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Washington, D.C. Mr. Este, a Swedish journalist, addressing Washington journalists at the National Press Club luncheon

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Butte, Montana. Victor Rauh speaking from the floor during a meeting of miners' union

Butte, Montana. Victor Rauh speaking from the floor during a meeting o...

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Mr. William Edward Hayes - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. William Edward Hayes - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Wash. D.C. Speaks of League of Nations. Left to right: Dr. Frank N.D. Buchman, American founder of the Oxford Group movement. The Honorable Carl J. Hambro, President of Parliament of Norway and member of Supervisory Committee of the League of Nations. Honorable Carl J. Hambro spoke on the League of Nations. 11/7/35

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On war profits. Secretary of War Dern, left, appears before the House Military Affairs Committee to give testimony on the McSwain Take-the-Profits-Out-of-War resolution. From the left: Sec. Dern; Rep. John J. McSwain, D. of S.C., chairman, and Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring. 1/28/35

On war profits. Secretary of War Dern, left, appears before the House ...

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May get graft quiz order. Joseph B. Keehan, Assistant Attorney General, left, talks with Sen. Royal S. Copeland, D. of N.Y., at the Senate Commerce Committee which is hearing the graft charges of Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who wants the G-men to carry on the investigation of alleged improprieties in the Commerce Department. 6/19/35

May get graft quiz order. Joseph B. Keehan, Assistant Attorney General...

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L to r: William Green, [Pres.?], Harvey C. Flemming, Wash. D.C., Ch. of Reception Comm., Ray Murphy, Nat. Com. Amer. Legion

L to r: William Green, [Pres.?], Harvey C. Flemming, Wash. D.C., Ch. o...

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[Harry Truman? left] - Public domain photograph

[Harry Truman? left] - Public domain photograph

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Approached. Laurence R. Wilder, former Chairman of the Board of Gulf Industries, a Florida shipbuilding concern, was offered an opportunity, according to testimony at the Senate munitions hearing, to get large naval contracts by paying a fee of $250,000

Approached. Laurence R. Wilder, former Chairman of the Board of Gulf I...

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Congressional Gardener at hobby. Washington, D.C., May 7. Rep. William R. Poage, a first term Texas Democrat, likes gardening. He couldn't find a plot of ground in the crowded capital, so he used his newly acquired congressional influence and won permission to help tend flowers and shrubbery in the government's Botanical Gardens. So he works along with the regular laborers an hour or two daily. no. 1, 5/7/1937

Congressional Gardener at hobby. Washington, D.C., May 7. Rep. William...

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Solons inspect new Army Bomber. Washington, D.C. March 10. Members of the House Military Affairs Committee with U.S. Chief of staff General Mailin Craig inspecting the new 4-Engine Boeing Bomber which arrived at Bolling Field today. This ship is first of 13 which will be delivered to the Army Air Corps in the newer future. In the photograph, left to right, can't be seen: Rep. Andrew Edmiston, West Virginia; Rep. Charles I. Faddis, Pennsylvania; Capt. C.E. O'Connor, pilot of the ship; Rep. Andrew J. May, Kentucky; Maj. General Malin H. Craig

Solons inspect new Army Bomber. Washington, D.C. March 10. Members of ...

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Sen. Guffey, B.F. Fairless, & Nathan Miller

Sen. Guffey, B.F. Fairless, & Nathan Miller

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Roger D. Lapham, member of the new Mediation Board. President of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company

Roger D. Lapham, member of the new Mediation Board. President of the A...

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Mr. John D. Summer. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Mr. John D. Summer. Great Depression public domain photograph.

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Secy. Wallace & Harry Slattery - Public domain photograph

Secy. Wallace & Harry Slattery - Public domain photograph

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Mr. Fred W. Thomas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. Fred W. Thomas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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[Vice President John N. Garner and group]

[Vice President John N. Garner and group]

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[Vice President John N. Garner]

[Vice President John N. Garner]

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Earl Schenck, naval consultant, speaking before labor-management committee members at Hazleton, July 30th

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Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Mr. Shaw, superintendent

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Mr. Shaw, superintend...

