Conservative-Sabotage

Hatch Act Restricts Federal Workers' Political Activity After Allegations of WPA Election Interference

1939-08-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Hatch Act on August 2, 1939, after Senator Carl Hatch (D-NM) introduces legislation prohibiting federal civil service employees from engaging in partisan political activities, following widespread allegations that local Democratic politicians used Works …

Carl Hatch Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. Congress Works Progress Administration federal employees political-activity new-deal civil-service conservative-sabotage wpa

Roosevelt Recession Begins After Conservative Treasury Secretary Persuades FDR to Cut Spending 17 Percent

1937-05-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The American economy enters a severe recession in May 1937, lasting 13 months through June 1938, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts the advice of his conservative Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. to slash government spending by 17% over two years in an effort to balance the federal …

Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry Morgenthau Jr. Federal Reserve U.S. Treasury Department Harry Hopkins +1 more economic-policy new-deal austerity recession conservative-sabotage