Correspondence of the governor's office. 1931-1933.

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Correspondence of the governor's office. 1931-1933.

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Contains the working papers of the governor of Kansas from January 1931 to January 1933, Harry H. Woodring administration, including routine office correspondence among the various offices of state government, and subject matter relevant to the social, economic and political situation of the 1930s. Governor Woodring's administration centered around the economic depression of the 1930s. As a part of his austerity program, he cut his own salary by ten percent, and appealed to other state employees to do the same. Woodring was also known for his good working relationship with the Republican-controlled Legislature. The main features of Woodring's agenda included tax relief, tighter controls on the sale of securities, a permanent Crippled Children's Commission, the establishment of a driver's license system, a separate Labor Department, and the reduction of utility rates.

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Kansas. Governor (1931-1933 : Woodring)

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Harry Hines Woodring, born in Elk City, Kansas, on May 31, 1887, attended school in Elk City and Independence, Kansas. He dropped out of high school a year before he would have graduated so he could enroll in a one year business and commerce program at the University of Lebanon in Lebanon, Indiana. He applied his education as the cashier of the First National Bank in Neodesha, Kansas. When the United States entered the war in Europe, Wooding enlisted in the army, went through officer candidate s...

Woodring, Harry Hines, 1887-1967

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Harry Hines Woodring was born in Elk City, Kansas, on May 31, 1887, the son of Hines and Melissa Woodring. After attending Elk City and Montgomery County high schools, he enrolled in Lebanon Business University, Lebanon, Indiana, where he staved for ten months. Returning to Elk City in the spring of 1905, he accepted a job as bookkeeper in the First National Bank. In 1909, he was offered, and accepted, a job as assistant cashier in the First National Bank of Neodesha, Kansas, a care...