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Rail executive confers with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. Following a conference with President Roosevelt today on the carriers wage controversy, J.J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroads, announced that the President seeks settlement of the dispute without trouble on a peaceful basis. Pelley said the president assured him the Administration would support a constructive rail rehabilitation program in the next Congress, 103138

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Rail executive confers with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. Following a conference with President Roosevelt today on the carriers wage controversy, J.J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroads, announced that the President seeks settlement of the dispute without trouble on a peaceful basis. Pelley said the president assured him the Administration would support a constructive rail rehabilitation program in the next Congress, 103138

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. George M. Harrison, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship clerks, leaving the White House today after discussing with President Roosevelt the carriers wage controversy. Harrison told newsmen "the president wants railroad labor and management to take up the problem of developing a program of legislation for general rehabilitation of the railroad industry," 10-31-38

Railway heads. Washington, D.C., March 11. M.W. Clement, (left) President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Daniel Willard, Prexy of the B&O, pictured at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Railroads here today. The Executives were called into special session to seek a relief for the "critical financial condition" of the Nation's largest industry, 31138

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. George M. Harrison, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship clerks, leaving the White House today after discussing with President Roosevelt the carriers wage controversy. Harrison told newsmen "the president wants railroad labor and management to take up the problem of developing a program of legislation for general rehabilitation of the railroad industry," 10-31-38

Present rail wage same as in 1920 when under government control, fact finding committee told. Washington, D.C., Oct. 8. Present railroad wages are on approximately the same level as in 1920 when the roads were controlled by the government, Bert M. Jewell, President of the A.F. of L.'s railway employees, told President Roosevelt's fact finding board today. He contended that because railroad workers have made "little or no progress" in improving their wages rates since then, they should now be called upon to accept the 15 percent reduction demanded by the carriers, 10838

Railway Labor and Capital meet. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. In compliance with a suggestion made by President Roosevelt in December, a joint conference between committees representing railway labor and railway managements was held here today. The most important matter considered was the Railroad Retirement Act situation, but no conclusion was reached. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) J.A. Phillips, Order of Railways Conductors; M.W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad; and George B. Elliot, President of the Atlantic Coast Line; standing, left to right: E.J. Manion, Order of Railway Telegraphers: James J. Delaney, President, Masters, Mates, Pilots of America; George M. Harrison, Chairman of The Railway Executives Association of Railroads; J.B. Hill, President, Nashville, and Executive Officer, Missouri Lines; H.A. Scandrettm Trustee of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Chief Executive discusses rail problems with R.R. Heads. Washington, D.C., April 4. Following a conference [..] President Roosevelt today, representatives of rail [...] and management indicated the chief executive would probably send a special message on railroad problems to congress sometime this week. From a reliable source, it was learned the president asked the railroads not to out the wages of their nearly 1,000,000 employees. At the same time the railroad men laid before the President Roosevelt a proposal for a federal guarantee of rail income as an effort to revive business and save the industry. In the photograph, left to right: (front row) George Harrison, Chairman of Railroad Labor Association of American Railroads; E.J. Manion, President of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Back row, left to right: Ernest E. Norris, Vice President of Southern Railway; and S.H. Hogan, President of Marine Engineers, 4/4/38

Perfect Harmony Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Perfect harmony prevailed today as President Roosevelt's Special Committee of Rail Labor and Management representatives discussed proposed recommendations for legislative aid for the industry. Here we see George Harrison, right, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, as he accepts a cigarette from M.W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 11738

Extension of ICC power is urged by rail labor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Railroad labor recommended today that regulatory power of the Interstate Commerce Commission be extended to domestic water and air transportation and that railroad freight and passenger rates be increased, contingent on earmarking of added revenue for equipment and labor expenditures. The recommendations were part of a five point program submitted to the unemployment committee of the Senate by A.F. Whitney, President of Railroad Trainmen, right, and ...J. Pelley, President of the American Association of Railroads, left. In the center is Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Committee, 11238

Rail executive confers with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. Following a conference with President Roosevelt today on the carriers wage controversy, J.J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroads, announced that the President seeks settlement of the dispute without trouble on a peaceful basis. Pelley said the president assured him the Administration would support a constructive rail rehabilitation program in the next Congress, 10/31/38

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D.C. Commissioner. Washington, D.C., July 7. District of Columbia Commissioner George E. Allen leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt. Allen, who resigned as Commissioner during 1938, was recently drafted by President Roosevelt to serve a second time

Exhausted after wage-hour fight in senate. Washington, D.C., June 13. Senator Allen Ellender Democrat of Louisana and onetime Lieutenant of the late Huey Long, is snapped by news cameramen as he rests in his office after leading the victorious fight for the compromise in the wage-hour bill. The compromise is expected to make wage differentials possible for many southern industries. He has threatened a filibuster unless the south got what it wanted in the measure, 6/13/38

Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Black beads hung between the breasts are good for heart trouble

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

Production. Small ramp boats. Fitting and painting small wooden ramp boats at a Southern shipyard. These thirty-six-foot carriers, built of prefabricated sections, are used for making beach landings of men and equipment. The completed boats are launched by crane and delivered in tows of six to eight. Higgins Industries

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

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

Congressman's day. 11:40 A.M. Rep. Thomas engages in a short conference with Speaker Bankhead before attending to his duties on the floor of the House

Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Nerve center of civilian defense communications. A message center keeps constantly in touch with developments throughout the city by telephone and radio. A vital part of civilian defense work is the proper handling of trouble calls, assignment of crews to troubled areas and the passing on of orders for prompt action. One operator is connected with the first aid center, one with the decontamination squad, one with the disaster unit and another with the emergency service division. Girls shown at work in the message center of central alarm system, Washington, D.C.

Off-the-record. Washington, D.C., July 19. Just before appearing before the Senate banking and Currency Committee today regarding the President's lending program, John J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroad holds a whispered conversation with Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, 7/19/39

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