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BARUCH, BERNARD M., CHAIRMAN, WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD

BARUCH, BERNARD M., CHAIRMAN, WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD

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RED CROSS, AMERICAN. EMERGENCY FIN. COM.: FRANK B. HAYNE; H.P. DAVISON, CHAIRMAN; CORNELIUS N. BLISS, JR.; RICHARD F. GRANT; ELIOT WADSWORTH; CHARLES D. NORTON

RED CROSS, AMERICAN. EMERGENCY FIN. COM.: FRANK B. HAYNE; H.P. DAVISON...

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ROSENWALD, JULIUS. OF SEARS-ROEBUCK CO. SUPPLIES COM., ADV. C.N.D., CHAIRMAN

ROSENWALD, JULIUS. OF SEARS-ROEBUCK CO. SUPPLIES COM., ADV. C.N.D., CH...

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House Labor Committee Chairman. Washington, D.C., July 21. A new informal photo of Rep. Mary Norton, Democrat of New Jersey, who is chairman of the House Committee on Labor, 7/21/09

House Labor Committee Chairman. Washington, D.C., July 21. A new infor...

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Mrs. William H. Blauvelt of Syracuse, N.Y. State Chairman, Woman's Party, 11/11/22, heads New York delegation to Woman's Party Conference

Mrs. William H. Blauvelt of Syracuse, N.Y. State Chairman, Woman's Par...

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[...] Payne, left, chairman of the [...] and Charles B. Warren formerly [...] Ambassador to Japan, leave for Mexico [...] preliminary negotiations as [...] commissioners

[...] Payne, left, chairman of the [...] and Charles B. Warren formerl...

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Following in the footsteps of their illustrious father who served newspapers in his youth. John and Edward Wheeler, eldest sons of Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, Montana Chairman of the Senate Comm. investigating former Atty. General Daughtery

Following in the footsteps of their illustrious father who served news...

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Washington, D.C., June 25. Cincinnati school children report 35,539 American Elms for the honor roll of the American Tree Association to mark the sesquicentennial of the framing of the constitution. Prof. Chester L. Miller of the Garfield School, and chairman of the Cincinnati City Beautiful Committee, presents the long list of names to the American Tree Association of Washington in front of the George Washington Elm which one stood at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Receiving the lists from Mr. Miller are Genevieve O'Connell and Adelene Smallwood. The American Tree Association says this is the biggest municipal tree planting in the sesquicentennial tree planting campaign

Washington, D.C., June 25. Cincinnati school children report 35,539 Am...

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General Pershing returns home. General John J. Pershing, until recently neutral Chairman of the [...] Commission, arrived in Washington today, February 11th, and immediately went into conference with the Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg. The General who appeared to be in very poor health, plans to enter Walter Reed Military Hospital while in Washington

General Pershing returns home. General John J. Pershing, until recentl...

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Head of United Mine Workers is first witness before Senate Coal Committee. John L. Lewis, (right) head of the United Mine Workers of America, was the first witness to testify before the Senate committee investigating the coal situation in Washington today. On the left is Senator James Watson of Indiana, chairman of the committee

Head of United Mine Workers is first witness before Senate Coal Commit...

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The officers of the Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense now being held in Washington at the Continental Memorial Hall. Left to right: Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, Jr., Chairman; Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, first Vice Chairman; Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, first Vice Chairman; Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Secretary; and Mrs. Albert G. Mang, Treasurer

The officers of the Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense n...

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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

Congress gets huge petition for reduction of federal tax on earned inc...

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GOP chairman opens national committee meeting. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. A victory meeting might be called the one today of the Republican National Committee at the Carlton Hotel here. Chairman John Hamilton is pictured calling the members to order, after which, gains made in the last election were noted and plans for the future discussed

GOP chairman opens national committee meeting. Washington, D.C., Nov. ...

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The officers of the Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense now being held in Washington at the Continental Memorial Hall. Left to right: Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, Jr., Chairman; Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, first Vice Chairman; Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, first Vice Chairman; Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Secretary; and Mrs. Albert G. Mang, Treasurer

The officers of the Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense n...

