress.
Congress passed neutrality resolution
barring war shipments to Spain.
Jan. president Glenn Frank of Uni.
verSity OF Wisconsin ousted by board of
Jan. 8-President Roosevelts budget
message asked for between $4,000. 600, 900
Jan. l1-President Roosevelt asked for
$3.50, 600, 900 for WPA until July /.
Charles Edison appointed assistant secre-
Strikers at Flint. Mich. in bloody riot
with police.
Supreme court upheld so per cent tax
Jan. l2-Congress received from Presi.
dent plan for recognizing administrative
branch of government.
Jan 14-Truce for negotiations arranged
In General Motors strike.
Jan. 15-Senate voted 2la. years extern
sion of RFC and subsidiaries.
Jan: 19-Congress extended for 2la years
Presidents control of sterilization fund
and dollar valuation.
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.
Jan. 26-House passed $3.50 900 900 flood
Jan. 27-Senate passed house bill ap.
Propriating s5o,oOO,ooo for seed and crop
Jan. 2s-House voted to put first, second
and third postmasters under civil service.
Feb. michigan National Guard mob
ilized to stop new strike riots in Flint.
Feb. 2-Sit.down strikers ordered ousted
from General Motors plants by court in
junction.
Feb 3-President Roosevelt submitted to
congress billion 6-year public works
House passed bill appropriating $1,000
600 for federal offices and agencies.
Senate passed S943. O0O. 900 deficiency bill.
Feb. 4-West Coast maritime strike
ended.
Feb. 5-President Roosevelt submitted
to congress bill for reorganization of the
federal judiciary; including increasing SUI
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
droughts.
Feb 11-Bill creating Disasters Loan
corporation passed by congress
General Motors strike settled by com.
Feb; ls-Prof. Charles Seymour elected
Feb Is 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.
ippines.
Feb. 19-J. c. 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 hV
Feb. 26-Senate passed house bill for
voluntary retirement of Supreme court
Feb. 27-President Roosevelt asked
Feb. 28--Eugene Vidal resigned as di-
rector of federal air commerce bureau.
March l-supreme court again upheld
the gold clause abrogation act.
March big steel companies began
recognized c. 1. o. committee as bargain.
March sNeutrality extension resolu.
ton adopted by senate.
March 9-Permanent maritime commits
sion named with ]. P. Kennedy as chair.
man.
co Mapfh bill fi-H0use passed new GuheS coal
March 12-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
1'oNo
c. A Dykstra, city manager of Cincn.
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 21-Nationalist riot in Ponce.
Puerto Rico. fatal to ten;
March 22-Senate passed s512.a47 ,8oS naval
March 24-John L. Lewis ordered Chry.
sler strikers to evacuate the plants,
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.
ment.
April New wage scale for coal miners
signed; strike ended
April SIS. S. Kresge gave about S12, 000,.
900 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.
April 12-Supreme court upheld wagner
labor relations act in five decisions.
April 14-House passed bill repeating
"long and short haul clause of interstate
April i5-Anti-lynching bill passed by the
house.
April 19-Mrs Florence Hartman ap.
pointed minister 10 norway anu a. d. bIShSl
Biddle ambassador to Poland
April 2O-President Roosevelt sent mes.
sage to congress revising his budget esti-
mates or 1888 fiscal year and asking bill
lion and a half for relief.
April 23-House passed q 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.
House voted repeal of law for publica.
ton of incomes of $4,000 and over.
The senate confirmed Anthony ]. Drexel
Biddle. Jr.. of Philadelphia. as ambassa-
dor to Poland: Florence Jaffray Hartman
of the District of Columbia as MINISTRY
to Norway. and Robert Granville Caldwell
of Texas as minister to Bolivia. 4.
April 28--House passed s79.2oO.0oo second
deficiency bill.
April 29-House passed war department
bill carrying S416, 100000
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
C. o. called strike in plants of Jones
& Laughlin Steel corporation.
May 13-Steel strike spread to other
plants.
bill carrying almost 300 millions.
May 14-President Roosevelt returned to
Washington from fishing trip.
May 17-Supreme court upheld act re.
stricting refund of AAA processing taxes.