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Oswego, New York. Mr. Waterbury, publisher and part owner of Oswego's afternoon daily, the Palladium Times

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Fellheimer & Wagner, 155 E. 42nd St., New York City. Portrait of Mr. Steward Wagner

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Rep. Nat Patton at Senate lobby hearing, 7/26/35

Rep. Nat Patton at Senate lobby hearing, 7/26/35

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[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Senate passes on commerce tangle. Members of the Senate Commerce Committee and Secretary Daniel C. Roper, right, discuss phases of the charges hurled by ousted Assistant Secretary Ewing Y. Mitchell that graft exists in several bureaus of the Commerce Department. From the left: Sen. Pat McCarran, D. of Nev.; Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, R. of Mich., and Sec. Roper. The committee turned the investigation over to the Department of Justice, 6/20/35

Senate passes on commerce tangle. Members of the Senate Commerce Commi...

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RE-RIDE OREGON TRAIL TO WHITE HOUSE. BOY SCOUTS ARRIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS THEY COMPLETE THE TRIP FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, OVER THE OLD PONY EXPRESS TRAIL FIRST RIDDEN 75 YEARS AGO. MAJ. ARTHUR PROCTER OF NEW YORK, HANDS A PACKET OF LETTER TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. THE LETTERS WERE WRITTEN BY GOVERNOR OF THE SEVEN STATES CROSSED BY THE RIDERS FROM CALIFORNIA TO ST. JOSEPH, MO. SEN. WILLIAM H. KING, (D UT) IS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE MAJOR. STEVE EARLY, ONE OF THE WHITE HOUSE SECRETARIES, IS ON THE EXTREME RIGHT

RE-RIDE OREGON TRAIL TO WHITE HOUSE. BOY SCOUTS ARRIVE AT THE WHITE HO...

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L to r: Owen D. Young, Sen. Carter Glass

L to r: Owen D. Young, Sen. Carter Glass

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A couple of men sitting at a table with papers, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

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Keystone State Lieutenant Governor Washington D.C., March 8. Lieut. Gov. Tom Kennedy of Pennsylvania, was Speaker at the convention of the Labor Nonpartisan League today, 3/8/1937

Keystone State Lieutenant Governor Washington D.C., March 8. Lieut. Go...

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Chesapeake and Ohio to get control of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. Washington, D.C., May 14. Carroll M. Shanks, Chairman of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Mortgage Bondholders Protective Committee, told the Senate Railroad Financing Committee today that the proposed reorganization plan for the C.&E.I now pending on federal courts would give the control to the Chesapeake and Ohio. The Senate Committee has been investigating the $700,000 load procured by the C.&E.I from the Midland Bank of Cleveland. Later testimony brought out at the hearing proved that the Chesapeake and Ohio actually made the loan with the bank acting as the road's agent, 5/14/1937

Chesapeake and Ohio to get control of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rai...

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Sen. Norris & Rep. Knutson. Washington, D.C., April 7. Two members of Congress who voted against the bill for the World War are shown going over old times. Left to right: Senator George Norris of Neb. and Representative Harold Knutson of Minn., 4/7/1937

Sen. Norris & Rep. Knutson. Washington, D.C., April 7. Two members of ...

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"Listening up." Washington, D.C., March 23. Joseph P. Tumulty, (left) former Secretary to the late President Wilson and now a prominent Washington attorney, "listens in" with Senator Harry Flood Byrd, of Virginia, to the opposers of the President's court reform plan before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Raymond Moley, original member ofthe Roosevelt "brain trust" and now a New York editor, was the outstanding witness today, 3/25/1937

"Listening up." Washington, D.C., March 23. Joseph P. Tumulty, (left) ...

