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Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. The chief of the district visiting the station to find out if any of the men on duty witnessed a soldier making a rescue at a previous fire

Protest WPA relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec .15. David Lasser, President of the Workers Alliance, and Mary Gorman, research worker for the same organization, led WPA workers from 28 states in protesting to Asst. WPA Administrator Aubry Williams the recent relief cuts, 121538

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Protest WPA relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec .15. David Lasser, President of the Workers Alliance, and Mary Gorman, research worker for the same organization, led WPA workers from 28 states in protesting to Asst. WPA Administrator Aubry Williams the recent relief cuts, 121538

WPA workers protest relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. WPA workers from 26 states, head by David Lasser, President of the Workers Alliance, today protested to Assistant Administrator Aubrey Williams the recent cuts in relief. Their kicks were against the current wage scales, geographical wage differentials, inadequate number of WPA enrollees and the 'unjust and unfair' labor relations setup. Lasser is on the right and Aubrey Williams in center seated, 12/15/38

WPA workers protest relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. WPA workers from 26 states, head by David Lasser, President of the Workers Alliance, today protested to Assistant Administrator Aubrey Williams the recent cuts in relief. Their kicks were against the current wage scales, geographical wage differentials, inadequate number of WPA enrollees and the 'unjust and unfair' labor relations setup. Lasser is on the right and Aubrey Williams in center seated, 121538

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

WPA workers stage march in fight for reinstatement. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. Police were as numerous as the marchers today when over 2000 dismissed W.P.A. workers, assembled here by the Workers Alliance of America, staged a march to the White House, Capitol, and Harry Hopkins' office in their fight for reinstatement to their old jobs. 8/24/37

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

WPA workers stage march in fight for reinstatement. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. Police were as numerous as the marchers today when over 2000 dismissed W.P.A. workers, assembled here by the Workers Alliance of America, staged a march to the White House, Capitol, and Harry Hopkins' office in their fight for reinstatement to their old jobs. 82437

AF of L meets to try to solve WPA strikes. Washington, D.C., July 12. William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, today pledged to presidents of 103 unions to do everything in the federation's power to persuade Congress to rescind the new wage provisions that reduced hourly rates. He disclaimed AF of L responsibility for the strikes of 77,000 WPA employees and the sympathy strike of some member unions

Massachusetts meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street, San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts made by Congress in relief appropriations

Protest WPA relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec .15. David Lasser, President of the Workers Alliance, and Mary Gorman, research worker for the same organization, led WPA workers from 28 states in protesting to Asst. WPA Administrator Aubry Williams the recent relief cuts, 12/15/38

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Senate lobby committee again refuffed. Washington, D.C., April 20. Efforts of the Senate Lobby Committee to obtain records of the National Committee to uphold Constitutional Government hit another snag today when Sumner Gerard, Treasurer of the Organization, testified he did not have in his "control" a list of contributors to the National Committee. Gerard, A brother of James Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, was questioned by the committee in his investigating of Lobby activities uding congressional consideration of the Government reorganization bill, 4/20/38

Edward McGrady Asst. Sec. of Labor

Asst. Sec. of Labor, W.W. Husband (CBS)

PWA Administrator. Washington D.C., July 14. Harry Hopkins, WPA Administrator, arriving at the White House for a conference with President Roosevelt on housing, 7/14/37

Washington, D.C. Mario Verdi (left), OWI (Office of War Information) radio commentator for Italy, visiting Mr. Leo Crowley, administrator of the Federal Economic Administration

Joe Keenan, Asst. Atty General with Vice Pres. Garner. Ed Jamison, 6/38

Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, April 1921

War workers. Social activities. A sailor enjoys table tennis at the USO (United Service Organization) center in Washington, D.C.

White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Holding his first press conference today, John D. Biggers, Administrator of the Unemployment Census, announced that he had called a conference at the White House on Monday to formulate plans for the first unemployment census ever conducted in the United States. Included among those invited to the meeting were John L. Lewis, CIO head; William Green, A.F. of L. President; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council; and Leaders of Farm and Cooperative Groups.

Secy. of War Weeks made the address at unveiling of a marble tablet to Francis Scott Key, on Key Bridge, in memory of writer of "Star Spangled Banner," by Nat'l Society of the Daughters of 1812. Left to rt.: Mrs. Chas. Fisher Taylor, Goldsboro, N.C., Chmn. , Secy. Weeks, and Mrs. Samuel Prescott Davis, Nat'l Pres. of the organization

New York Mayor confers with new WPA Administrator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City conferred today with Col. F.C. Harrington, new Works Progress Administrator. Following the meeting, Mayor Laguardia sharply criticized the plan for establishing bi-partisan boards to handle works progress complaints, 12/29/38

Officers of local Workers' Alliance. Muskogee, Oklahoma

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