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Samuel M. Vauclain, Chairman of the Board, Baldwin Locomotive Works. Samuel M. Vauclain seated at desk

Samuel M. Vauclain, Chairman of the Board, Baldwin Locomotive Works. S...

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Hurley inaugurates construction work at tomb of unknown soldier. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley broke the ground to start construction of approaches to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetary. Plans for the work were selected as the result of a nationwide competition and the $416,000 project was begun at this time for the purpose of relieving unemployment in the vicinity of Washington, Left to right in the photograph: Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of President Hoover's Committee on unemployment; Secretary Hurley; General Douglas MacArthur, new chief of staff of the U.S. Army, and Maj. General J.L.DeWitt, quarter-master general. 12/19/30

Hurley inaugurates construction work at tomb of unknown soldier. Secre...

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Feminists telephone the Hague to determine their status in proposed World Code. The National Woman's Party in Washington was all agog today as Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley telephoned Miss Doris Stevens, chairman of the InterAmerican Commission of Women at the Haugue, to ascertain whether the World Code now being drawn up by the Codification Conference of International Law will be based on sex discrimination. In the photograph, left to right: Miss Anita Pollitzer of South Carolina; Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley; Miss Alice Paul; and Miss Elsie Hill of Connecticut

Feminists telephone the Hague to determine their status in proposed Wo...

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A FUNNY BUSINESS. THE BUSINESS OF GETTING THE PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S BANKING BILL TOOK ON A JOCULAR TONE AS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEATED, JOKES WITH REP. HENRY STEAGALL, (D-AL), WHO HANDLED THE HEARINGS IN HIS HOUSE BANKING AND CURRENCY COMMITTEE. FROM THE LEFT: SEN. CARTER GLASS; COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY J.F.T. O'CONNOR; SEN. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER (D-FL); SECRETARY HENRY MORGENTHAU; JESSE JONES, CHAIRMAN OF RFC; REP. STEAGALL; AND GOV. MARRINER ECCLES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

A FUNNY BUSINESS. THE BUSINESS OF GETTING THE PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE O...

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At security hearing. Paul Kellogg, New York City, appears before the Senate Finance Committee considering the Economic Security Act. Kellogg is Editor of Survey Graphic and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council to the Committee on Economic Security. 2/14/35

At security hearing. Paul Kellogg, New York City, appears before the S...

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RFC Jones. This informal picture of Jesse Jones, chairman of the R.F.C., was made during a House hearing on the proposed extension of the loaning agency. 1/21/35

RFC Jones. This informal picture of Jesse Jones, chairman of the R.F.C...

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Inspecting Steel Houses. This group of steel men and architects inspect one of the partially completed fabricated steel houses being put up near Bethesda, Md. From the left: N.J. Clarke, Vice President, Republic Steel; L.S. Hamaker, Vice President, Berger Mgf. Co., Republic Steel subsidary; Oscar Stonorov, Philadelphia., Architect; Tom M. Girdler, Chairman of the Republic Steel Corp. Board, and Alfred Kastner, Philadelphia. Architect, 5/16/35

Inspecting Steel Houses. This group of steel men and architects inspec...

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Warns U.S. of crop shortage, Washington, D.C. Aug. 12. The country will be faced with the worst crop shortage in years during 1936, according to Joseph A. Becker, chairman of the crop reporting board of the Department of Agriculture. Shortage of corn will be the worst since 1881 and potatoes will also be scarce. Becker's potato chart shows a decrease of the million bushels planted in 1936 compared to the production in 1925, which was also a lean year. This means you eaters who number spuds among your favorite dishes, will have to be content with 2.7 bushels per person this year

Warns U.S. of crop shortage, Washington, D.C. Aug. 12. The country wil...

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Investigating presidential campaign expenses, Washington, D.C., Sept. 30. The campaign expenses of the presidential candidates are being carefully scrutinized by this special Senate Committee of which Senator Augustine Longergan, Democrat, is chairman. In the photograph made at the first meeting of the committee today are left to right: (seated) Sen. Louis B. Swellenbach, Democrat of Washington, Senator Augustine Longergan, Connecticut, and Senator Sherman Minton, Democrat of Indiana. Standing, left to right, Walter Meyers, counsel to the committee, and Senator Lynn J. Frazier, Farmer-Labor from North Dakota

Investigating presidential campaign expenses, Washington, D.C., Sept. ...

