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plea; musters votes
by Sen
The Reorganization Bill which the House sidetracked tonight was intended to grant powers asked by the President.
Min O'Malley presents Brit note demanding return of properties and denying wages issue
welcomed on return by San Francisco group; revs Eur trip; scores New Deal; lauds defeat of reorganization bill
1938Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2010)[†]
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union, after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years. He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s and a participant in the transition from a planned to a market economy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. After that, he was designated as a presidential adviser.