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Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Democrat of Colorado, who at 81 is the oldest member of the House of Rep. He is [...] of the House Appropriations Comm., Oct. 1939

Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Democrat of Colorado, who at 81 is the oldest m...

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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WPA Administrator asks Senate Committee to restore $150,000,000 cut in Deficiency Relief Bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 16. WPA Administrator F.C. Harrington, right, who today asked a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to restore the $150,000,000 cut from the Deficiency Relief Bill by the House, is pictured with Assistant Administrator Corrington Gill as they arrived at the Capitol, 1/16/39

WPA Administrator asks Senate Committee to restore $150,000,000 cut in...

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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Dave Schenker, with William O. Douglas, Chairman of S.E.C. at appropriations hearing at Cap.

Dave Schenker, with William O. Douglas, Chairman of S.E.C. at appropri...

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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Mayor Walker of New York confers with Secretary Mellon and other members of Coolidge Cabinet. "Jimmie" Walker, the dapper Mayor of New York City, arrived in the National Capital today and immediately went into conference with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Postmaster General New and other high government officials regarding the proposed Federal appropriations for a new Federal court building in New York City and the removal of the present postoffice to a new site in the Metropolis. In the photograph, left to right: (sitting) Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills; Major Walker; Secretary Mellon; Attorney General Sargent; and Postmaster Joseph Johnson, New York City commissioner of Public Works; James A. Wetmore, acting supervising architect of the Treasury; Paul Block, newspaper publisher; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Carl T. Schuneman; and First Assistant Postmaster General John H. Bartlett

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Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High Naval Officials and members of key Congressional Committees conferred with President Roosevelt today in regard to a Naval Expansion Program. Following the meeting, Chairman Taylor of the House Appropriations Committee announced that the President will shortly send a message to Congress recommending Naval expansion. Left to right: Rep. Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee; Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee; Rep. William B. Umstead of North Carolina; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison; and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/5/38

Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High...

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WPA Administrator Hopkins indicates to house plan to increase relief load. Washington, D.C., April 20. Appearing before the House Appropriations Committee today, WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins indicated in his testimony he was preparing to increase the relief load during the first seven months during the next fiscal year beginning July 1. Hopkins (left) is pictured as he explained the was figure which he said is necessary to President Roosevelt's $4,512,000,000 Recovery Drive, to Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum (center) Chairman of the Subcommittee, and Rep. Edward T. Taylor, a member of the Committee.

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Appropriations Committee of House, 3/5/23

Appropriations Committee of House, 3/5/23

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Instigates Investigation of WPA. Washington, D.C., March 27. Rep. E.E. Cox, Georgia, who sponsored a resolution today to have the Appropriations Committee investigate the WPA. The House overwhelmingly approved the resolution by a vote of 352 to 27. Rep. Cox is shown here in this new informal photograph made today. 3- 27-39

Instigates Investigation of WPA. Washington, D.C., March 27. Rep. E.E....

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Perfect comfort for Chairman of House Appropriations Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. Rep. James P. Buchanan Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee believes in perfect comfort as he drives home a point at a meeting of his Committee with Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell

Perfect comfort for Chairman of House Appropriations Committee. Washin...

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House Appropriations Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

House Appropriations Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

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C.I.O. leader endorses recovery program. Washington, D.C., May 2. John L. Lewis, Head of the Committee for Industrial Organization, today told the House Appropriations sub-committee that he was "wholeheartedly in support" of President Roosevelts program. He urged that arrangements be made to provide jobs for 3,500,000 unemployed. In the photograph, left to right: Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Rep. Clifton Woodrum, and John L. Lewis, 5/2/38

C.I.O. leader endorses recovery program. Washington, D.C., May 2. John...

