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August 19, 1931

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TAMMANY MEN REBUFFED BY ROOSEVELT ON FIGHT FOR AN UP-STATE INQUIRY; LEADERS VAINLY PUSH PLEA Dunnigan and Steingut Kept Waiting Hours at Executive Mansion. THREE PLANS FROWNED ON Governor Reported Ready to Limit Immunity Power to Hofstadter Committee. RUMOR OF SPLIT IS DENIED 'Hot Weather Tale,' Executive Says, Retorting to Rumor of an Open Break. Denies Tammany "Break." Holds Plan Unconstitutional. GOVERNOR REBUFFS TAMMANY LEADERS

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Gov Roosevelt reptd to have disapproved of Dem leaders' proposal that State Comptroller be given power to grant immunity

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M'DONALD PROPOSES 10% REVENUE TARIFF IN CRISIS PROGRAM; Daily Herald Says Free Trade Element in Labor Cabinet Agrees to Plan. 4 OTHER PROVISIONS MADE Suspension of Sinking Fund, a Tax on Bonds and Loan Conversion Suggested. ALSO CHANGES IN THE DOLE Opposition and Labor Leaders Will Be Consulted Tomorrow--Parliament May Meet Soon. Tariff May Raise $225,000,000, Unions to Back the Plan. M'DONALD PROPOSES 10% REVENUE TARIFF Taxation to be "Spread Equally."

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

MacDonald and com agree on 5 proposals for increasing revenue

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Notable Births

Bill Shoemaker

1931Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (died 2003)[†]

William Lee Shoemaker was an American jockey, considered one of the greatest. For 29 years he held the world record for the most professional jockey victories.