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November 17, 1936

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PRESIDENT GREETS A.F.L. WITH MESSAGE OF HIGH OPTIMISM; He Tells Convention Return of Prosperity Has Restored Hope in All Nation. GREEN CHALLENGES C.I.O. He Calls It Instrument to 'Rip' Labor, but Invites Parley -- Lewis Is Defiant. PRESIDENT GREETS A.F.L. CONVENTION

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

s opening AFL convention challenges CIO to return and fight out differences

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LA GUARDIA URGES SOCIAL AMENDMENT; If Needed, It Is the 'American Way,' He Says at Capital, Opening Mayors' Conference. ASKS FEDERAL-CITY TIES Roosevelt Later Gets His Program Calling for Housing and Borrowing Aid. LA GUARDIA URGES SOCIAL AMENDMENT

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Mayor LaGuardia recommends to U S Conf of Mayors creation of Fed agency to enable munic govts to borrow at low rates

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SYME TO GET POST BLEAKLEY RESIGNED; Lehman Picks Westchester Lawyer for Justice of the Supreme Court. BRAY ANNOUNCES CHOICE Judge-Designate Nominated by Democrats of His District for the Bench in 1934.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Appts S A Syme Sup Ct justice

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3,000,000 Get Security Blanks; Employers Make First Returns; Task of Distribution Throughout Nation Completed in Six Hours -- Retroactive Extension of Deadline Sought From Congress by Seven Governors. SECURITY BLANKS ARE ALL DELIVERED

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urges prompt return

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Notable Births

1936Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop^[†]

Roger Francis Crispian Hollis is the Bishop Emeritus of Portsmouth for the Roman Catholic Church.

Notable Deaths

Ernestine Schumann-Heink

1936Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (born 1861)^[†]

Ernestine Schumann-Heink was a Bohemian-born Austrian-American operatic dramatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the flexibility and wide range of her voice. Heink and Schumann were her two husbands' surnames.