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE ANSWERS RED CROSS ROLL CALL. WASHINGTON, D.C. OCTOBER 20. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ANSWERED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS 1937 ROLL CALL TODAY AND WAS ENROLLED BY MISS HEBE REYNOLDS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RED CROSS CHAPTER, AT THE WHITE HOUSE. MISS REYNOLDS IS THE DAUGHTER OF MAJ. GEN. CHARLES R. REYNOLDS, SURGEON GENERAL OF THE U.S. ARMY. ON THE LEFT IS ADMIRAL CARY T. GRAYSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE ANSWERS RED CROSS ROLL CALL. WASHINGTON, D.C. OCTOBER ...

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President inspects sites for new Naval Hosp. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. Accompanied by members of Congress and the Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy, President Roosevelt today drove 20 miles through the District of Columbia to inspect two sites for the Navy's new $4,800,000 hospitals. In the photograph, left to right: President Roosevelt, Rep. Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs committee, Senator David I. Walsh, Chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs committee, and Rear Admiral P.S. Rossiter, Surgeon General of the Navy

President inspects sites for new Naval Hosp. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. ...

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Last-minute huddle. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. The House Ways and Means Sub-Committee today began consideration of a general revision of the Federal Revenue Structure. Today's session which was executive was devoted chiefly to the discussion of procedure. In the photograph, left to right: Rep. Allen Treadway, of Massachusetts.; Rep. Fred [...]on, of Kentucky, Chairman; and Rep. Frank Orother, of New York. 11/4/37

Last-minute huddle. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. The House Ways and Means...

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Named to Social Security Board. Washington, D.C., Aug 6. George E. Bigge, of Providence, Rhode Island, has been named a member of the Social Security Board by President Roosevelt. He is a former professor of economics at Brown University was the first Chairman of the Unemployment Board of Rhode Island, 8/6/37

Named to Social Security Board. Washington, D.C., Aug 6. George E. Big...

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U.S. Nurse wins international award. Admiral C. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross, as he [...] Florence Nightingale medal, the highest award that may be [...] any member of the nursing profession, to Miss Ida F. Rutherford, Conn. Miss Mabel Boardman, Secretary of the American Red Cross, at right. Miss Butler is the fifteenth American nurse to receive the award, which is made biennially

U.S. Nurse wins international award. Admiral C. Grayson, chairman of t...

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Girdler takes oath. Washington, D.C., June 24. Tom Girdler, Board Chairman of the Republic Steel Corporation, being sworn in as he took the stand today before the Senate Post Office Committee to describe his company's troubles with John L. Lewis: C.I.O., 6/24/37. General view of hearing

Girdler takes oath. Washington, D.C., June 24. Tom Girdler, Board Chai...

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T.A.M. Craven, Chairman of the Federal Communications, looking over his new commission

T.A.M. Craven, Chairman of the Federal Communications, looking over hi...

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Rebel chieftain smiles. Washington D.C., March 8. Rarely do you see a smiling picture of John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers and Chairman of the Board of the Labor Nonpartisan League. The Rebel Labor Chieftain is pictured here as he arrived to attend the convention of the Labor Nonpartisan League which opened in Washington today, 3/8/1937

Rebel chieftain smiles. Washington D.C., March 8. Rarely do you see a ...

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Senate Committee hears Van Swerigan official. Washington, D.C., May 11. known for many years as the closest business associate of the late Van Swerigan brothers, Herbert Fitzpatrick, Vice President and General council for two major units in vast Van Swerigan rail empire, was quizzed today by the Senate Committee investigating railroad financing. Chairman Wheeler charged that the late O.P. Van Swerigan acted "directly in defiance" of ICC orders by having the Van Swerigan-controlled Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad purchase in 1930 an option for stock of the Chicago and Illinois Railroad. Fitzpatrick answered by declaring the C&O voted to buy the option because "it was their judgement the O.&E. I[?] should properly be grouped with the C&O" roger brennan, counsel for Fitzpatrick, is shown on left, 5/11/1937

Senate Committee hears Van Swerigan official. Washington, D.C., May 11...

