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Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

The second of two particularly well-drawn caricatures by the same artist, on the subject of the 1839 congressional probe of Van Buren's Treasury Department. (See above, nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The inquiry was ... More

A magnificent offer to a magnificent officer

A magnificent offer to a magnificent officer

A cartoon ridiculing Whig nominee Winfield Scott as the pawn of New York antislavery senator William Seward. A member of the "Whig Committee" kneels before Scott and offers him a crown and a bag of money marked... More

Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committee Chicago, Dec. 1, 1856.

Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committ...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 20, Folder 5.

New York City - the Internationals in council - the Federal Committee of Workingmen assembled at their headquarters, No. 68 Grand Street, to receive the report of the delegation to Albany

New York City - the Internationals in council - the Federal Committee ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 33, no. 835 (1871 Sept. 30), p. 241. No reference copy may be available. Caption card tracings: G... More

$119,000,000,000 lost to American wage earners during nine years of unemployment. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Questioned by Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, right, Co-chairman of the Joint Monopoly Committee, Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Depart. Of Labor, explains with a special chart how American wage and salary earners have lost $119,000,000,000 during nine years of unemployment. Lubin was the first witness before the Committee, Joint Legislative-Executive Body Created to Study Economic Ills and Recommend Remedial Legislation

$119,000,000,000 lost to American wage earners during nine years of un...

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Backs plan for Federal Department of Art, Science, and Literature. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Declaring that no form of subsidy would bring more immediate cultural returns, Blanche Yurka, blonde stage star, today testified before the House Committee on Patents in behalf of the proposed Federal Department of sciences, Art, and Literature. Miss Yurka was one of a group of stage starts, musicians and writers who will come before the committee this week. With Miss Yurka is Frank Gilmore, Director of the Associated Artists and Actors of America

Backs plan for Federal Department of Art, Science, and Literature. Was...

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Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried by the incoming elections, Senators James J. Davis, R. of Penna., seated, jokes with Joseph Guefey, D. of Penna. while attending the first executive meeting of the Senate Finance Committee today

Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried...

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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

House Appropriations Committee hears Secretary of Treasury and Budget ...

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Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of the press conferences at the Capitol these days are the ones held by Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Pittman can be seen at the head of the table

Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of t...

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Morgan partner testifies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Appearing at the Senate Railroad Financing Inquiry today, Arthur M. Anderson, Partner in J.P. Morgan & Co., told the Committee that his firm and other New York banks "lost money" through financing the terminal deal between Missouri Pacific Railroad and Terminal Share Inc. Anderson admitted that Morgan handled a $61,000,000 Missouri Pacific bond issue in 1931

Morgan partner testifies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Appearing at the ...

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[Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Cannon, members of the Republican Nomination Committee, and guests in front of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.]

[Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Cannon, members of the Republican Nominati...

H48631 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood, New York.

BALLINGER-PINCHOT COMMITTEE - Public domain portrait photograph

BALLINGER-PINCHOT COMMITTEE - Public domain portrait photograph

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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House Ways and Means Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

House Ways and Means Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

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-- Made their contributions to the chairman of the state central committee of the dominant party

-- Made their contributions to the chairman of the state central commi...

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "What's the Matter with America" by William Allen White, Collier's Weekly (Nov. 10, 1906), p. 17.

Committee of unemployed, N.Y. May 1908, Jas. Calhoun, L.T. Rush, Mobile, Alex Law, Sec'y, Chas A. Curtis, J. Eads How

Committee of unemployed, N.Y. May 1908, Jas. Calhoun, L.T. Rush, Mobil...

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 318-14. Original glass neg. LC-B2-318-14.

Possible key metal monopoly committee's study. Washington, D.C., May 8. The temporary National Economic Committee turned its investigation today upon the little known beryllium industry. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Co-chairman of the Committee, is shown here with Andrew Gahagan, President of the Beryllium Corp., of Temple, Pennsylvania, examining the crude ore and a sample hammer which is made from an alloy with beryllium. Gahagan described beryllium as an element, fourth in atomic weight from hydrogen, which can be combined with copper or nickel and certain other metals, to produce alloys of extraordinary hardness, lightness, and strength. The committee suspects that the metal may become a key material in industrial and war supply problems

Possible key metal monopoly committee's study. Washington, D.C., May 8...

