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BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. REP. FROM NEBRASKA, 1891-1895; SECRETARY OF STATE, 1913-1915

Named to new Treasury post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Huntington Cairns, who has been in the Legal Division, U.S. Treasury, handling special problems in connection with customs, has been promoted to the position of Assistant General Counsel in charge of the opinion section and all legal matters arising in the Bureau of Customs. He is a native of Baltimore and graduate of the University of Maryland Law School, 1925. He entered the Government Service in 1934. 92137

Maritime Commission chairman. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Joseph P. Kennedy, Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission, as he recently appeared before a Congressional committee. 12337

Washington, D.C. Mr. Horne, a Swedish journalist on tour in the United States, talking with the Swedish ambassador at the embassy

S.E.C. Commisioner Washington, D.C. June 9. William O. Douglas, member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as he appeared before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, 6/9/37

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Named to new Treasury post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Huntington Cairns, who has been in the Legal Division, U.S. Treasury, handling special problems in connection with customs, has been promoted to the position of Assistant General Counsel in charge of the opinion section and all legal matters arising in the Bureau of Customs. He is a native of Baltimore and graduate of the University of Maryland Law School, 1925. He entered the Government Service in 1934. 92137

New Treasury appointees take oath. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Today was swearing-in day at the Treasury as four newly appointed Treasury aides took the oath of office. In the photograph, left to right: Goodwin J. Oppegard, to be Deputy Comptroller of the Currency; Gibbs Lyons, to be Chief National Bank Examiner of the 6th Federal Reserve District; Marshall R. Diggs, to be Chief Supervising Receiver and 1st Deputy Comptroller of the Currency; and William Prentiss, Jr., to be Chief National Bank Examiner of the 12th Federal Reserve District, and F.A. Birgeld, Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department who did the swearing in, 11538

New Treasury appointees take oath. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Today was swearing-in day at the Treasury as four newly appointed Treasury aides took the oath of office. In the photograph, left to right: Goodwin J. Oppegard, to be Deputy Comptroller of the Currency; Gibbs Lyons, to be Chief National Bank Examiner of the 6th Federal Reserve District; Marshall R. Diggs, to be Chief Supervising Receiver and 1st Deputy Comptroller of the Currency; and William Prentiss, Jr., to be Chief National Bank Examiner of the 12th Federal Reserve District, and F.A. Birgeld, Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department who did the swearing in, 1/15/38

New register of the Treasury. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2. Dr. Edward G. Dolan of Manchester, Conn. took the oath of office today as register of the Treasury succeeding the late W.W. Durbin. He is congratulated by Stephen B. Gibbons, Asst. Sec. of the Treasury, Center, and Postmaster General James A. Farley, right. Dr. Dolan was collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Connecticut from August 1934 to June 1935, was Chairman of the State Board of the N.R.A. and has been a member of the National Advisory Board of the W.P.A. until his recent resignation.

Treasury Head asks changes to plug tax leaks. Washington, D.C. June 17. While the Treasury Department is temporarily withholding the names of alleged tax dodgers, Secretary Morgenthau appeared before a Joint Congressional Tax Committee today to recommend immediate legislative enactments to close loopholes in the Federal Tax laws. In the photograph, left to right: Rosewell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; Secretary Morgenthau; Rep. Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina; and Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. 61737

Arrive for special cabinet session. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. With the exception of Attorney General Cummings, the entire cabinet met in special session with President Roosevelt today to consider the tense foreign situation and discuss domestic monetary and credit matters. Solicitor General Stanley Reed sat in the session for Attorney General Cummings. Among the first to arrive were, left to right: Secretary of Commerce Rober, Solicitor General Stanley Reed, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of War Woodring, and Secretary of State Hull. 9/14/37

