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A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

McNutt talks, Woodring listens. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner to the Philippines who arrived in Washington today to make an official report, conferred at length with Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring this morning. Following the meeting both declined to comment on the transfer of Lt. Col. Davenport Johnson from Hamilton Field, Calif., to Chanute Field, Ill. Johnson is the flyer who piloted McNutt and his administrative assistant from San Francisco to Denver in an Army plane. Soon after Johnson's transfer to Chanute Field, known to the Air Corps as the Siberia of the Army, was announced, 2/23/38

[James A. Farley, left] - Public domain portrait photograph

Harold Ickes, right - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

No partisanship here. Washington, D.C., March 16. Partisan politics were forgotten today when Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace appeared before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. Wallace, who told the Committee that the U.S. must be prepared for an 'armed conflict between the currencies', was greeted by Senator Robert A. Taft, republican, over the head of another G.O.P Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., 3-16-39

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Baruch at hearing. Barnard M. Baruch, left, Chairman of the president's Take-the-Profits-Out-of-War Committee, faces Rep. John J. McSwain, D. of S.C., Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during hearings on the McSwain bill. 1/25/35

Barney Baruch. Barnard M. Barush, testifying before the House Military Affairs Committee on war profits, takes his time answering questions. 12535

Barney Baruch. Barnard M. Barush, testifying before the House Military Affairs Committee on war profits, takes his time answering questions. 1/25/35

On war profits. Secretary of War Dern, left, appears before the House Military Affairs Committee to give testimony on the McSwain Take-the-Profits-Out-of-War resolution. From the left: Sec. Dern; Rep. John J. McSwain, D. of S.C., chairman, and Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring. 12835

Principals at Friday hearing [...] Rep. John J. McSwain (D. of S.C.), chairman of the House Military Com. and the key witness at the Friday hearing, Frank E. Speicher whose testimony created a sensation on "deals" with the army. McSwain is standing. 7/26/35

Rep. Lister Hill of Alabama (left) who was married to Miss Henrietta McCormick of Eufaula, Alabama, on February 20th, being presented with a silver service tray by Rep. John J. McSwain of South Carolina, on behalf of the members of the House Military Affairs Committee who are shown in the photograph. Rep. Hill is a member of the Committee

John M. Swadall, Chief Clerk of War Department

Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Colonel George H. Sharpe, John C. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee

Administering oath. Left to right: John B. Blandford, Administrator of National Housing Agency; Herbert Emmerich, former Secretary of War Production Board, now Administrator of Defense Housing Authority; Donald M. Nelson, Chief, War Production Board and J.C. Hale, of Bureau of Budget, Assistant Administrator Officer, administering the oath

Baruch at hearing. Barnard M. Baruch, left, Chairman of the president's Take-the-Profits-Out-of-War Committee, faces Rep. John J. McSwain, D. of S.C., Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during hearings on the McSwain bill. 12535

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A black and white photo of two men shaking hands, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

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Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.

General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec

Temp. note: Batch eight.

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)

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Benjamin Huger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Speaker signs last minute bills. Washington D.C., Aug 21. Rep. John J. O'Connor New York, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, "shoots" Speaker Bankhead as he signs the last minute bills passed by the House before their adjournment tonight. Others in the picture are Rep. Mary T. Norton (left) of New Jersey; and Mrs. Bankhead, 82137

Citation winner. Certificate winner, George Smolarek, employed in the Aircraft Engine Department, Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan, at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony

Sec. of State greets Hughes on his arrival in Washington. Washington, D.C., July 21. Sec. of State Cordell Hull, ranking cabinet member in the Capitol, officially greeted Howard Hughes and his crew upon their arrival in the Capitol, they are shown in the office of the Secretary of State, left to right; Richard Stoddard, Lieut. Thomas Thurlow, Howard Hughes, Sec. of State Hull, Harry Conner, and Ed. Lund, 72138

U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce hears Admiral Stark. Washington, D.C., June 20. Speaking before the National Convention of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce today, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S.N., called for self-sacrifice and strengthening of the 'moral fiber' to prepare the U.S. for what he said may be the last stand against 'the vaunted efficiency and ruthless methods of dictatorship.' Left to right in the picture: Admiral Harold R. Stark; Joe E. Levitt, Vice President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the morning meeting, and Henry F. Grady, Assistant Secretary of State

Donald M. Nelson, chairman, War Production Board (WPB)

Ability to recite from memory the constitution wins war veteran a job. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. Harry E. Wilhelm, 43, a World War veteran and unemployed huckster of York, PA., won himself a job today on his ability to recite from memory the 6,757 words of the Constitution and Amendments. In his quest for work, Wilhelm called on Rep. Sol Bloom, Chairman of the United States Constitutional Sesquicentennial Commission, to whom he announced he was the only man in the world who could recite from memory the Constitution. Interested but skeptical, Bloom promised Wilhelm a job if he could back up hi claim. With Bloom checking the words, Wilhelm made good on his boast and is now an employee of the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission mail room. 9/13/37

Informs President SEC ready to proceed with investigation of insurance companies. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. William O. Douglas, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, leaving the White House today after reporting to President Roosevelt that the commission was ready to proceed with its investigation of insurance companies in connection with the present monopoly inquiry. He indicated the SEC would be concerned primarily with the investment and managerial phases of insurance company operation and said approximately $300,000 would be required to carry out the work in this calendar year, 1/24/38

Nelson congratulates a blind worker. For her work in training blind persons for war industries, Miss Helen Hurst, founder of the Helen Hurst Foundation For the Blind, was congratulated by Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board (WPB) chairman. Miss Hurst, herself blind, tries out the various types of jobs to see if they can be done by blind people before she places them in industry

Rail Labor-Management Committee Meets. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. The president's special Committee of Rail Labor and Management representatives met today to discuss proposed recommendations for legislative aid to the Rail Industry. A spokesman for the Committee said 'they hoped to have recommendations ready for the President before Congress meets in January' left to right. M.W. Clement, Pres. of the Penna. R.R., George Harrison, Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Assoc., Carl R. Gray, Vice Chairman of the Union Pacific., B.M. Jewell, Pres. of the Railway Employees Department of the A.F. of L., Ernest E. Norris, Pres. of the Southern, R.R., D.B. Robertson Head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive, Firemen, and Enginemen, 11/7/38

Charles Curtis, left - Public domain portrait photograph

Mentioned for Supreme Court vacancy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Rep. Hatton Sumner, Democrat of Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is being mentioned prominently as the successor to Justice George Sutherland when he retires from the Supreme Court bench on January 18, 1/7/38

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