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National Archives to get 1892 petition for building of better roads. Washington, D.C., April 30. A petition containing over one million names submitted to the United States Senate in 1892 requesting legislation, "for the purpose of promoting knowledge in the art and construction and maintenance of roads" is to be removed from the Capitol and deposited in the National Archives building. Senator Kenneth McKeller, (right) Chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, is shown examining the petition with (left to right) Frank McCallister, Deputy Examiner, National Archives; and Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the Senate, 4/30/1937

National Archives to get 1892 petition for building of better roads. W...

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Probably next Chairman of Maritime Commission. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, now acting Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission, is expected to be named it permanent head in the even Joseph P. Kennedy is nominated for Ambassador to Great Britain. 122137

Probably next Chairman of Maritime Commission. Washington, D.C., Dec. ...

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Implicates industry for part of blame for sit-down strikes. Washington, D.C., March 20. Senator James E. Murray (left) of Montana, declared today that industry is part to blame for sit-down strikes. Murray veiled a reference to the Supreme Court when he said, "this is the only powerful nation in the world where the government is powerless to settle a controversy of the sort now going on in Detroit; powerless to investigate and resolve the difference between the contending forces." Senator Murray is shown with Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 3/20/1937

Implicates industry for part of blame for sit-down strikes. Washington...

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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. 11/16/37

Senate finance committee chairman outlines congressional drive for tax...

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Unemployment compensation a protection against business recessions. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board, appearing before the Special Senate Committee investigating unemployment, declared today that the unemployment compensation was the nation's "first line of defense" against business recessions. At the same time he warned the committee that out-of-work remuneration will never prove more than this slight barrier, 1/5/37

Unemployment compensation a protection against business recessions. Wa...

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Denounces rail inquiry. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. Treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, William Wyer today denounced the Senate Rail Inquiry and accused acting Chairman Truman of "innuendo, misrepresentation and libel." Wyer described the investigation as an attack upon his personal integrity, rather than an attempt to lay before the Congress complete information of the activity of the Van Swerigan Rail Empire. Wyer is shown reading the statement to Committee after which it was put in the record, 10/28/37

Denounces rail inquiry. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. Treasurer of the Mi...

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Begin study of security changes. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Outstanding business, industrial and labor leaders attended the first meeting of the Social Security Advisory Council today. Possible changes in the Social Security Act were discussed at the meeting which was held in the Secretary of Labor's office. Here we see, left to right: J. [?] Douglas Brown, Princeton University; Gerard Swope, President of General Electric Co.; Matthew Woll, A.F. of L.; Philip Murray, C.I.O.; as they talk to Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social Security Board, 11/5/37

Begin study of security changes. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Outstanding...

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Welcome ladies! Washington, D.C., March 19. The open hearing being by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the President's proposed Supreme Court plan is proving the "hit" of the present congressional session, at least by the members of the fair sex. Here we see Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Chairman of the Committee, greeting Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, former wife of the American Ambassador to the Soviet, and her daughter Mrs. Millard Tydings, wife of the Maryland Senator, as they arrived to attend today's session, 3/19/1937

Welcome ladies! Washington, D.C., March 19. The open hearing being by ...

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DEMOCRATIC VICTORY DINNER. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 4. WITH PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT AS HONORED GUESTS, THOUSANDS OF LOYAL DEMOCRATS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY SAT DOWN TO THE HUNDRED-DOLLAR-A-PLATE DINNER TONIGHT IN WASHINGTON TO CELEBRATE THE OVERWHELMING DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN LAST NOVEMBER'S ELECTIONS. ACTUALLY ONLY FIVE DOLLARS WENT FOR FOOD, THE OTHER NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS WAS STORED AWAY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAR CHEST. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT ARE SHOWN WITH POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES A. FARLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

DEMOCRATIC VICTORY DINNER. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 4. WITH PRESIDENT AN...

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Head of Republic Steel before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Chairman of the Board of the Republic Steel Corp., as he appeared before the Senate Liberties Committee today, 8/11/38

Head of Republic Steel before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washin...

