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Sen. Gronna, Ransdell, Gary & Wolcott

New solicitor for Department of Commerce is sworn in. Ephriam F. Morgan of Charleston, West Virginia, former Governor of the state of West Virginia, being sworn in as solicitor of the United States Department of Commerce to succeed Judge Stephen B. Davis, resigned. In the photograph, left to right: William P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; E.W. Libbey, Chief Clerk of the Department who administered the oath; Ephriam Morgan and Walter F. Brown, Assistant Secretary of Commerce

Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Production Management (OPM) and Joseph L. White, executive assistant to Mr. Eastman

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Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Production Management (OPM) and Joseph L. White, executive assistant to Mr. Eastman

Priorities unemployment. Office of Production Management steps in. In the interest of workers, in the interests of manufacturers, most of all in the interest of defense, the OPM takes steps to meet the problems of "priorities unemployment." Working with the OPM's labor supply branch, which coordinates twelve government units concerned with employment, 1500 U.S. employment offices all over the country register workers for defense jobs and for unemployment compensation

Washington, D.C. The Australian minister, Lord Halifax, and the New Zealand Minister signing a lend-lease agreement

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

William Green - Public domain portrait photograph

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Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 22. Secretary surrounded the meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Executive session today at which Brig. General George C. Marshall, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rear Ad. William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Undersecretary of the State Sumner Welles, were heard. Later they made a statement in support of an administration measure to aid Latin American Republics in developing their military establishments. Left to right: Marshall, Leahy, Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of Committee, and Welles, 3-22-39

Secrecy surrounds meeting of Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 22. Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles entering the Hearing Room of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today. Following the meeting, Leahy and Welles gave out statements in support of an administration measure to aid Latin American republics in developing their military establishments. 3-22-39

Secrecy surrounds meeting of Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 22. Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles entering the Hearing Room of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today. Following the meeting, Leahy and Welles gave out statements in support of an administration measure to aid Latin American republics in developing their military establishments. 3-22-39

President calls conference of Senate and State Department on neutrality. Washington, D.C., July 18. It was almost midnight tonight when Senators began emerging from the White House after their conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull at which an agreement was reached to allow neutrality legislation to lie dormant until next session, thus, apparently ending a flare-up between congress and the president on the neutrality issue which began when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee refused to take up the question this session. Left to right: Senator Charles L. McNary, Minority leader; Sen. Warren Austin of Vermont; Sen. Key Pittman, Chairman of the Foregin Relations Committee; Sen. William E. Borah of Idaho, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Senator Alben Barkley, Majority Leader and Vice President Garner remained inside to talk further with the president

Discuss America's foreign policy. Washington, D.C., April 15. In an effort to give impetus to the movement for revision of the Neutrality Act, an emergency conference of one hundred today assembled in Washington for a two-day discussion of American Foreign Policy. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the American Union for Concerted Pace Efforts. In the picture, left to right. James T. Shotwell, President, League of Nations Association - Reverend Roy M. Houghton, Congregational Church of New Haven, Conn., and Ernest Wilkins, President of Oberlin College, 4-15-39

In spotlight at meeting of senate foreign relations committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 25. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met in Executive Session today to discuss developments at the Brussels Nine-Power Conference. Here we see, left to right: Senator William E. Borah, former Chairman of the Committee; Senator Key Pittman, Present Chairman; Senator Ryan F. Duffy of Wisconsin and member of the committee. 11/24/37

President calls conference of Senate and State Department on neutrality. Washington, D.C., July 18. It was almost midnight tonight when Senators began emerging from the White House after their conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull at which an agreement was reached to allow neutrality legislation to lie dormant until next session, thus, apparently ending a flare-up between congress and the president on the neutrality issue which began when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee refused to take up the question this session. Left to right: Senator Charles L. McNary, Minority leader; Sen. Warren Austin of Vermont; Sen. Key Pittman, Chairman of the Foregin Relations Committee; Sen. William E. Borah of Idaho, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Senator Alben Barkley, Majority Leader and Vice President Garner remained inside to talk further with the president

Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High Naval Officials and members of key Congressional Committees conferred with President Roosevelt today in regard to a Naval Expansion Program. Following the meeting, Chairman Taylor of the House Appropriations Committee announced that the President will shortly send a message to Congress recommending Naval expansion. Left to right: Rep. Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee; Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee; Rep. William B. Umstead of North Carolina; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison; and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/5/38

Before Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Flatly denying any foreign commitments or understandings, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, today told to Naval Affairs Committee of the House that the fleet expects "To stand on it's own feet" in national defense, Interested listeners to the Admiral's testimony were Rep. Ralph E. Church of ILL. (center) and Rep. Ralph O. Brewster of Maine (right)

Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 22. Secretary surrounded the meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Executive session today at which Brig. General George C. Marshall, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rear Ad. William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Undersecretary of the State Sumner Welles, were heard. Later they made a statement in support of an administration measure to aid Latin American Republics in developing their military establishments. Left to right: Marshall, Leahy, Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of Committee, and Welles, 3-22-39

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A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.

Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.

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

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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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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

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

Senator Ollie James - Public domain portrait photograph

Prince of Wales & V.P. Marshall at Mt. Vernon

Rt. Reverend Lucien Lee Kinsolving, Bishop Jos. Edward Freeman, 5/15/24

Men; State, War and Navy Building in background. Washington, D.C.

Plane with cruising radius of 11,000 miles at 380 miles per hour plan of Glenn Martin. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore airplane manufacturer, today told amazed members of the House Naval Affairs Committee when he told he is studying plans for a new super ship capable of cruising 11,000 miles at 380 miles per hour with 4,000 pounds of bombs. The ship he is planning to build will dwarf even the biggest planes now in use, Martin added. Martin was testifying on President Roosevelt's billion- dollar Naval Expansion Program, 22838

Trout flown to President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 21. Erdorn W. Wood, 57 year old sportsman went to Mystery Pond, New Hampshire, swished 29 trout from its 75-foot dept and started to Washington and President Roosevelt with the catch. His newly constructed glass-bottomed boat drifted on the pond during a rain storm, while Wood, depending solely on fly-casting, hooked the Presidential meal. The trout measured from 9 to 16 inches. Left to right: Spencer Treherne, the pilot; Marvin McIntyre, Secretary to the President who received the fish for the President; and Erdorn Wood, the fisherman, 5211937

Mississippi Solon. Washington, D.C., March 9. Pat Harrison, senior United States Senator, Mississippi, from a recent snapshot made in the senate restaurant, 3/9/38

Tommy Noble & Sir Howard, 3/16/25

Senate Comm. to investigate Internal Reverend, 3/14/24

Sir Maurice Hankey - Public domain portrait photograph

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