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Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee

Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee

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GOVERNORS OF STATES SOME NOT IDENT. JAMES F. OYSTER AND WILLIAM F. GUDE OF RECEPTION COMMITTEE ARE WITH GOVERNOR IN FRONT AUTO

GOVERNORS OF STATES SOME NOT IDENT. JAMES F. OYSTER AND WILLIAM F. GUD...

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"Ex-President Roosevelt and reception committee at Spokane, Apr. 9, 1911."

"Ex-President Roosevelt and reception committee at Spokane, Apr. 9, 19...

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O. J. C. Rose To Honorable Aaron J. Levy, Judiciary Committee, Albany

O. J. C. Rose To Honorable Aaron J. Levy, Judiciary Committee, Albany

Rose urges that suffrage bill be reported out of committee.

[TITANIC disaster. Senate Investigating Committee questioning individuals at the Waldorf Astoria]

[TITANIC disaster. Senate Investigating Committee questioning individu...

Harold Bride, wierless operator. J169777 [?] U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: N.Y.C. HO... More

House Ways & Means Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

House Ways & Means Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

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Cardinal Gibbons on accepting membership in the National Child Labor Committee.

Cardinal Gibbons on accepting membership in the National Child Labor C...

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HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS COMMITTEE ROOM

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS COMMITTEE ROOM

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CREEL, GEORGE. CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, 1917-

CREEL, GEORGE. CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, 1917-

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CREEL, GEORGE. CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, 1917-

CREEL, GEORGE. CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, 1917-

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Miss Maude Younger of California, Chairman Legislative Committee National Woman's Party

Miss Maude Younger of California, Chairman Legislative Committee Natio...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Maude Younger, facing slightly to the right with head turned toward camera, wearing wide-brimmed hat with ribbon on ban... More

Palmer Campaign Committee, 15 - Public domain portrait photograph

Palmer Campaign Committee, 15 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Palmer Committee, C.C. Carlin - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Palmer Committee, C.C. Carlin - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Pou. (5th from left) Rules Committee, [10/19/21]

Pou. (5th from left) Rules Committee, [10/19/21]

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Borah Slush Fund Committee, 10/21/24

Borah Slush Fund Committee, 10/21/24

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A committee of unemployed wives fron West Virginia fields called on Pres. Harding & explained the conditions that now exist at their homes. Pres. Harding is trying to do all he can to better conditions. [...] called on Secy. of Labor Davis. Left to right: Lawrence Dwyer, Mrs. Alice Underwood, Alex Martin, Ed Williams, Hattie Underwood, Secy. Davis, Dorothy Underwood & Carl Brown (in back)

A committee of unemployed wives fron West Virginia fields called on Pr...

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Public Lands Committee of Senate, 10/22/23

Public Lands Committee of Senate, 10/22/23

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House Committee told AF of L is split on its own Wagner Act amendments. Washington, D.C., June 29. Mrs. Nina P. Collier, center, Chairman of the National League of Women Shoppers Legislative Committee, today told the House Labor Committee that A.F. of L. is split on its own Wagner Act amendments. Out of 117 queries to local and central A.F. of L. unions, she said, she received 22 replies and 16 were against the A.F. of L. amendments. On the left is Sidney Cohen while on the right is Monsignor John Ryan, Director of the Department of Social Action of the National Catholic Welfare conference

House Committee told AF of L is split on its own Wagner Act amendments...

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Senate Committee told that telegraph companies cannot meet provisions of wages and hours act. Washington, D.C., May 22. Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, today told a Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that Western Union and Postal could not meet provisions of the Wages and Hours Act 'without going further into the red.' He was testifying on a resolution recently introduced by Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, which would authorize a complete study of the telegraph industry

Senate Committee told that telegraph companies cannot meet provisions ...

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Officers of the National Woman's Party meeting in Washington to complete the plans for the dedication ceremonies on May 21st of the Party's new national headquarters opposite the Capitol. Alice Paul, New Jersey, vice president, Miss Sue White, Tennessee Chairman, Mrs. Florence Boeckel, executive committee, Miss Mary Winsor, member of the Council, Miss Anita Pollitzer, South Carolina, legislative secretary, Sophie Meredith, Virginia chairman, and Mrs. Richard [Wainwright], District of Columbia, member of the Council.