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Harry Hopkins - Public domain photograph

Harry Hopkins - Public domain photograph

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Rep. Georger Grant, Time - Public domain portrait photograph

Rep. Georger Grant, Time - Public domain portrait photograph

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Chaplain to King George VI visitor to Washington. Washington, D.C., March 21. The Revered Charles Earle Raven, D.D., Chaplain to King George VI of England, Canon of Ely Cathedral and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, is in Washington as the house guest of Can Anson Phelps Stokes, left, of Washington Cathedral. During his stay Reverend Raven will give a number of talks, 3-21-39

Chaplain to King George VI visitor to Washington. Washington, D.C., Ma...

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ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie, appearing before a Senate Committee investigation his fitness for the office of membership in the ICC upon the Presidents nomination, denied his belief in any dictatorship, 'whether it leans to the right or left'. Regarding communism, 'I have strongly opposed communist aims and program,' 2-6-39

ICC nominee Amlie denies extremist leanings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6....

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PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW COURT BILL. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 7. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY SIGNED A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NEW ORGANIZATION FOR HANDLING THE ADMINISTRATION OF U.S. COURTS. UNDER THE MEASURE, INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ASHURST OF ARIZONA, CONTROL OF PERSONNEL WILL BE PLACED UNDER A DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE HEAD OF 'THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.' THIS DIRECTOR, APPOINTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, WILL RECEIVE $10,000 YEARLY AND WILL HAVE AN ASSISTANT TO RECEIVE $7,500. L TO R: HOMER S. CUMMINGS, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANK MURPHY

PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW COURT BILL. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 7. PRESIDENT R...

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"Comrade Amlie" question refuted by ICC nominee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Thomas R. Amlie, Presidential appointee to the ICC, told the Senate Committee investigating his qualifications that his introduction as 'Comrade Amlie' at a mass meeting in Chicago in 1934 was unimportant. He pointed out that fraternal and veterans organizations frequently introduce speakers favorable to their programs as 'comrade'. Left to right: Thomas Amlie and Senator Warren R. Austin of Vermont who raised the question, 2-8- 39

"Comrade Amlie" question refuted by ICC nominee. Washington, D.C., Feb...

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Maine Senator. Washington, D.C., April 4. A new informal picture of Senator Wallace H. White, Jr., republican of Maine. 4-4- 39

Maine Senator. Washington, D.C., April 4. A new informal picture of Se...

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Sen. Carter Glass & Jesse Jones

Sen. Carter Glass & Jesse Jones

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A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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[Portrait of Ted Weems and William P. Gottlieb, WINX, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940]

[Portrait of Ted Weems and William P. Gottlieb, WINX, Washington, D.C....

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Michael J. Kosik, seated

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First meeting of labor management policy committee of the War Manpower Commission. Seated -- left to right: Fowler Harper, deputy chairman of War Manpower Commission (WMC); R. Conrad Cooper of Wheeling Steel Corporation; Arthur S. Flemming of Civil Service Commission, chairman; Clinton S. Golden, United Steel Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO); John P. Frey, American Federation of Labor (AFL), president, Metal Trades. Standing -- left to right: R.E. Gillmore, president, Sperry Gyroscope Company; R. Randall Irwin, director, industrial relations, Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation; H.A. Enochs, chief of personnel, Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Brigadier General Frank J. McSherry, director of operations, War Manpower Commission; Walter P. Reuther, member of United Automobile Workers, CIO; John Green, Marine and Shiipbuilding Workers, CIO; George Masterton, Steam Fitters and Plumbers, AFL; Joseph S. McDonagh, secretary treasurer, Building Trades, AFL

First meeting of labor management policy committee of the War Manpower...

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Citation winners. At the White House, certificate winner George Smolarek (left), employee of the Aircraft Engine Department, Packard Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, and citation winner Walter H. Hill, employed by the Wolverine Tube Division of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company, Detriot, Michigan, meet "Miss Victory," also a Detroit war worker

Citation winners. At the White House, certificate winner George Smolar...

