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Low rent housing may be expanded. Washington, D.C., April 11. A White House conference with officials of Government Housing today brought a suggestion that the Low Rent, Housing and Slum Clearance Program may be expanded, the conferences discussed what they characterized as the "General Program" presumed to refer to proposals for new PWA expenditures, left to right: Nathan Straus, Chief of U.S. Housing Authority, Ebert K. Burlew, Asst. Sec. of the Interior, Sec. of the Interior Harold Ickes, and Stewart McDonald, Federal Housing Administrator, 41138
No midget lap-sitting for Speaker Bankhead. Washington, D.C., April 30. "Lap-sitting is out" Speaker Bankhead today as he greeted a troupe of circus midgets from his home state of Alabama at the Capitol. An enterprising photographer sought to repeat the J.P. Morgan act of a few years ago (?) the noted financier placed on the midgets on his lap at a Senate hearing. But it was no go today as the Speaker was concerned, 43037
No midget lap-sitting for Speaker Bankhead. Washington, D.C., April 30. "Lap-sitting is out" Speaker Bankhead today as he greeted a troupe of circus midgets from his home state of Alabama [at the] Capitol. An enterprising photographer sought to repeat the J.P. Morgan act of a few years ago (?) the noted financier placed on the midgets on [his] lap at a Senate hearing. But it was no go today as the Speaker was concerned, 4/30/37
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Pres. Coolidge & Foral Telegraph Serv., [4/3/24]
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Sen Swanson, Sen. Warren, Dawes, Sen Keyes, 61826
Holds House Committee in contempt. Washington, D.C. Jan. 16. The Presidential candidate Lemke and his backer Dr. Townsend are shown as they conferred about the new Townsend Plan now to be called the 'General Welfare Bill'. Dr. Townsend who goes to court on Feb. 8 for contempt charges against him said today that, "I have nothing but contempt for the House Committee"
C.L. Shaver, Sen. Pittman & Jno. W. Davis at Dem. hdqtrs, 92724
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Summary
A group of men sitting next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title and date from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Portrait series.
Photo shows, left to right: Andrew Carnegie, William Jennings Bryan, James J. Hill (Railroad Magnate), and John Mitchell (United Mine Workers). They were invited by Teddy Roosevelt to attend the May 13-15, 1908 Governors Converence where they discussed his ideas for Nationwide Conservation.
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 three.
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.)