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House Appropriations Committee hears Secretary of Treasury and Budget Director. Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell discussed federal finances today with the House Appropriations Subcommittee considering the Treasury-Post Office Departmental Supply Bill. Secretary Mogenthau refused to say which points of the Bill were discussed at the meeting which was Executive. In the photograph, left to right: (front row) Sec. Morgenthau, Rep. James P. Buchanan, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; and Rep. John Taber of New York. Back row, left to right: Rep. Louis Ludlow, Chairman of Subcommittee on Appropriations and Post Offices; and Daniel Bell, Acting Director of the Budget

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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"Psst. don't look now, but you're a Supreme Court Justice." Washington, D.C., March 24. Awaiting the speedy decision of the Judiciary Sub-committee of the Senate in the Appropriations Committee Room, William O. Douglas, former S.E.C. Chairman and youngest appointee to the Supreme Court, was pleasingly surprised when chairman Carl A. Hatch slipped up to tell him that he was O.K. with his committee. Next Monday the full committee meets and will undoubtedly pass upon him. 3-24-39

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, Portrait photo, Library of Congress

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N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washington, D.C., June 22. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York today asked the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to remove restrictions placed on the $1,735,000,000 relief bill by the House. LaGuardia also gave his support to an amendment restoring federal theater projects. Mayor LaGuardia, left, is shown Lowell Mellett, Executive Director of the National Emergency Council

N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washin...

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"How about the appropriations?" Mino, the talking mino bird from East India, has become interested in legislative affairs since he came to Washington. While talking, whistling, or making bugle calls he suddenly astounds his audience by asking, "How about the appropriations, how about the appropriations?" He probably attended a session of the Senate to hear this. The unusual bird is shown with the proprieter of the Washington bird store who is his present owner. 11/13/30

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PWA ready for recovery gun--Ickes. Washington, D.C., April 26. Secretary Ickes today told the House Appropriations Sub-Committee in hearing on President Roosevelt's recovery program that the PWA has 2,714 approved public works projects which could be started within "60 to 90" days. Ickes statement was disclosed to newsmen by Rep. Clifton Woodrum, Chairman of the Sub-Committee. While he refused to make a statement, Ickes did say he had no objections to making PWA permanent as proposed in a bill by Rep. Alfred Beiter. In the group, left to right: (seated) Rep. J. Buell Snyder, Penna., Secretary Ickes, and Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, Chairman. Standing, left to right, are: Howard A. Gray, Asst. WPA Administrator; and Ebert K. Burlew, Asst. Secretary of Interior, 4/26/38

PWA ready for recovery gun--Ickes. Washington, D.C., April 26. Secreta...

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House blocs battle boost and cut in new relief bill. Washington, D.C., Feb. 12. Chairman Edward Taylor, (D. Col.) of the House Appropriations Committee prepared today to meet opposition to the $250,000,000 Deficiency Relief Bill from two congressional factions, those that want to double it and those who would cut it in half. Trying to find out how the money will be obtained were left to right: Rep. Taylor; A.J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social Security Board; and Sec. of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, 2/12/38

House blocs battle boost and cut in new relief bill. Washington, D.C.,...

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Last minute huddle. Washington, D.C., April 20. Loaded down with facts and figures on President Roosevelt's $4,512,000,000 Recovery Drive, WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins (left) and his First Assistant Chief Aubrey Williams, await the opening of The House Appropriations Committee Hearing today where they made public plans for the Administration's new drive against The Depression, 4/20/38

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Public is 'willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support defense program; Morgenthau. Washington, D.C., June 12. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau today told the Senate Finance Committee that the public 'is willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support the defense program, but he opposed 'random reductions' in other federal appropriations. Morgenthau is shown here with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican member of the committee

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W.P.A. Administrator appears before Senate Appropriations Committee. Washington, D.C., May 17. Harry Hopkins, Chief of W.P.A. testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee today that approximately 2,800,000 persons are on relief. Shown with members of the committee, hopkins, left; seated Sen. Carl Hayden, D. of Ariz. right; seated, and in the rear; Aubrey Williams, Asst. W.P.A. Administrator, and Sen. Alva Adams, D. of Colo. Chairman of the committee, 5/17/38

W.P.A. Administrator appears before Senate Appropriations Committee. W...