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TVA congressional investigators hold first meeting. Washington, D.C., April 27. With their membership now complete, The Joint Congressional Committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority met today for the first time. They laid plans to round up their staff of lawyers, investigators, and clerks, some of whom will probably go south to do preliminary work. In the photo, left to right: (seated) Sen. Lynn Frazier, (R) North Dakota; Sen. Vic Donahey, (D) of Ohio, Chairman; Sen. James J. Davis, (R) Penna.; and Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, (R) Ohio. Standing, left to right: Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, (R) New Jersey; Rep. William J. Driver, (D) Arkansas; Sen. H.H. Schwartz, (D) Wyoming; Rep. R. Ewing Thomason, (D) Texas; and Rep. James M. Mead, (D) New York, Co-Chairman, 4/27/38

TVA congressional investigators hold first meeting. Washington, D.C., ...

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TVA foes join in attempt to force inquiry. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Foes of the Tennessee Valley Authority pooled forces today in an attempt to override administration opposition and obtain a Congressional investigation of the power agency. Senators William H. King (D.) of Utah, right, and H. Style Bridges, (R) of New Hampshire, said that President's Roosevelt's intervention Friday in the feud between TVA Chairman Morgan and his codiretors, Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan had settled nothing, despite the fact that the President told the Directors to settle their dispute or resign, 3/14/38

TVA foes join in attempt to force inquiry. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. ...

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Nevada Senator pinch hits for V.P. Garner in signing last minute bills. Washington, D.C., June 20. When Vice President Garner made his hasty departure from the Capitol shortly before Congress adjourned last week, he delegated Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and President Pro Tem, to sign the last minute bills. The Nevada legislator is pictured at his desk today, 6/20/38

Nevada Senator pinch hits for V.P. Garner in signing last minute bills...

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Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. The first picture of the Federal Trade Commission with the newly elected Chairman Garland S. Ferguson, presiding. Left to right: Charles H. March, Robert E. Freer, Chairman Garland S. Ferguson, Ewin L. Davis, and William A. Ayres, 1/3/38

Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. The first picture ...

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Swamped with protests against reorganization bill. Washington, D.C., April 2. Chairman of the House Rules Committee, Rep. John J. O'Conner of New York, was virtually swamped today with telegraphic protests against the Reorganization Bill. He is shown reading a few of the requests during a respite from the floor, 4/2/38

Swamped with protests against reorganization bill. Washington, D.C., A...

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Senate Judiciary Committee ok's Reed. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. After hearing Attorney General Homer S. Cummings today, the Senate Judiciary Committee went into executive session for two minutes during which they voted unanimously to report favorably the nomination of Solicitor General Stanley Reed to be Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Solicitor General Stanley Reed, (right) is shown with Sen. M.M. Logan, (center) Chairman of the Subcommittee, and Attorney General Cummings following the report of the committee, 1/20/38

Senate Judiciary Committee ok's Reed. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. After...

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TAKES OATH AS U.S. ENVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN, WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY 18. WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS AN INTERESTED WITNESS, JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, FORMER U.S. MARITIME COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, TODAY WAS SWORN IN AS U.S. ENVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN BY ASSOCIATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE STANLEY F. REED. KENNEDY TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION AS MARITIME CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT JUST BEFORE HE TOOK THE OATH AS ENVOY

TAKES OATH AS U.S. ENVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN, WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY ...

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Bill to appropriate $8,000,000,000 for superhighways. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. The Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee started hearing today on the proposed Bulkley Bill to Appropriate $8,000,000,000 to construct 10 superhighways throughout the United States, those who are planning the hearings were, left to right: Sen. John G. Townsend, Del.; Sen. Herbert E. Hitchcock, South Dakota; Sen. Robert J. Bulkley, Ohio, Chairman of the Committee and Author of The Bill; Sen. Prentiss Brown, Mich.; and Sen. William Gibbs McAdoo, of Calif., 2/16/38

Bill to appropriate $8,000,000,000 for superhighways. Washington, D.C....

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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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Last minute advice. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Republic Steel Board Chairman, took the last minute advice of Charles M. White (left) Vice President of Republic, with a smile today just before he was questioned by the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, 8/11/38

Last minute advice. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Republi...