Officers of the National Woman's Party meeting in Washington to comple...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of (left to right) Alice Paul (far left), Sue White, Florence Boeckel, Anita Pollitzer (center, holding hat), Mary Winsor, Sophie Meredith, and Mrs. Richard Wain... More

National Labor Relations Board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. This is a new picture of the National Labor Relations Board now under fire by a House Invetsigating Committee, left to right: William M. Leiserson, J. Warren Madden, Chairman, and Edwin S. Smith

National Labor Relations Board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. This is a n...

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Denby and Weeks testified before the first meeting this year of the Committee on the Reorganization Admin. Branch of the Gov.

Denby and Weeks testified before the first meeting this year of the Co...

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Women's Committee for Recognition [...] calling on Secy. Hughs at State Dept.

Women's Committee for Recognition [...] calling on Secy. Hughs at Stat...

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A group of young members of the National Woman's Party before the Capitol. They are about to invade the offices of the senators and congressmen from their states, to ask them to vote for Equal Rights. In the foreground is Miss Anita Pollitzer, secretary of the National Woman's Party, instructing the committee on the method of approach. Left to right: Blanche Alsop, Virginia; Heath Jones, Delaware; Maud Younger, California, legislative Chairman of the Woman's Party; Mrs. Legare Obear, Georgia; Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews, Mississippi; Mrs. Anne Archbold, Maine; Miss Wilma Henderson, Massachusetts; Mrs. Emma Brown, Maryland; Mrs. Rowena Dashwood Graves, Colorado.

A group of young members of the National Woman's Party before the Capi...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Group of National Woman's Party members assembled in front of the United States Capitol.

Senate Committee investigating [...]ion of Sen. E.B. Mayfield in session at the Capitol

Senate Committee investigating [...]ion of Sen. E.B. Mayfield in sessi...

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Senate Patents & Copyright Committee, 4/9/24

Senate Patents & Copyright Committee, 4/9/24

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Coolidge & Women's Nat. Committee for Law Enforcement, 4/9/24

Coolidge & Women's Nat. Committee for Law Enforcement, 4/9/24

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Executive Committee of the Land Grant colleges who talked with Pres. Coolidge [White House, Washington, D.C.]

Executive Committee of the Land Grant colleges who talked with Pres. C...

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Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, [8/4/24]

Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, [8/4/24]

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Senate Wheeler Committee, 4/17/24

Senate Wheeler Committee, 4/17/24

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H.G. Stanford, Attorney for Harry Sinclair who testified before the Senate Committee investigating the Teapot Dome oil lease

H.G. Stanford, Attorney for Harry Sinclair who testified before the Se...

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[Calvin Coolidge on the White House lawn, with members of the House Agricultural Committee and a group of western farmers]

[Calvin Coolidge on the White House lawn, with members of the House Ag...

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Debutantes Committee on charity inaugural ball, 2/24/25

Debutantes Committee on charity inaugural ball, 2/24/25

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H.F. Stone appearing before Senate Judiciary Committee, 1/28/25

H.F. Stone appearing before Senate Judiciary Committee, 1/28/25

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In spotlight at House Aircraft Hearing. Rear Admiral Shoemaker, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, U.S. Navy as he appeared before the House Special Aircraft Committee on February, 14th. Admiral Shoemaker absolutely denied the charges that he "bluepenciled" a statement to be issued under General Pershing's signature, in order to give the American public an erroneous idea of the air bombing tests held off the coasts some months ago against former German battleships

In spotlight at House Aircraft Hearing. Rear Admiral Shoemaker, Chief ...

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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., former Secretary of the Navy and General William Mitchell, Assistant Chief of the Army Air Service appeared before the House Military Affairs committee, today, Feb. 17th. Roosevelt told the committee that aircraft was a supplementsupplementary arm of the National Defense and should be kept that way, while General Mitchell continued his fight for the unification of the air services. In the group, left to right: Rep. William C. Wright, George; Rep. John J. McSwain, South Carolina; General Mitchell, Rep. J.C. McKenzie, Illinois, Chairman of the committee; Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., former Secretary of the Navy and General Will...

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Alice Paul conferring with English members of newly formed International Advisory Committee of National Woman's Party - at American Woman's Club - in London. Left to Right - Seated - Alice Paul, Elizabeth Robins, Viscountess Rhondda, Dr. Louisa Martindale, Mrs. Virginia Crawford, Dorothy Evans - Standing - Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence, Alison Neilans, Florence Underwood, Miss Barry.