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Mr. Arthur B. Newhall - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. Arthur B. Newhall - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Mr. Edward A. Locke - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. Edward A. Locke - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Sen. Arthur W. Vandenberg with Gov. and Mrs. Wilbert M. Brucker of Mich. at White House. 1/26/31

Sen. Arthur W. Vandenberg with Gov. and Mrs. Wilbert M. Brucker of Mic...

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[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

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Sen. Elmer Thomas D. of Okla. - Public domain portrait photograph

Sen. Elmer Thomas D. of Okla. - Public domain portrait photograph

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$8,000,000 "not improper." John W. Carpenter, Dallas, Tex., Pres. of Texas Power & Light, pauses amidst a hot Senate lobby inquiry Wednesday for a nip of ice water. Carpenter, in his testimony, admitted he did not think it "improper" when the Texas company's common stock was "written-up" from $2,390,000 to $10,550,000 when it was taken over by the Power & Light Co. 7/24/35

$8,000,000 "not improper." John W. Carpenter, Dallas, Tex., Pres. of T...

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General Motors Executive testifies before SEC. Washington, D.C., Aug. 12. Charles F. Kettering, (left,) Vice President at General Motors, talks to Robert E. Healy, member of the Securities Exchange Commission, before taking the stand today at the S.E.C. hearing investigating investment trusts. Questioned by SEC attorneys Kettering told how he unwittingly became a member of the board of directors of the Yosemite Holding Corporation in 1930 following a purchase of $260,000 of Yosemite stock. Kettering also related how he bought 40,000 shares of stock in the company and lost $240,000 in the investments

General Motors Executive testifies before SEC. Washington, D.C., Aug. ...

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L to r: R.H. Moyers & Tom. Younger, Supt. of Senate Office Bldg. Senate Trum. Var.

L to r: R.H. Moyers & Tom. Younger, Supt. of Senate Office Bldg. Senat...

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Rep. Joseph Martin - Public domain portrait photograph

Rep. Joseph Martin - Public domain portrait photograph

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F.C.C. Chairman and Senator Wheeler frame legislation to reduce membership of F.C.C. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Frank McNinch, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission today met with Senator Burton K. Wheeler to lay plans for new legislation to reorganize the FCC. They decided that the present membership of 7 Commissioners should be reduced to 3. McNinch will write the bill which Wheeler will submit to the Senate next week, 1-25-39

F.C.C. Chairman and Senator Wheeler frame legislation to reduce member...

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PRESIDENT GETS BASEBALL 'ANNIE OAKLEYS.' WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 13. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT ARE NOW ALL SET FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES THIS SUMMER. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE CLARK GRIFFITH, PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON SENATORS, AND FORD FRICK, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, PRESENTED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH HIS ANNUAL BASEBALL PASS AND ALSO LEFT FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT A FANCY POCIETBOOK CONTAINING ONE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALSO TOLD GRIFFITH AND FRICK THAT HIS ARM WAS IN SHAPE TO THROW OUT THE FIRST BALL IN SEASON'S OPENER IN D.C. BETWEEN YANKS AND SENATORS

PRESIDENT GETS BASEBALL 'ANNIE OAKLEYS.' WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 13. PR...

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Mr. Philip Reed - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. Philip Reed - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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Mr. Lewis Herndon - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. Lewis Herndon - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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[Rep. William M. Colmer, Democrat of Miss., Feb. 1940]

[Rep. William M. Colmer, Democrat of Miss., Feb. 1940]

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CENSUS CHIEF CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE TO TAKE CENSUS OF FIRST FAMILY. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 2. AMONG THE FIRST TO HAVE A CENSUS TAKER CALL UPON THEM IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY WAS THE PRESIDENT. DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS WILLIAM AUSTIN DID THE HONORS. HE IS SHOWN HERE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS HE ASKED QUESTIONS AND WROTE DOWN THE ANSWERS

CENSUS CHIEF CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE TO TAKE CENSUS OF FIRST FAMILY. WASH...