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[...] seated: Elmer Thomas, Ellison Smith (Chairman). Standing: John Bankhead, Carl Hatch, Lynn Frazier, Allen Ellender, Guy Gillette, William Bulow

[...] seated: Elmer Thomas, Ellison Smith (Chairman). Standing: John B...

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David Sarnoff, Pres. of RCA & Chairman of the Board, NBC, N.Y.

David Sarnoff, Pres. of RCA & Chairman of the Board, NBC, N.Y.

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Glass bill to discontinue RFC before 1941 Inauguration defeated. Washington, D.C., Feb. 14. The Senate Banking and Currency Committee today defeated a bill by Senator Carter Glass, Virginia, to discontinue the RFC after Jan. 15, 1941 and instead extended the date to June 30, 1941, in order that the bureau would not cease to exist six days before the 1941 Inaugural. Senator Robert Wagner, Chairman of the Committee, RFC Chairman Jesse Jones, and Senator Glass

Glass bill to discontinue RFC before 1941 Inauguration defeated. Washi...

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House Veterans' committee leader and ranking republican member. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Rep. John E. Rankin, chairman of the House Veterans Committee and Edith Hourse Rogers, Massachusetts' ranking republican congresswoman photographed today at the meeting of the Committee. Mrs. Rogers has been active in veteran's affairs for years, 1-25-39

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No legislation will keep us out of war Rep. Fish tells House committee. Washington, D.C., April 11. The senior republican member of the House Foreign affairs Committee, Rep. J. Hamilton Fish, appearing at the hearing on neutrality legislation today declared "No legislation will keep us out of war, but we can write legislation that can have a tendency to keep us out of it" he said he felt that behind all the neutrality laws was the desire of the administration to determine the aggressor nation. Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of the Committee, is seated.

No legislation will keep us out of war Rep. Fish tells House committee...

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Tulare County. Farm Security Administration camp (FSA) for migratory agricultural workers at Farmersville. Mother and child, come to California from Oklahoma. They have six children, aged two to nineteen years. The mother finished the eighth grade in school. They left their farming in Chicasha in the fall of 1936 to go to Arizona to pick cotton. They returned to Oklahoma to try again; failed and re-entered California February 27, 1938 to pick peas under a labor contractor. The father is chairman of camp council

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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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William H. Davis, Chairman, National Defense Mediation Board

William H. Davis, Chairman, National Defense Mediation Board

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Left to right: Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labor; Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management (OPM); Clarence A Dykstra, Chairman; Daniel Tracy, Second Assistant Secretary of Labor; William H. Davis, Vice-Chairman, new Mediation Board, formerly Chairman, New York State Mediation Board; Philip Murray, CIO (Congress of Induatrial Orgamizations) President; Thomas Kennedy, Secretary-Treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW); George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

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Forward to Forty!' cry of republicans at dinner tonight. Washington, D.C., April 20. Full of high hopes and confidence as they look toward 1940, members of the republican party got together tonight for a dinner at which they forecast victory for themselves at the coming presidential elections. Here are some of the outstanding Republicans giving a salute to 1940. Left to right: Republican National Committee Chairman John Hamilton, Senator Robert Taft, Ohio's newest hope for the presidency, Gov. Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut, Senator Clyde M. Reed of Kansas, which state saw one presidential hope die in the last election, and Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr., House Minority Leader

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Mrs. Marie McPherson, Chairman, Labor-Management Committee, Meissner Manufacturing Company, Mount Carmel, Illinois

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Owen D. Young. Special Representative of the National Defense Mediation Board and William H. Davis, Chairman of the Board, in the latter's office in Washington, D.C. (September 3, 1941)

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Members of joint labor-management committees at Pottsville, July 30th. Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking. Seated: J.F. Kershetsky, chairman

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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

Henry A. Wallace, Chairman, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board an...

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Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

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The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Washington, D.C., September 2, 1941. Seated left to right: Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to the President, supervising lend-lease Program; William S. Knudsen, Director-General of the Office of Production Management (OPM); Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States, and Chairman of the Board; Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director of the Board and Director of the Priorities Division, OPM. Standing, left to right: James V. Forrestal, Undersecretary of the Navy (who was present in place of Secretary Frank Knox, out of town on this day and unable to be present); Robert P. Patterson, Undersecretary of War (sitting in for Secretary of War Stimson, who was unable to attend); Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director of the Civilian Supply Division, OPMt; Sidney Hillman, Associate-Director of Labor Division, OPM

The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Wash...