Alice Paul conferring with English members of newly formed Internation...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Alice Paul and English feminists seated and standing in room, (left to right, seated) Alice Paul, Elizabeth Robins, Viscountess Rhondda, Dr. Louisa Martindale... More

Lindbergh Reception. Members of the Women's Committee for the Lindbergh Reception, June 11-12, 1927 II

Lindbergh Reception. Members of the Women's Committee for the Lindberg...

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Labor statistician. Washington, D.C., April 27. A new informal picture of A. Ford Hinrichs, Chief Economist of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. He is also acting in an advisory capacity to Temporary National Economic Committee

Labor statistician. Washington, D.C., April 27. A new informal picture...

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Baruch quizzed by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator James F. Byrnes, (left) Chairman of the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee, questioning Bernard Baruch, voted Financier today. Baruch declared America must make a choice between the "proof of its system and the hope of gain" and the "the new European ideas of state regulation and fear of punishment"

Baruch quizzed by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator...

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Noted woman gem collector is holding exhibit in National Capital. Famous gems that are worth a king's ransom were displayed at a private showing at the Grace Dodge Hotel in Washington this week by Miss Harriet Keith Fobes, noted gem collector of New York. It was from Miss Fobe's wonderful collection that Mrs. Coolidge received her first inaugural present in 1924, the lovely crystal and silver necklace given her by Mrs William M. Butler, whose husband was then chairman of the Republican National Committee

Noted woman gem collector is holding exhibit in National Capital. Famo...

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Women of Inaugural Committee, 12/28/20

Women of Inaugural Committee, 12/28/20

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Republican National Committee meets. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. Scene at the Carlton Hotel today as the meeting of the Republican National Committee got under way. Members from all parts of the country were in attendance. Pictured, left to right - H.W. Mason, Secretary - Mrs. John E. Hillman, Colorado - Chairman John Hamilton, Mrs. Worthington Scranton, Pennsylvania - and Henry P. Fletcher, former National Chairman

Republican National Committee meets. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. Scene ...

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League of Nation Malaria Investigation Committee, Punjab, India. A typical "tank" in a village, showing water buffalos who spend most of the sunshine hours here as there is no nearby mud wallow. There "tanks" are used by water buffalos, because these animals, lacking sweat glands, could not otherwise stand the noonday heat. The result is a high malaria rate in the village

League of Nation Malaria Investigation Committee, Punjab, India. A typ...

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Daughter of Chairman, Republican National Committee to wed Washington writer. Alice Huston, attractive daughter of Claudius Hurten, Chairman of the Republican national committee, is reported engaged to Fulton Lewis, Jr., with whom she is shown in this photograph. Lewis is a native of Washington and has been doing newspaper work here for a number of years

Daughter of Chairman, Republican National Committee to wed Washington ...

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U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate committee room, History

U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate committee room, History

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Gentlemen, I am here [...]' began General Moseley. Washington, D.C., May 31. Major General George Van Horn Moseley, U.S.A. retired, provided members of the Dies Committee with testimony today following a brief argument over a statement which he wished the read. With the opening statement, 'Gentlemen, I am here...' he was cut short by acting Chairman Arthur Healy. 'You can answer that question. You're not here to make a speech.' He said that if he were president, he would enforce a 1929 statute which empowers the president to use the army to fight subversive activities within the country. Behind the General is Rep. J. Thorkelson of Montana, whom Moseley said would 'bring it all out on the floor of the House'

Gentlemen, I am here [...]' began General Moseley. Washington, D.C., M...

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Senior Morgan Partner appears before National Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. George Whitney, Senior Partner of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., was questioned by the National Monopoly Committee today regarding the relationship of the Morgan firm with the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The Morgan Co. underwrite almost $2,000,000,000 of bonds for the A.T. & T. during the last 33 years. Whitney described the investment banking business as 'competitive as the dickens'

Senior Morgan Partner appears before National Monopoly Committee. Wash...

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Attacks Guffey Bill. J. Van Norman, Counsel for the Operators' committee opposing the Guffey Coal bill, tells a sub-committee of the House Ways and Means Committee that the proposed legislation is unconstitutional. 6/21/35

Attacks Guffey Bill. J. Van Norman, Counsel for the Operators' committ...

