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Will lead Democrats in Senate this session. Washington, D.C., Dec. 31. After a harmonious caucus which lasted only 20 minutes, Senate Democrats today re-elected unanimously Senator Alben W. Barkley as Majority Leader. At the same time, Senator J. Ham Lewis of Illinois, who considered resigning announced that at the request of President Roosevelt he would continue as Democratic Party Whip of the Senate. Senator Sherman Minton, right, of Indiana, was named Assistant Whip, 12/31/38
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New gavel for Speaker as House nears adjournment. Washington, D.C., June 15. A gavel of ebony and birchwood made by the great grandson of David Crockett, Texas pioneer, was presented to the Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead today by two of the Lone State representatives, Rep. Albert Thomas, (left) and Rep. Nat Patton (right), 6/15/38
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Red Cross offered air aid in forthcoming rill call. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Neville Miller, (left) President of the Association of Broadcasters, calling on Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the American Red Cross, to offer the fullest cooperation of his organization in the forthcoming nation-wide roll call, November 11. 24. Mr. Davis thanked Mr. Miller for the cooperation the broadcasters rendered during the recent flood disasters, 10638
Urge $10,000,000 Red Cross Relief Fund. President Hoover, as President of the American Red Cross, joins Judge John Barton Payne, chairman, in a special call for a $10,000,000 popular subscription to the Red Cross to be used for drought relief in 21 states. Payne has described the drought problem, accentuated by unemployment, as the "greatest peace-time emergency" the organization has ever faced. 1/14/31 [White House, Washington, D.C.]
President appoints committee of four cabinet members to cooperate with Red Cross in aiding flood sufferers. After making an appeal to the people of the country today for prompt and generous contributions to the American Red Cross relief fund for sufferers in the flood area of the Mississippi river, President Coolidge appointed a committee of four cabinet members to cooperate with the officers of the Red Cross in their relief work. The cabinet members met with Red Cross Officials today in Washington to determine how the Federal Government through its many agencies can best cooperate. In the photograph, left to right; (sitting) Rear Admiral E.R. Stitt, chief of U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis; Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur; James L. Feiser, Acting Chairman of the Red Cross; Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Charles S. Dewey; Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon and Miss [...]
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Annual American Red Cross convention gets under way. Washington, D.C., April 24. Members of the American Red Cross and Junior Red Cross joined hands today in efforts to make this year's convention, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the organization, an outstanding success. Pictured at the initial session are, left to right: Walter S. Gard, National Director of the Junior Red Cross; Norman Davis, Chairman of the American Red Cross; and Charles W. Daly Jr., of Hartford, Conn., a speaker for the Junior Red Cross
Urge $10,000,000 Red Cross Relief Fund. President Hoover, as President of the American Red Cross, joins Judge John Barton Payne, chairman, in a special call for a $10,000,000 popular subscription to the Red Cross to be used for drought relief in 21 states. Payne has described the drought problem, accentuated by unemployment, as the "greatest peace-time emergency" the organization has ever faced. 11431 White House, Washington, D.C.
American delegation to International Civil Aeronautics Conference. The first meeting of the American delegation to the International Civil Aeronautics Conference to be held in Washington, December 12, 13, and 14, took place today in the offices of Secretary of Commerce William F. Whiting, chairman of the delegation. In the photograph, left to right: (sitting) Nelson T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of State; Edward P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of Navy; William F. Whiting, Secretary of Commerce; [...]m. P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; ...nd Harry F. Guggenheim, president of Guggenheim fund for promotion of aeronautics. Standing left to right: Lester D. Gardner, president Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce; Joseph S. Ames, Chairman, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; and W.I. Glover, Assistant Postmaster General
The American Red Cross in touch with three generations. This family of Grandfather, Daughter and grandchild arrived recently from Amiens, being driven out by the bombardment. When they arrived in Southern France the child who was ill grew worse. Now the grandfather has obtained work and the American Red Cross will find lodgings and supply furniture and medical help. The picture shows the temporary quarters of the American Red Cross? Bureau of Refugees, in a room where supplies from the warehouse are stored
Red Cross offered air aid in forthcoming rill call. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Neville Miller, (left) President of the Association of Broadcasters, calling on Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the American Red Cross, to offer the fullest cooperation of his organization in the forthcoming nation-wide roll call, November 11. 24. Mr. Davis thanked Mr. Miller for the cooperation the broadcasters rendered during the recent flood disasters, 10/6/38
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Date
1938
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Library of Congress
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