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Pictured at the opening of the National Defense Mediation Board hearings on the captive coal mine situation, on October 31, 1941, are Board Chairman William H. Davis and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray

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Shenandoah Valley. Luther Long, chairman of the electric cooperative, heads the Shenandoah Valley Committee

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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York, South Carolina. York Red Cross workers agreed to furnish four dayrooms at Fort Jackson, ninety miles from York; they sent out a call for discarded household furnishings, repaired and repainted them in the rear of a Main Street store. Shown here, left to right, are: Mrs. Emil Montgomery, Mrs. Annie O'Leary, Mrs. George Smith (sewing), Mrs. Nearl Hanks, (at radio), Mrs. R.B. Hilderbrand, wife of the Mayor, (kneeling at a chair), And Mrs. W.W.Harrison, chairman of Camp and hospital service. The chapter

York, South Carolina. York Red Cross workers agreed to furnish four da...

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A chairman receiving local citizens' contributions of scrap aluminum for the war at his store

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Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission (WMC). Miss Margaret A. Hickey, Chairman, Women's Policy Committee of War Manpower Commission

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America's production chief. A characteristic study of America's production chief in a contemplative mood. Recent realignment of the War Production Board (WPB) organization, brought about primarily to free the chairman from routine administrative tasks so that he can give more time to the enormous problems that are his to solve

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Citation winner, Walter P. Hill, of the Wolverine Tube Division of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company, of Detroit, Michigan and William G. Marshall (right) Chairman of the War Production Drive, who presented the workers to President Roosevelt

Citation winner, Walter P. Hill, of the Wolverine Tube Division of the...

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The first meeting of the women's policy committee of War Manpower Commission (WMC) on Oct. 1, 1942. Thre members get acquainted. Left to right: Maudell Bousfield, Margaret A. Hickey, chairman, and Sue Southall. The committee was formed to aid in mobilizing women war workers for the war effort

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War Labor Board anthracite hearing. Three of the four public members of the National War Labor Board. Left to right: Vice-Chairman George W. Taylor, Chairman William H. Davis and Frank P. Graham, President of the University of North Carolina

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The Ambassador of Greece, Cimon P. Diamantopoulos watches as Representative Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs accepts a plate of food, which had first been dehydrated, then rehydrated, at a luncheon held in observance of the second anniversary of lend-lease, on March 11, 1943, at the Hotel Statler, Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C. Mrs. James M. Landis, chairman of club centers for war workers, at the Walsh Club, 1523 22nd Street, N.W.

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Mrs. Jane Jacobs, chairman of the Comm. to save the West Village holds up documentary evidence at press conference at Lions Head Restaurant at Hudson & Charles Sts / World Telegram & Sun photo by Phil Stanziola.

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[Three St. John's University teachers conferring at strike headquarters: (left to right) Ken Lazara (physics instructor), Dr. Carlo Prisco (Associate professor of modern languages), and Joseph V. Phillips (associate professor of fine arts and strike chairman)] / World-Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico.

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Tribal Chairman Elmer Blackbird Remarks, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

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DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN sic, CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, 1913-1920 and Sec. of the treasury 1920, 1921. He has been active in educational affairs throughout his life and in the promotion of social welfare generally. He has been a teacher and school Supt., a college professor in political and social science; president of the Agri. and Mechanical College of Texas; dean and later president of the University of Texas; Chancellor of Washington University; chairman of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; chairman of the Farm Loan Board; member of numerous official commissions; and a writer of force and distinction on historical, economic and financial topics. He was born in Monroe, Union Co., N.C. in 1866, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina College, and Master of Arts from Harvard. The degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred upon him by seven different colleges and Universities, including Harvard, Yale and the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Houston says he looks upon his work with the National Child Labor Committee as presenting a great opportunity. It is the same opportunity that is shared by every member of the organization. Shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Houston let us all prove equal to the opportunity which is ours today. AUGUST AMERICAN CHILD. 1921

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN sic, CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was s...