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Salvage crew, Wash. D.C. Sen. Pat Harrison, D. of Miss., left, and Rep. Robert L. Doughton, D. of N.C., leave the White House following a conference with President Roosevelt concerning the NRA decision of the Supreme Court. Sen. Harrison is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee which wrote one NRA extension bill, now pending, Rep. Doughton is chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee now holding hearings on another bill to extend the NRA, 5/28/35

Salvage crew, Wash. D.C. Sen. Pat Harrison, D. of Miss., left, and Rep...

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On the spot. Eugene Vidal, Director of the Air Commerce Bureau, left; Secretary Daniel Roper, and Malcolm C. Kerlin, his Administrative Assistant, at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing where Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted official, repeats his charges of graft and corruption. 6/19/35

On the spot. Eugene Vidal, Director of the Air Commerce Bureau, left; ...

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Peddled tear gas, Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Called to the stand today before the Senate Committee investigating espionage in labor relations, E.E. McGuffin, Youngstown, Ohio, President of the National Corporations Service, admitted he received a commission of $373.60 from the Lake Erie Chemical Co., for assisting in gas sales during a Terre Haute, Ind. strike. Before establishing the National Corporation Service, McGuffin was an employee of the Railway Audit and Inspection Co.

Peddled tear gas, Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Called to the stand toda...

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Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, heads the corps of experts now going over the entire tax structure so that a comprehensive picture may be ready for the next Congress when it meets this coming January

Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Join...

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G.O.P. Chairman at Press Club, Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a luncheon guest at the Press Club in Washington where he addressed the members of the press today. Photo shows left to right: John Hamilton and George Simpson, President of the National Press Club

G.O.P. Chairman at Press Club, Sept. 10. John Hamilton, Chairman of th...

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Senate Committee questions Pennsy head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Martin W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, today told the Senate Rail Inquiry that there had never been any objection from the Interstate Commerce Commission to salaries paid Directors of the road. At the same time, Clement admitted that his own salary had been increased from $60,000 to $100,000 on January 1, 1937. After hearing+F14 Clement, Chairman Wheeler criticized the ICC for their lack of supervision of the railroads and placed the blame for the current rail troubles at their door, 12/15/37

Senate Committee questions Pennsy head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Mar...

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The mayor of Shawneetown, Illinois, (with cigar, center) and members of the committee who are obtaining signatures on petition to move the town of Shawneetown. These are citizens of the town

The mayor of Shawneetown, Illinois, (with cigar, center) and members o...

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Samuel Untermeyer [i.e. Untermyer,] of New York who appeared before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee today in defense of the Barkley Bill to regulate the sale of certain securities in interstate and foreign commerce. 6/15/37

Samuel Untermeyer [i.e. Untermyer,] of New York who appeared before th...

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Big three of House Judiciary. Washington D.C. The big guns of the House Judiciary Committee as they studied the President's request for increase in the membership of the Supreme Court, following the meeting of the Committee today. Left to right: Rep. U.S. Guyer of Kansas, ranking Republican Member of the Committee; Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, Democrat of Texas and Chairman of the Committee; and Rep. Emanuel Celler, of New York and ranking Democrat of the Committee

Big three of House Judiciary. Washington D.C. The big guns of the Hous...

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Head of Sears-Roebuck approves Roosevelt housing program. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Robert E. Wood, (left) President of Sears- Roebuck Co., today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that the proposed New Housing Program "provides for the first time the mechanics to allow a man in the low income group to buy a house". Wood is shown with Senator Robert F. Wagner, author of the Wagner Housing Act. 12/6/37

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Before the opening gong. Washington, D.C., March 8. Big three of the Labor Non-partisan League pictured just before the gong sounded to open the Convention of the League in Washington today. About 600 labor leaders of all sections of the country were here for the initial session. In the picture, left to right: John L. Lewis, United Mine President and Chairman of Executive Committee of the League; Sidney Hillman, Secretary, Treasury; and Maj. George L. Berry, President of the League, 3/8/1937

Before the opening gong. Washington, D.C., March 8. Big three of the L...

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For and against. Washington D.C., July 22. Senator Henry F. Ashurst, (left) Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a strong adherent of the President's Court Reorganization Bill, greets Senator Edward R. Burke, who is leading the bloc of Democratic Senators opposing the bill, as he arrives to attend the extraordinary meeting of the Sneate Judiciary Committee today, 7/22/37

For and against. Washington D.C., July 22. Senator Henry F. Ashurst, (...

