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December 28, 1931

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HOME RELIEF STARTS ALL OVER CITY TODAY; 79 Precinct Bureaus in School Buildings to Provide Food and Care to 250,000 Families. 1,500 WILL SEEK OUT NEEDY Welfare Agencies Will Advise Taylor in Use of $5,000,000 Fund Voted for Winter. Last Step in Program. HOME RELIEF BEGINS FOR JOBLESS TODAY Not Charity, Says Taylor. Burean's Advisory Committee.

By Unknown Author

Home Relief Bur opens 79 precinct burs in schools; welfare agencies will advise Taylor in use of $5,000,000 fund

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PARTY CHIEFS DRAW HOUSE BATTLE LINES ON TAX LEGISLATION; Rainey, Democrat, Says Com- mittee Will Move to Compel 'Entrenched Wealth to Pay.' PROMISES SLASH IN OUTLAY Republican Plan to Make New Levy Apply to 1931 Incomes Is Opposed. SNELL DEFENDS PROPOSAL Budget Must Be Balanced Without Borrowing, Says the Republican Leader. For "Less Burdensome" Method. DRAW BATTLE LINES ON TAX LEGISLATION Rainey Outlines House Moves. For Higher Taxes on Wealth. Expects "Real Debt Fight." Snell Says People Caused Rise.

By Special to The New York Times

Attitude on tax program defined and House moves outlined by Repr Rainey

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M'DONALD INVITES LAVAL TO FIX POLICY BEFORE DEBT PARLEY; Asks Premier to Visit London for Personal Discussion of Franco-British Stand. BRUENING TO HEAD GERMANS Reich Assents to Tentative Plan to Hold Conference Jan. 18 at The Hague. FRENCH BITTER AGAINST US Resent Remarks of Johnson and Borah--See Hoover Unable to Keep Promises to Laval. American Attitude Awaited. Our Aloofness Foreseen. Pertinax Sounds a Warning. London Sees Acceptance Sure. Gold's Fall Laid to War Debts. Bruening to Head Germans. To Decide Course This Week. Reich May Compromise.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Reptd as inviting Laval to London for discussion

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Notable Births

Guy Debord

1931Guy Debord, French theorist and author (died 1994)[†]

Guy-Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International. He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.

Martin Milner

1931Martin Milner, American actor (died 2015)[†]

Martin Sam Milner was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: Route 66, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and Adam-12, which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.