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[Vice President Garner (right) and unidentified]

[Vice President Garner (right) and unidentified]

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Mr. Julius Ritter - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. Julius Ritter - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant, speaking before labor-management commi...

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Mr. Arthur B. Newhall - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Mr. Arthur B. Newhall - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Francis Biddle. Portrait of Mr. Biddle II

Francis Biddle. Portrait of Mr. Biddle II

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Hurley receives Louisiana land deeds. Secretary of War Hurley received from Mayor J.G. Palmer of Shreveport, La., the deeds to 23,000 acres of land near that city, to be used as an aviation field and the future home of the Third Attack Group, now stationed at Fort Crockett, Tex. It will be the largest combat airdrone in the world when completed. Left to right; Palmer Hurley and Rep. John N. Sandlin of Louisiana

Hurley receives Louisiana land deeds. Secretary of War Hurley received...

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Woods testifies on unemployment. Col. Arthur Woods, Chairman of President Hoover's Emergency Employment Committee, testified before the Senate Appropriation Committee that unemployment in the United States had doubled since the census report of April 1, and that the total is now between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000. He predicted that the situation will not improve until spring and declared that unemployment and poverty are directly responsible for prevailing crime. At Wood's right is Sen. Wesley L. Jones, chairman of the Senate Committee. 1/7/31

Woods testifies on unemployment. Col. Arthur Woods, Chairman of Presid...

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An opinion needed. Sen. Pat Harrison, D. of Massachusetts., left, gets some advice from Attorney General Homer S. Cummings concerning the bill written by Sen. Harrison in the Senate Finance Committee for the extension of the NRA. The Supreme Court yesterday declared certain features of the old act unconstitutional. 5/28/35

An opinion needed. Sen. Pat Harrison, D. of Massachusetts., left, gets...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH GOV. DAVE SHOLTZ OF FLORIDA

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH GOV. DAVE SHOLTZ OF FLORIDA

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Urge alien importation. Rep. Martin Dies, left, Texas Democrat and author of H.R. 7120 to deport some six million aliens now said to be in the U.S. confers with Rep. Joe Starnes, Alabama Democrat, regarding the bill. Starnes reported the bill for Dies. 6/24/35

Urge alien importation. Rep. Martin Dies, left, Texas Democrat and aut...

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Munitions quiz opens on shipbuilders. The second phase of the Munitions Committee opened under Sen. Gerald P. Nye, R. of N.D., with representatives of shipbuilding concerns on the stand. This photo shows N.R. Parker, Treasurer of the New York Shipbuilding

Munitions quiz opens on shipbuilders. The second phase of the Munition...

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Mischievious. Sen. Duncan C. Fletcher (D. of Fla), Chr. of the Senate Banking Com. looks over a copy of George B. Roberson's "Monetary Mischief" at the Thursday com. meet on Capitol Hill. 7/18/35

Mischievious. Sen. Duncan C. Fletcher (D. of Fla), Chr. of the Senate ...

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Wash. D.C. Master of ceremonies, Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Massachusetts, takes the floor to lead the Navy Band, which played many tunes for the representatives, principally, "Home Sweet Home." 8/27/35

Wash. D.C. Master of ceremonies, Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Mass...

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A.F. of L. hearing, Washington, D.C. Oct. 14. Bert Swain (left) and Claude O. Reilly, representing the Seattle Trade Union Council, testified before the Executive Committee of the American Federation of Labor today on the Seattle Post-Intelligence strike. After the evidence is in the A.F. of L. will endeavor to settle the dispute in a manner agreeable to both sides

A.F. of L. hearing, Washington, D.C. Oct. 14. Bert Swain (left) and Cl...