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The donation to the Great Central Fair of [blank] by [blank] is hereby thankfully acknowledged by the committee on [blank] chairman, Philadelphia [blank] 1864.

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FCC whispers. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Pictured in this impromptu huddle are Federal Communications Chairman Frank McNinch, and Judge Eugene O. Sykes, who led in questioning today's witnesses at the FCC hearing into alleged monopolies in the radio industry

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Monopoly Chairman greets Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford. Washington, D.C., Dec. 5. Chairman of the Monopoly Committee Joseph C. O'Mahoney, left, greets Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford, President of the Ford Motor Co., as he arrives to appear before the Committee. Ford's testimony took up most of the day's hearing

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President's committee for civil service improvements open public hearings. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. The committee which president recently appointed to study possible reforms in recruiting governmental legal help, began open hearings today at the United States Supreme Court Building. This first photograph of the committee shows, left to right, seated: Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Associate Justice Stanley F. Reed, chairman, and Attorney General Frank Murphy

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Confer with president. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Chairman J. Warren Madden of the National Labor Relations Board and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins leaving the White [House][?] after discussing with President Roosevelt a labor dispute at the Merrimac Mills at Huntsville, Ala., which the Labor Secretary said was settled last night

Confer with president. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Chairman J. Warren Ma...

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Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization

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Chairman, Federal Reserve Board. Washington D.C. Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, pictures as he held a press conference today

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National Parole Conference brings law and penal experts to Capital. Washington, D.C., April 17. The first general session of the National Parole Conference, called by the President for the purpose of trying to coordinate federal, state, and local agencies with all phases of law enforcement. Left to right. Sam Lewisohn, member of the N.Y. State Commission of Correction and temporary chairman of the conference, Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York, Attorney General Frank Murphy, and James B. Bennet, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

National Parole Conference brings law and penal experts to Capital. Wa...

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Harry Bridges has stormy session at House. Washington, D.C., May 10. Congressmen members of the House Merchant Marine Committee spent most of the morning's hearing heckling CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union President Harry Bridges. He opened his statement with the statement that most of his members were citizens, and was promptly told by Chairman Bland to 'stick to the question.' So, Bridges said that the primary question involved was whether or not the men to be employed on the merchant ships of the government were government employees. He said they were not. He said he had taken out first papers as an American citizen, but it still a British subject

Harry Bridges has stormy session at House. Washington, D.C., May 10. C...

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FCC Commissioners inspect latest in television. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The first public demonstration of the new lightweight television equipment was given today before members of the Federal Communications Commission. The new equipment is portable and can be carried in a taxicab as compared to the huge cumbersome truck which has been used until now. The FCC is now considering new renovations for commerical television. Left to right: Commissioners Frederick I. Thompson, T.A.M. Craven, Chairman James L. Fly, Commissioners Thad H. Brown, and Norman S. Case

FCC Commissioners inspect latest in television. Washington, D.C., Dec....

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Motor magnate appears before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. H.S. Vance, left, Studebaker Corporation Board Chairman, told the Monopoly Committee today that the automobile industry, and american producers in general, do not wish to take advantage of the European war to raise prices. Shown with Vance is Paul G. Hoffman, President of the Studebaker Corporation who also testified

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Mrs. Medill McCormick, Chairman, Republican Women's Nat. Executive Committee; Mr. William Hoyer, Chairman, Nat. Republican Committee

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Honorable William Sulzer, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES. SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED UNDER H.R. 198 ON LOBBY INVESTIGATION. SCOTT FERRIS OF OK; J. J. RUSSELL OF MO; CLINE OF IN; JARRETT OF TN, CHAIRMAN; STAFFORD OF WI; WILLIS OF OH; McDONALD OF MI

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES. SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED UNDER H.R. 198 ON LOBBY INVESTIGATION. SCOTT FERRIS OF OK; J. J. RUSSELL OF MO; CLINE OF IN; JARRETT OF TN, CHAIRMAN; STAFFORD OF WI; WILLIS OF OH; McDONALD OF MI

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES. SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED UNDER ...

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Dr. Felix Adler, Chairman, N.C.L.C

Dr. Felix Adler, Chairman, N.C.L.C

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