Charles Lathrop Pack

(noun)

Charles Lathrop Pack (May 7, 1857 – June 14, 1937), a third-generation timberman, was "one of the five wealthiest men in America prior to World War I," a world famous philatelist, recognized for his award winning collections of postage stamps, and organizer of the National War Garden Commission.

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  • The American Rally

    • In March 1917, Charles Lathrop Pack organized the National War Garden Commission and launched the war garden campaign.
    • Pack conceived the idea that the supply of food could be greatly increased without the use of land and manpower already engaged in agriculture, and without the significant use of transportation facilities needed for the war effort.

  • Mobilizing a Nation

    • In March 1917, Charles Lathrop Pack organized the National War Garden Commission and launched the war garden campaign.
    • Pack believed the supply of food could be greatly increased without the use of land and manpower already engaged in agriculture, and without the significant use of transportation facilities needed for the war.
    • As well as paid jobs, women were also expected to take on voluntary work such as packing coal into sacks for distribution wherever it was needed, or rolling bandages, knitting clothes and preparing hampers for soldiers on the front.

  • Court Packing

    • The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, commonly referred to as "the court-packing plan," was proposed by FDR to gain political control over the US Supreme Court.
    • Political opponents referred to Roosevelt's proposal as "the court-packing plan."
    • As Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes would later note that the court did not uphold much of the New Deal legislation because it was was so poorly drafted and defended.
    • In February 1937, Roosevelt introduced the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, frequently called the "court-packing plan."
    • Despite the failure of Roosevelt's plan, "the court-packing plan" controversy coincided with and was followed by changes that helped the President gain much more control over the Supreme Court.

  • Domestic Conservatism

    • Vice President John Nance Garner worked with congressional allies to prevent Roosevelt from packing the Supreme Court with six new judges, so the court would not rule New Deal legislation as unconstitutional.
    • Charles Lindbergh had been actively involved in questioning the motives of the Roosevelt administration well before the formation of the AFC.
    • Charles Lindbergh speaking at an America First Committee rally.

  • Automobiles, Airplanes, Mass Production, and Assembly-Line Progress

    • After the war, Charles Lindbergh rose to instant fame in 1927 with the first solo, non-stop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.
    • Gas stations and motels appeared around the country and the idea of "homes on wheels" became popular around this time, with Americans packing up food and camping equipment in order to get away for a while.
    • Famed aviator Charles "Lucky Lindy" Lindbergh made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927 at age 25.

  • The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

    • Some houses give the impression of having been packed up and in some cases furniture and objects were excavated jumbled together.
    • While the cities lingered in the memories of many Romans of the period, they were eventually forgotten, only to be rediscovered in the 18th century when the region was ruled by the King of Naples, Charles Bourbon.

  • The Law of Unintended Consequences

    • Charles Moore, an American oceanographer, in 1997 discovered an enormous stew of trash, estimated at nearly 100 million tons, floating in the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Hawaii.
    • Persistent objects such as six-pack rings and discarded nets trap sea animals.

  • The Muckrakers

    • Oskison, Upton Sinclair), Cosmopolitan (Josiah Flynt, Alfred Henry Lewis, Jack London, Charles P.
    • Norcross, Charles Edward Russell), Everybody's Magazine (William Hard, Thomas William Lawson, Benjamin B.
    • Mathews, Charles Edward Russell, and Judson C.
    • Other works include "History of The Supreme Court of the United States" Chicago: Charles H.
    • "A History of Canadian Wealth" Chicago: Charles H.

  • Opposition from the Courts

    • The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, frequently called the "court-packing plan," was a legislative initiative proposed by President Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S.
    • Opponents viewed the legislation as an attempt to stack the court, leading them to call it the "court-packing plan".
    • As Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes would later note, it was because much of the New Deal legislation was so poorly drafted and defended that the court did not uphold it.

  • Legislative Achievements of the Second New Deal

    • As a response to the the Supreme Court striking down many pieces of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, Roosevelt attempted to pack the court via the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937.
    • Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes played a leading role in defeating the court-packing by rushing these pieces of New Deal legislation through and ensuring that the Court's majority would uphold it.