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Senate Judiciary Committee hears Attorney General. Washington, D.C., March 11. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today on the President's court reoganization plan, Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, told the Committee that: "it is idle to contend, as many of the advocates of Judiciary supremcey do, that it was intended that the Supreme Court become a super-government," 3/11/1937

Senate Judiciary Committee hears Attorney General. Washington, D.C., M...

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First pres'y of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Washington, D.C., April 29. Harry A. Wheeler, first President of the United States Chamber of Commerce when it was organized in 1912, was given a great ovation after he spoke of the progress the chamber has made during the quarter of century of life, 4/29/1937

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Attorney General first witness before Senate Judiciary Committee on Court Reform Plan. Washington, D.C., March 10. The first to be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the President's plan for reorganizing the Judiciary, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings (center) is greeted on his at the Capitol by Senator Henry F. Ashurst (left) Chairman of the Committee; and Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, also member of the Committee, 3/10/1937

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Assistant to Cummings checks up. Washington, D.C., March 12. Joseph D. Keenan, Ass't to the Attorney General is a daily visitor at the Senate Judiciary hearing on the Supreme Court issue. He is shown with the Chairman of the Committee Sen. Henry F. Ashurst, of Arizona [...]

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R.B. Caldwell, pres. S.C. co-op.

R.B. Caldwell, pres. S.C. co-op.

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Complaints that pretty girls receive favors in promotions brings questioning of civil service employees. Washington, D.C., March 29. Senator Allen J. Ellender, Louisiana, remarked before the group of witnesses at his hearing today on civil service appointments that a group of civil service employees had complained to him last Friday night that they were dis-satisfied over the system of appointments, but were affraid to appear before his committee to openly state charges. The charges Sen. Ellender said, were to the effect that beauty means more in promotions than efficiency. Today, he called in post office employees where, it was charged, Mrs. Josephine Smithers had been promoted from a salary of $1740 to $2300 a year, while Miss Leone Adair, who has served the department longer, was broken hearted because she had not been considered. This is a general view of the hearing with witnesses. Left to right - William J. Dixon, Superintendant, Division of Postmasters, who appointed Mrs. Smithers, Leone Adair, one of protesting witnesses, Jessie Donaldson, Director of Personnel who backed up Dixon's Judgment in Promotions, Mrs. Virginia Counselman, complaining witness, J.P.B. Barber, complaing witness, Rose Goldensiel, complaining witness, and - in back, standing - Mrs. D.L. Holladay, complaining witness. 3-29-39

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Some Texas beef, ' on the hoof', arrives in Washington on way to World's Fair. Washington, D.C., April 7. Not so long ago 'Scandalous John', giant and gentle Hereford bull started out to hoof it to the World's fair. Before arriving at New York, John stopped off to see Washington and to see if his Congressmen couldn't come along. Somebody asked if the trailer in which the bull arrived had merely come along to transport the bull through cities, but no answer was forthcoming. Anyway, Senator Tom Conolly, Ellen Edgemon from Weatherford, and Rep. George H. Mahcall(?) from Texas, posed for photographs. John is unique in that he is 'saddle broke'. 4/7/39

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Congress expresses sorrow on death of Pope Pius X1. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. Senator Robert F. Wagner, left, democrat of New York, and Rep. James A. Shanley, democrat of Connecticut, introduced resolutions which were adopted by both houses of Congress expressing sorrow at the death of Pope Pius X1, 2-13- 39

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$7,300,000 sought for training civilian pilots. Washington, D.C., March 20. Robert Hinkley, left, a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, today declared before the House Ways and Means Committee that the aggressor nations had "Startled us into action" as he sought for the CAA an appropriation of $7,300,000 for the training of civilian air pilots. He is shown with Rep. Clarence F. Lea Chairman of the Committee, 3-20-39

$7,300,000 sought for training civilian pilots. Washington, D.C., Marc...

