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Senate finance committee chairman outlines congressional drive for tax reduction. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. Holding his first press conference since start of special session, Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee today outlined to newsmen his views regarding revision of the undistributed profits, probably next year, and said he hoped that congress would stand firmly for reduction of Emergency Relief Expenditures, as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Harrison will naturally step into leadership of the Congressional Drive for Governmental Retrenchment and tax reduction. 111637

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Senate finance committee chairman outlines congressional drive for tax reduction. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. Holding his first press conference since start of special session, Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee today outlined to newsmen his views regarding revision of the undistributed profits, probably next year, and said he hoped that congress would stand firmly for reduction of Emergency Relief Expenditures, as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Harrison will naturally step into leadership of the Congressional Drive for Governmental Retrenchment and tax reduction. 111637

Chairman of Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16 Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee pictured at his press conference today when he outlined to reporters his views regarding revision of the undistributed Profits Tax, probably early next year, and said he hoped that Congress would stand firmly for reduction of emergency relief expenditures, 111637

Chairman of Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16 Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee pictured at his press conference today when he outlined to reporters his views regarding revision of the undistributed Profits Tax, probably early next year, and said he hoped that Congress would stand firmly for reduction of emergency relief expenditures, 11/16/37

Big three of congressional tax hearing. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. The income tax payers are not the only ones having headaches these days for the Senators and Treasury experts who are handling the congressional tax investigation are having theirs too. Here we see in a huddle, left to right: Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Co-Chairman of the Joint Congressional Tax Committee; Lovel H. Parker, Treasury Income Tax expert who assisted the Committee in the investigation; and Senator John G. Townsend of Delaware, Republican member o the Committee, 8/18/37

Big three of congressional tax hearing. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. The income tax payers are not the only ones having headaches these days for the Senators and Treasury experts who are handling the congressional tax investigation are having theirs too. Here we see in a huddle, left to right: Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Co-Chairman of the Joint Congressional Tax Committee; Lovel H. Parker, Treasury Income Tax expert who assisted the Committee in the investigation; and Senator John G. Townsend of Delaware, Republican member o the Committee, 81837

Tax advice to Mrs. Roosevelt routine Treasury precedent, Congressional Committee told. Washington D.C. July 28. In ruling that a radio contract did not result in taxable income for Ms. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Treasury merely followed precedents, Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General told the Congressional Tax Committee today. Jackson is shown chatting with the Co-Chairmen, Rep. Robert L. Doughton, (left) and Senator Pat Harrison, following his appearance on the stand. 72837

Congress gets huge petition for reduction of federal tax on earned incomes. Led by many of America's outstanding personages in professional life, a parade marched down Pennsylvania Avenue today with a truckload of petitions bearing the signatures of millions of tax payers who demand a substantial reduction in the Federal Tax on earned incomes. The petition was presented to the chairman of the House and Senate Finance Committees. In the center of the photograph can be seen, left to right: William Howard Black, justice of the Supreme Court of New York; Mae Murray, movie star; Isaac Gans, Washington business leader; Senator Reed Smoot, chairman of Senate Finance Committee; Rep. Willis C. Hawley, chairman of House Finance Committee; and Rep. Sol Bloom of New York

Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. President Roosevelt today called a special meeting of the Government's tax experts at the White House. Leaving the meeting Rep. Robert L. Doughton, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters that tax revision and proposed farm levies were discussed with the President. Left to right: Daniel Bell, Director of the Budget; Rep. Fred Vinson of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee now studying tax revision; Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau; Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; and Rep. Robert L. Doughton.

Senate Finance Committee begins work on new defense financing program. Washington, D.C., May 29. The Senate Finance Committee today began work on the new defense financing program. It is expected that a thorough revision of the nation's tax structure will be made in an effort to end deficit financing. In this picture, left to right, are members of the Committee. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator Pat Harrison, Chairman, Senator Robert F. Lafollette, Senator Arthur Capper, and Senator John C. Townsend

Senate finance committee chairman outlines congressional drive for tax reduction. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. Holding his first press conference since start of special session, Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee today outlined to newsmen his views regarding revision of the undistributed profits, probably next year, and said he hoped that congress would stand firmly for reduction of Emergency Relief Expenditures, as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Harrison will naturally step into leadership of the Congressional Drive for Governmental Retrenchment and tax reduction. 11/16/37

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President organizes $4,000,000,000 pump priming campaign. Washington, D.C., April 11. President Roosevelt met with his Relief and Congressional Aides today to the personal command of a new administration fight to check business recession with a $4,000,000,000 pump priming campaign. The president subordinated all other White House business to efforts to hammer his lending and spending program into shape as a major New Deal offensive against recession and unemployment, left to right: Director of the Budget Daniel Bell, Sen. James F. Byrnes, SC. Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia, Majority Leader of the House Sen. Sam Rayburn of Tex., Sen Kenneth McKeller of Tenn., Sec. of Treasury Henry Morenthau, and in the rear, Rep. Edward Johnson, of Colo., April 11, 1938

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

[Group in front of Office Finance Committee door]

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

Mississippi Solon. Washington, D.C., March 9. Pat Harrison, senior United States Senator, Mississippi, from a recent snapshot made in the senate restaurant, 3/9/38

Navy band develops first symphony orchestra. This photograph shows a portion of the U.S. Navy Band's 95-piece symphony orchestra for the first time. This orchestra, under the leadership of Lt. Charles Bentor, will give its first concert at the Navy Yard Sail Loft Tuesday night (11/26/35). The Navy Band has had a small orchestra in the past which played at various functions such as White House receptions and other official social gatherings. The new and larger orchestra will give a popular music concert later in the month. 11/25/35

A life of travels and researches in North America and south Europe : or, Outlines of the life, travels and researches of C.S. Rafinesque

Treasury Department, September 30, 1802, Memorandum on U.S. Receipts and Expenditures

Smoot, Mae Murray, Hawley tax petitions, 12/7/29

Henry A. Wallace, Chairman, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Vice-President of the United States, and Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Director of the Priorities Division, Office of Production Management (OPM). Photograph taken at a joint press conference held directly after the first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board on September 2, 1941

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, films, Man on the Move

List of expenditures charged on the revenue 1814, from 1st January 1814 to 31st October, 1814, both inclusive. [Richmond] Auditor's office, 14th November 1814.

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