Revenue agents meet with Treasury officials. Washington, D.C., May 12. Internal Revenue agents from 37 key cities in the United States and Alaska began a four-day conference today with treasury officials to devise means of expediting and improving field audits of income tax returns. Secretary Morgenthau told the conferees that they had a big responsibility in connection with federal financing and budget balancing. It was their job, he said, to see that the government got its revenue. In the photograph, left to right: (seated ) Guy T. Helvering, U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of Treasury; Charles T. Russell, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue; Milton C. Carter, Assistant to the Commissioner. Back row, left to right: W.A. Holt, Oklahoma City; W.L. McBride, Chicago; George E. Neal, Detroit; R.T. Miles, Buffalo; D.W. Reynolds, Milwaukee; John R. Kirk, Cleveland, 5/12/1937

New first deputy Comptroller of the Currency. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau today appointed his special assistant, Cyril B. Upham, as first deputy comptroller of the Treasury. Upham succeeds Marshall R. Diggs, who has been acting comptroller since the resignation of JFT O'Connor, the resignation of Diggs and Deputy Comptroller V.J. Oppegard were requested by the Sec. of the Treasury last Thursday, Upham, seems to quite Happy about the whole affair, 10/1/38

New Zealand Minister of Finance arrives. Washington D.C., July 12. Walter Nash, Minister of Finance, Customs, and Marketing of New Zealand, as he [was] greeted on his arrival today by H.O. Chalkley, (left) Counselor of the British Embassy. Mr. Nash, accompanied by a party of technical commercial aides, is in the Capitol for a discussion of trade and transport problems with the United States, 7/12/37

Named to new Treasury post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Huntington Cairns, who has been in the Legal Division, U.S. Treasury, handling special problems in connection with customs, has been promoted to the position of Assistant General Counsel in charge of the opinion section and all legal matters arising in the Bureau of Customs. He is a native of Baltimore and graduate of the University of Maryland Law School, 1925. He entered the Government Service in 1934. 9/21/37

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[Congressional legislative assistant Kirk Bell, speaking at microphone at a press conference at F and 5th Streets, NE, Washington, D.C., the site of the murder of his friend, Thomas "Gray" Liddell]

Graduate register nurse, above, receives instruction in technique of anesthesia from doctor. There is a great demand for more well qualified anesthetists at present

Increased business volume key to recovery. Hopkins new Executive Assistant. Washington, D.C., April 13. In his first Press Conference today, Edward J. Noble, newly appointed Assistant to Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins, told newsmen that he thought the key to recovery was to increase business volume. He said that if volume could be increased to a sufficiently high level, tax rates could be lowered without disturbing the government's revenue. 4-13-39

Closed old court; will open in? Frank J. Wideman, Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Division, will represent the government in the first case to go before the Supreme Court in the new building, and he holds the honor of arguing the last case to be heard in the old Supreme Court quarters. He has won 10 out of his last 11 cases. He represented the government, and won, in the Sandy-Fox case last session, which involved the Five Civilized Indian Tribes vis the United States. He will defend the government in the Douglas-Willicutts case, in which Edward B. Douglas seeks a return of tax money from Levi M. Willicutts, Collector of Internal Revenue, 10/4/35

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

Marble Hills, Huntington, Long Island, New York. Ardmore house, dinette to living room

Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona. Cairns General Hospital, FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Resident doctor and nurse attending a patient

Chinese technical experts inspect reference material in University of Maryland library where they are attending UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) training center. From left: Miss Ing (from Far Eastern Division, China branch, UNRRA Washington D.C. office); C.C. Chen, N.F. Chang, Miss Eleanor Hindler (special consultatnt, ILO office, Montreal, acting as coordinator of the course for Chinese technical experts at UNRRA training center); Chuan-Kwang Lin; W.T. Chang

Carll Homestead, Melville Boulevard, Huntington, Suffolk County, NY

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building No. 1, Spring Valley Drive, Huntington, Cabell County, WV

Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona. Cairns General Hospital, FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. NYA (National Youth Administration) girl who lives in the resident center working in the laundry

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance

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