In the sweltering Washington, D.C. spring of 1930, a heated debate raged within the Senate District committee, threatening to derail a major street railway merger resolution. The proposed changes to court procedure, aimed at restricting the power of the courts in reviewing decisions of the Utilities Commission, had been at the heart of the controversy. Originally part of the street car merger plan, the committee had decided to handle the court amendments as a separate bill, sparking a bitter fight over the inclusion of a single word: ‘the’.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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