The Archive · 1938

US. Leaders Push

APRIL — Recovery Drive — Republicans Putting Up Staunch Opposition to Roosevelt's Plans

Washington, Apr. 16.

Administration leaders today prepared to push necessary legislation through Congress early next week to make effective President Roosevelt's business recovery drive, Meanwhile, Mr. Harold L, Ickes, Secretary of Interior and Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, announced Presidential ap-Proval of 58 allocations for Federal School construction projects in 27 states. The cost of these projects, he said, totals U.S.$3,119.,902, Mr. Ickes also said only twelve states and the territory of Hawaii showed decreases in federal relief Wads this week, South Dakota was reported to have led the decreases by dropping workers on federal men, D emergency employment list to 1,017

Opposition Efforts Washington, Apr. 16.

Republican opposition, lining up with rebellious Democrats threa-

Austrian Troops in Berlin tened today to launch a death-dealing blow to President Roosevelt's Major-General Seiffert, Berlin Commandant, and Lieut.-Col. Eargert inspecting the First Battalion 15th Vienna Infantry, formerly of the Austrian army but now part of the German army, at the Berlin War Memorial.

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