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Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton Cowherd, of Birmingham, Ala. testified today before La Follette's Committee on Civil Liberties that he was retained as Chairman of a "Special Americanization Committee" of the American Legion. He also testified that Walter J. Hanna was seen on the day of the flogging of Joseph Gelders in the reign of terror in Alabama. Photo shows Cowheard on the stand. Left to right are: Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah; Sen. Robert M. La Follette, Jr., or Wis. Chairman of the Committee; and Yelverton Cowherd

Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton C...

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Representatives of Farm group before House Agriculture Committee. Washington D.C. July 27. Congressional sponsors placed before the House Agriculture Committee their hopes for a farm price stabilization bill for this session. They said that immediate legislation is necessary to prevent excessive surpluses and low prices in 1939. Left to right: John D. Miller, President of the National Cooperative Council; Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau; Rep. Marvin Jones of Texas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee; Edward F. Kennedy, Brenckman of the National Grange. 7/27/37

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Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Paul S. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today that while his firm recognized "outside unions" it kept an elaborate "company union" which is known as the "the industrial assembly", and it comprises an assembly and Senate, much as the state legislature. Acting in a capacity similar to a state Governor, the manager has power to disapprove assembly actions, he added

Declares at Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., March 17. Pau...

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Probe of first lady and sons income tax, asked of Congress by N.Y. Solon. Washington D.C. July 9. Congress was asked today to examine the income tax returns of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, James and Elliot Roosevelt, sons of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, by Rep. Hamilton Fish, Republican of New York, when he appeared before the Special Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion. At the same time he also asked a probe of the tax returns of Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau and the Secretary's wife and father Henry Morgenthau, Sr. 7/9/37

Probe of first lady and sons income tax, asked of Congress by N.Y. Sol...

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In spotlight before Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., April 6. Former President of the New York Bar, Charles C. Burlingham, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee today to voice his opposition to President Roosevelt's court reorganization plan. Burlingham told the Committee that liberals, radicals and labor "May curse the day," when the president's judiciary plan was conceived. Burlingham said that he could think "of only one other Attorney General--whom I will not name--would not have resigned rather than condone or have any part or lot in such a shabby enterprise" as the court bill, 4/6/1937

In spotlight before Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., Apri...

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Child labor legistlation "very necessary." Washington, D.C., May 18. Katherine [i.e. Katharine] Lenroot, Chief of the Children's Bureau, Department Labor, appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee today as hearing on three child labor measures opened today. Declaring that Child Labor Legislation is "very necessary" Miss Lenroot added "we ought to study the openings under recent Supreme Court decisions to reach a part of the child labor problem," 5/18/1937

Child labor legistlation "very necessary." Washington, D.C., May 18. K...

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How a bill become a law. After passing both the house and senate, the bill, now two-thirds on its way toward being a law, is sent to the president for his approval. H.V. Hesselman, Clerk of the Committee on Enrolled Bills of the House, is shown leaving for the White House with a recently passed bill

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County agents meet at Agriculture Dept. Washington, D.C. June 7. County Agricultural Extension Agents from 15 states are meeting in Washington this week to discuss the recent developments and progress in their work with the Dept. of Agriculture Heads. The officers of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents are shown talking with C.W. Warburton, Director of Extensions Work, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Left to right seated : J.E. Whonsettler, Columbus, Ohio, Sec. & Treas.; C.W. Warburton; H.E. Abbot of Indianapolis, Ind., member of the Executive Committee; standing left to right: Bright McConnell of Augusta, GA. President of the Association; and G.W. Boyd of Wheatland, Wyo., Vice-President of the Association. 6/7/37

County agents meet at Agriculture Dept. Washington, D.C. June 7. Count...

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Poor memory. Washington, D.C., April 30. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County (Ky.) Coal Operators Association, said he had been "very careful" not to know what his "chief deputy" did with the association's expense money. The "chief deputy," Ben Unthank, has been missing since the Committee investigators, armed with subpoenas, began searching for him two months ago. The Committee is investigating labor-conditions in "bloody" Harlan County, 4301937

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Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj. General Oscars Westover, (left) Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, with Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee now conducting hearings on the Helium gas bill. General Westover is expected to testify tomorrow, 5/24/37

Air Corps Chief before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 24. Maj...

