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White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Holding his first press conference today, John D. Biggers, Administrator of the Unemployment Census, announced that he had called a conference at the White House on Monday to formulate plans for the first unemployment census ever conducted in the United States. Included among those invited to the meeting were John L. Lewis, CIO head; William Green, A.F. of L. President; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council; and Leaders of Farm and Cooperative Groups.

White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept....

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Maritime Union pickets U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 17. More than 500 members of the National Maritime Union picketed the U.S. Commerce Department Building today in protest against what they said was indiscriminate issuance of seaman's certificates. Patrick D. Whalen, Chairman of the Baltimore branch of the NMU, said the marine workers had no quarrel with Secretary Hopkins but were directing their picketing against the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, a division of the Department

Maritime Union pickets U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 1...

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[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.]

[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.]

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Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Dr. Willard Thorp, Dun and Bradstreet Economist now with the Commerce Department, pictured as he listened to testimony before the Monopoly Committee today. He is a member of the Committee

Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Dr. Willard Thorp, Dun and Bradstreet Econom...

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Secretary Daniel C. Roper, (dark suit and standing at the center of the table) receives a delegation of Latin American flyers and aviation leaders at the Commerce Department. Secretary Henry Wallace, extreme right, also met the delegation. 10/14/35

Secretary Daniel C. Roper, (dark suit and standing at the center of th...

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Early knitting machine brought out to show stocking manufacture in 1840. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Robert Lawson, lecturing today at the Commerce Department, demonstrated the basic model for making stockings for milady in 1840. The model has been enlarged and improved upon, but is fundamentally the same machine. His lecture upon the art of knitting was made through the cooperation of the Textile Division of the Patent Office, 2-9-39

Early knitting machine brought out to show stocking manufacture in 184...

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At Monopoly hearing. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Dr. Willard Thorp, left, Dun and Bradstreet Economist not with the Commerce Department. Leon Henderson, Secretary of the Joint Monopoly Committee, chat informally as both attended the opening hearing today. They will testify before the Committee tomorrow

At Monopoly hearing. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Dr. Willard Thorp, left...

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Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

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Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

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Conference of Latin American retailers. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Representatives of Latin-American governments and United States retailers met today under auspices of the Commerce Department to seek means of increasing western hemisphere trade. Reading from left to right in the picture are, seated: Dr. Cesar D. Andrade, Minister of Ecuador; Edward J. Noble, Undersecretary of Commerce; Colon Eloy Alfaro, Ambassador of Ecuador; and Dr. Hector David Castro, Minister of El Salvador. Standing, left to right: Guillermo Gazitua, Counselor, Brazil; Dr. Enrique Lopez Herrarte, First Secretary, Guatemala; Carlos Campbell del Campo, Commercial Counselor, Chile; Leon De Bayle, Minister, Nicaragua; Eduardo Salazar, Financial Counselor, Ecuador; Justo Sierra, Third Secretary, Mexico; Eugenio Aza, Consul, Mexico; Hugo Gouthier, Second Secretary, Brazil; Dr. Jose T. Baron, Charge de Affaires ad Interim, Cuba; Miguel E. Quirno-Lavelle, Commercial Attache, Argentina; Luis Coll-Pardo, Commercial Counselor, Venezuela; Lew B. Clark, Chief, Latin American Section, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; George Artamonoff, President, Sears International, Chicago

Conference of Latin American retailers. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Repr...

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New Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce takes oath of office. Prof. Claudius T. Murchison, of Hickory, North Carolina, who has been named by President Roosevelt to be Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the U.S. Department of Commerce, took the oath of office this morning. In the photograph, left to right: John Dickinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; E.W. Libbey, chief clerk of Commerce Department, who administered the oath; Claudius T. Murchison; and Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, 6/6/34

New Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce takes oath of of...

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Early knitting machine brought out to show stocking manufacture in 1840. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Robert Lawson, lecturing today at the Commerce Department, demonstrated the basic model for making stockings for milady in 1840. The model has been enlarged and improved upon, but is fundamentally the same machine. His lecture upon the art of knitting was made through the cooperation of the Textile Division of the Patent Office, 2-9-39

Early knitting machine brought out to show stocking manufacture in 184...

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[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.]

[Commerce Department building, Washington, D.C.]

Series number: 1365. Forms part of: National Photo Company collection (Library of Congress).

Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Dr. Willard Thorp, Dun and Bradstreet Economist now with the Commerce Department, pictured as he listened to testimony before the Monopoly Committee today. He is a member of the Committee

Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Dr. Willard Thorp, Dun and Bradstreet Econom...

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Secretary Daniel C. Roper, (dark suit and standing at the center of the table) receives a delegation of Latin American flyers and aviation leaders at the Commerce Department. Secretary Henry Wallace, extreme right, also met the delegation. 101435

Secretary Daniel C. Roper, (dark suit and standing at the center of th...

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Bombardment starts. On the right of the table, profile showing, is Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Assistant Secretary of Commerce, appearing before the Senate Commerce committee to tell his charges of graft in the Commerce Department. On the left are Senators Arthur Vandenberg, R. of Mich., and Royal S. Copeland, D. of N.Y. 6/19/35

Bombardment starts. On the right of the table, profile showing, is Ewi...

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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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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, 62035

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

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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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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. 61935

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

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Monopoly Committee told huge corporations control American business. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Dr. Willard Thorp, Dun and Bradstreet Economist now with the Commerce Department, today by means of charts and graphs pictured to the Temporary National Economic Committee how American business is one of tightly concentrated power and assets in the hands of huge corporations. Thorp said about one fifth of the total business enterprises disappear each year at the rate of 1150 a day

Monopoly Committee told huge corporations control American business. W...

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Somebody else is getting it. Wash. D.C. B. Shearer, munition lobbyist supreme, seems to be enjoying proceedings at the Senate Commerce Committee where Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Commerce Department official, is "revealing all" in his graft charges. Earlier in the session, Shearer occupied a "hot seat" at the munitions hearing, 61935

Somebody else is getting it. Wash. D.C. B. Shearer, munition lobbyist ...

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Bombardment starts. On the right of the table, profile showing, is Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Assistant Secretary of Commerce, appearing before the Senate Commerce committee to tell his charges of graft in the Commerce Department. On the left are Senators Arthur Vandenberg, R. of Mich., and Royal S. Copeland, D. of N.Y. 61935

Bombardment starts. On the right of the table, profile showing, is Ewi...

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At Monopoly hearing. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Dr. Willard Thorp, left, Dun and Bradstreet Economist not with the Commerce Department. Leon Henderson, Secretary of the Joint Monopoly Committee, chat informally as both attended the opening hearing today. They will testify before the Committee tomorrow

At Monopoly hearing. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Dr. Willard Thorp, left...

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New Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce takes oath of office. Prof. Claudius T. Murchison, of Hickory, North Carolina, who has been named by President Roosevelt to be Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the U.S. Department of Commerce, took the oath of office this morning. In the photograph, left to right: John Dickinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; E.W. Libbey, chief clerk of Commerce Department, who administered the oath; Claudius T. Murchison; and Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, 6634

New Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce takes oath of of...

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