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Slated for Dictatorship of Bureau of Air Commerce. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. According to reports Fred D. Flagg, Jr., of Chicago, will be named to succeed Eugene Vidal as Director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce. The talk is that the Bureau will be completely reorganized by Secretary Roper. The Report says that Vidal will be designated as a special representative of Secretary Roper for an eight week European tour to study aviation abroad and arrange for reciprical landing privileges for transatlantic flights

Slated for Dictatorship of Bureau of Air Commerce. Washington, D.C., J...

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The Cuban Dictator and the Mrs. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Col. Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban Army Sergeant who rose to the Dictatorship of Cuba, arrived in Washington today for a round of military reviews and dinners of state which will screen some fine international conversations, the visit has a high flavor of mystery, the War Department has been at elaborate pains to stick to its story that the Colonel, who never set foot outside of Cuba until two days ago, is suddenly traveling at the age of thirty seven years, he is shown with his seldom photographed wife, and the ambassador from Cuba Dr. Pedro Fraga[?], at the Cuban Embassy, 11/10/38

The Cuban Dictator and the Mrs. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Col. Fulgen...

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Supreme Court "rock of ages" says Rabbi. Washington, D.C., April 21. Rabbi William F. Rosenblum of New York urged the Senate Judiciary Committee today to reject president's court program and "keep America safe from crackpots and the lunatic fringe." That the supreme judiciary is the rock of ages against which demagoguery and dictatorship alike will be dashed to pieces, 4/21/1937

Supreme Court "rock of ages" says Rabbi. Washington, D.C., April 21. R...

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U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce hears Admiral Stark. Washington, D.C., June 20. Speaking before the National Convention of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce today, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S.N., called for self-sacrifice and strengthening of the 'moral fiber' to prepare the U.S. for what he said may be the last stand against 'the vaunted efficiency and ruthless methods of dictatorship.' Left to right in the picture: Admiral Harold R. Stark; Joe E. Levitt, Vice President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the morning meeting, and Henry F. Grady, Assistant Secretary of State

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Newsmen hear Russian Ambassador. Washington, D.C., April 22. Russian Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky speaking before the National Press Club today attacked those who criticize the Soviet Union because it has certain elements of dictatorship. The Union he said, "is fundamentally on the side of democracy but is surrounded by enemies and must defend ourselves [?] if intrenched in a military camp," 4/22/1937

Newsmen hear Russian Ambassador. Washington, D.C., April 22. Russian A...

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21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washington, D.C., June 19. 2,000 delegates assembled in the Mayflower Hotel today for the formal opening of the 21st annual convention of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Caustically condemning the dictatorship of Hitler and Mussolini, Perry Pipkin, Tennessee, president of the gathering, today declared that isolation is a dead issue and that the United States must be inseparably bound to England and France if the 'Atlantic Civilization' is to survive. Pipkin recommended to the delegates that immediate steps be taken to work out a referendum system to reflect an organization opinion of such issues as a national defense. Left to right in the picture - Minor Hudson, President, Washington Junior Board of Trade; Perry Pipkin, President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, and A.Z. Foster Wood, General Chairman

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Senate Committee hears noted woman columnist and author on president's court reform plan. Washington, D.C., March 31. Dorothy Thompson, noted newspaperwoman and author, told the Senate Judiciary Committee today that as "a researcher into the mortality of republics" she feared that under President Roosevelt's Judiciary program America would go the way of European Democracies fallen under Dictatorship. "You say it couldn't happen here, but it has happened here," added the writer as she cited past infringement on the rights of minorities which have been frustrated by the Supreme Court, 3/31/1937

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ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie, appearing before a Senate Committee investigation his fitness for the office of membership in the ICC upon the Presidents nomination, denied his belief in any dictatorship, 'whether it leans to the right or left'. Regarding communism, 'I have strongly opposed communist aims and program,' 2-6-39

ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6....

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