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Woodring awards distinguished Flying Cross to Commander of Mercy flight. Washington, D.C., Feb. 14. Secretary of War Harry Woodring, today presented Major Calen W. Haynes, Air Corps, with the distinguished Flying Cross for his work in commanding the recent flight of an Army bomber to Chile with a load of medicines and supplies for survivors of the Chilean earthquake. Charge D'Affaires Ad Interim of the Chilean Embassy, Senor Don Sergio Hunees, looks on. Major Haynes brought the bomber to Langley Field, Virginia, this morning, and flew to Washington for the medal presentation this afternoon, 2-14-39

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Sen. Nye & Dr. Townsend - Public domain portrait photograph

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Mr. H. W. Dodge - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT OBSERVES SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY IN WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BEGINS HIS EIGHTH YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY AND OBSERVED THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS INAUGURATION BY ATTENDING SERVICES AT ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH TODAY. THE PRESIDENT, TANNED AND RUGGED FROM HIS SEA TRIP, WAS JOINED AT THE CHAPEL BY A GROUP OF HIS CLOSEST GOVERNMENT INTIMATES, CABINET MEMBERS, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND ADVISORS. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AFTER THE SERVICES-L TO R: MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; MRS. SARA DELANO ROOSEVELT, MOTHER OF THE PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND MRS. ENDICOTT PEABODY, WIFE OF THE HEAD MASTER OF GROTON SCHOOL WHERE MR. ROOSEVELT PREPARED FOR HARVARD

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT OBSERVES SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY IN WHITE HOUSE. PRESI...

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Mr. Frank Bane, director of the Division of State and Local Cooperation for the National Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Defense Commission. Mr. Bane is executive director of the Council of State Governments

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Washington, D.C., March 7, 1942. Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board meets with the nation's leaders to discuss plans for the production drive. Left to right: William Green, President of the AFL (American Federation of Labor); Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board; Phillip Murray, President of the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)

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Meeting on wartime economies for retailers, September 29, 1942. Left to right: R.A. Black, L.H. Harris, L. Henderson, J.M. Johnson, L.J. Ruskin, Walter Thompson

Meeting on wartime economies for retailers, September 29, 1942. Left t...

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Meeting of commission to study methods of removing profits from war. The commission, recently created by Congress, to study methods fro removing profits from war, and for effecting an equitable distribution of the burdens of war, held its first meeting today in the office of the Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley. Secretary Hurley was elected chairman; Senator Davis A. Reed, Vice Chairman; and Rep. Lindley H.Hadley, Secretary. In the photograph, left to right: Rep. John J. McSwain, South Carolina; Rep. William P. Holaday, Illinois; Rep. Lindley H. Hadley, Washington; Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley; Senator Claude A. Swanson, Virginia; Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas; and Rep. Ross A. Collins, Mississippi

Meeting of commission to study methods of removing profits from war. T...

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THREE PROMINENT WOMEN: FROM THE LEFT, MRS. MARY HARRIMAN RUMSEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMERS ADVISORY BOARD OF THE N.R.A; MRS. ROOSEVELT; AND REP. ISABELLA GREENWAY OF ARIZONA. THIS PICTURE WAS MADE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ON ONE OF THE MANY AFTERNOONS THE THREE MEET THERE. WHEN MRS. ROOSEVELT HAS A PRESS CONFERENCE IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE THESE THREE TOGETHER

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Authors of Anti-Lynching Bill. Sen. Robert Wagner, D. of N.Y. left, and Sen. Edward Costigan, D. of Colo., authors of the Anti-Lynching bill now before the Senate Judiciary sub-committee, as they appeared at the hearing. 2/14/35

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Take part in hearings. Sec. of Int. Harold L. Ickes, left, and Louis R. Glavis, Director of Inves. of the Int. Dept. and Public Works, confer during a recess in the Senate Investigation of the Virgin Islands administration. 7/2/35

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Peter Grimm, Pres. of William A. White & Sons, N.Y. City

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[Rep. John Rankin. D. of Mich.]

[Rep. John Rankin. D. of Mich.]

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