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N.Y. Mayor pleads for more relief money. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee today, proposed that Congress provide $915,000,000 to finance relief until July 1 instead of the $875,000,000 recommended by President Roosevelt. La Guardia, representing the conference of United States Mayors, said Mr. Roosevelt's recommendation is 'not enough' to meet the needs of the WPA until the end of the fiscal year. Left to right, can be seen: Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of the committee; Mayor La Guardia; and Rep. J. Buell Snyder of Pennsylvania, a member of the committee, 1/9/39

N.Y. Mayor pleads for more relief money. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. New...

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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Long time between these bills. Washington, D.C., June 29. Clerk of the House during the Wilson administration and now holding the same job under the present Roosevelt administration, South Trimble compares his signature on the recently passed tax bill with that of John Beckley, first Clerk of the House, on an old measure just unearthed in the archives of the United States Capitol. During his tenure as Clerk, Trimble has affixed his signature to appropriations totaling billions of dollars, more than any official of the U.S. Government, 6/29/38

Long time between these bills. Washington, D.C., June 29. Clerk of the...

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[Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Democrat of Colorado, who at 81 is the oldest member of the House of Rep. He is [...] of the House Appropriations Comm., Oct. 1939]

[Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Democrat of Colorado, who at 81 is the oldest ...

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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"How about the appropriations?" Mino, the talking mino bird from East India, has become interested in legislative affairs since he came to Washington. While talking, whistling, or making bugle calls he suddenly astounds his audience by asking, "How about the appropriations, how about the appropriations?" He probably attended a session of the Senate to hear this. The unusual bird is shown with the proprieter of the Washington bird store who is his present owner. 111330

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New WPA Administrator appears before House Appropriations Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 6. Col. F.C. Harrington, new WPA Administrator, was the first witness today as the House appropriations Committee opened hearings on President Roosevelt's request for $875,000,000 to keep about 3,000,000 unemployed at work until June 30. Harrington, right, shown with Rep. Edward T. Taylor of Colorado, Chairman, said after testifying that a cut in the deficiency relief appropriation to $5000,000,000 would mean 'very drastic' reduction' in relief employment, 1/6/39

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President confers with House Appropriations Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Following a conference of President Roosevelt and the House Appropriations [...] Committee today, Chairman Snyder said the international situation was not discussed. He added the discussion was concerned chiefly with technical details of defense legislation. In the photograph, left to right: Rep. Edward Taylor, Chairman of Full Committee, Rep. J. Buell Snyder, Chairman of Subcommittee, Rep. Joe Starnes, Rep. David D. Terry, John Pugh, Clerk of the Committee, and Rep. John Kerr, 2-2-39

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Senators hear women's protest on Roosevelt pump-priming program. Washington, D.C., May 13. Fifty women headed by Mrs. Hamilton Wright of New York today invaded the Senate Office Building to protest to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee against President Roosevelt's five billion dollar pump-priming program. The women, who are from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, said they were not an organization. They are shown as they cornered four senators in the office of Senator Burke of Nebraska. The senators in the photograph [...] Truman of Missouri, Adams of Colorado, Burke of Nebraska, and Bridges of New Hampshire

Senators hear women's protest on Roosevelt pump-priming program. Washi...

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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U.S. Chief of Staff first witness before House Appropriations Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. General George C. Marshall, left, Army Chief of Staff, as he appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee today in support of President Roosevelt's request for $271,999,523 to finance national defense deficiencies. He is shown with Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Colo., Chairman of the Committee

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Sen. McNary tells press that Republican Senators want lending bill amended. Washington, D.C., July 20. Senate minority leader Charles McNary seated at the conference table with reporters as he announced results of a Republican conference this morning on Sen. Alben barkley's lending bill. 'The Republicans will offer amendments calculated to remove some of the unusual powers contained in the program, decrease the appropriations and approve the bill if at all possible', he said. Sen. Barkley announced that he had changed the name of his bill from 'the self-liquidating projects act' to 'works financing act', and chanced the term 'self-liquidating' to 'recoverable assests!' 'There isn't [...]

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