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Senate lobby committee again refuffed. Washington, D.C., April 20. Efforts of the Senate Lobby Committee to obtain records of the National Committee to uphold Constitutional Government hit another snag today when Sumner Gerard, Treasurer of the Organization, testified he did not have in his "control" a list of contributors to the National Committee. Gerard, A brother of James Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, was questioned by the committee in his investigating of Lobby activities uding congressional consideration of the Government reorganization bill, 4/20/38

Senate lobby committee again refuffed. Washington, D.C., April 20. Eff...

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Discuss government reorganization with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. Charles E. Merriam, (left) and Louis Brownlow, members of the President's Reorganization Committee, leaving the White House today after discussing government reorganization with President Roosevelt, 9/23/38

Discuss government reorganization with President Roosevelt. Washington...

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Rail Labor-Management Committee Meets. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. The president's special Committee of Rail Labor and Management representatives met today to discuss proposed recommendations for legislative aid to the Rail Industry. A spokesman for the Committee said 'they hoped to have recommendations ready for the President before Congress meets in January' left to right. M.W. Clement, Pres. of the Penna. R.R., George Harrison, Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Assoc., Carl R. Gray, Vice Chairman of the Union Pacific., B.M. Jewell, Pres. of the Railway Employees Department of the A.F. of L., Ernest E. Norris, Pres. of the Southern, R.R., D.B. Robertson Head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive, Firemen, and Enginemen, 11/7/38

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Mentioned for Supreme Court vacancy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Rep. Hatton Sumner, Democrat of Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is being mentioned prominently as the successor to Justice George Sutherland when he retires from the Supreme Court bench on January 18, 1/7/38

Mentioned for Supreme Court vacancy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Rep. Ha...

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Mississippi Senator. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. A new informal picture of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, Democrat of Mississippi. He is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, 10/3/38

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Urges equal rights for women. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Democratic National Committeewoman from Pennsylvania and a sister of Senator Joseph Guffey, urged approval of the Burke Constitutional Amendment for Equal Rights for Women as she testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today. Mrs.. Miller, shown with Senator Burke, author of the Amendment, told the committee that business women have "felt the ruinious effects of discriminatory and so-called protective legislation," 2/9/38

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Sage advice. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Senator Key Pittman, Veteran from Nevada and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discusses with the youthful Republican Senator Henry Cabor Lodge, of Massachusetts, the amendment he (lodge) has proposed to the Neutrality Act which would make the U.S. Neutral in fact as well in theory. Senator Lodge is also a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2/2/38

Sage advice. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Senator Key Pittman, Veteran fr...

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee named as Congress nears close. Washington, D.C., June 16. As Congress sang its swan song today, Senate Majority Leader Alvin W. Barkley named the members of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Senator Prentiss M. Brown was the choice of Barkley for chairman. Left to right: Senator Carl A. Hatch, New Mexico; Senator James E. Murray, Montana; Senator Prentiss M. Brown, Michigan; Senator Theodore Green, Rhode Island and Senator Tom Connally, Texas, 6/16/38

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Congressional farm leaders compare notes. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Leading exponents of farm legislation in the House and Senate met at the Capitol today to compare notes on the progress made so far. Left to right: Senator James P. Pope of Idaho; Rep. Marvin Jones of Texas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee; Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama; Senator Ellison D. Smith, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, 1/5/38

Congressional farm leaders compare notes. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Le...

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Suggests unemployment insurance be modified to include dependants. Washington, D.C., March 19. Appearing before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today, William Hodson, New York City Commissioner of Welfare, suggested modification of the Unemployment Insurance Act so that the basic payment to an unemployed person will provide an allowance for his dependents. Hodson pointed out that in New York the maximum unemployed benefit averages between $10 and $12 a week, with no regard as to whether the family contains two or five persons, 3/19/38

Suggests unemployment insurance be modified to include dependants. Was...

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In spotlight at Congressional autogiro hearing. Washington, D.C., April 26. Highlight of today's news on Capitol Hill was the autogiro hearing before the House Military Affairs Committee, with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison as the first witness. Outstanding aviation experts were asked their opinion of the value of rotor type of aircraft in time of war. Here we see, left to right: Prof. Alexander Klemin, Dean of the Guggenhein School of Aeronautics, New York City; Rep. Andrew J. may, Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, 4/26/38

In spotlight at Congressional autogiro hearing. Washington, D.C., Apri...

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