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Typical cooking and eating quarters of berry pickers. Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. Courtesy of Maryland Child Labor Committee. Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Typical cooking and eating quarters of berry pickers. Anne Arundel Co....

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The grand committee consisting of [blank] appointed to prepare and report to Congress, the arrears of interest on the national debt, together with the interest and expences for the year 1784 ... have agreed to the following report ...

The grand committee consisting of [blank] appointed to prepare and rep...

Imprint supplied by Evans, who gives the date as April 5, 1784. The report was discussed by Congress April 27, 1784. Text in two columns. Includes: The report of a committee on the subject of western territory,... More

National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going home. About 14 years old: has worked in the mine helping father pick and load for three years: was in hospital one year, when leg had been crushed by coal car.

National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going hom...

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J. H. Harney and James Speed to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, August 20, 1861 (Union Central Committee endorses plan to station troops opposite Paducah)

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National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. "Baltimore Tunnell" - "Black Diamond" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. "Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them." No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St. Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, ...

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Great Britain, January 1791, Report of a Committee of the Lords of the Privy Council on Trade with the United States, with Copy

Great Britain, January 1791, Report of a Committee of the Lords of the...

Report of a Committee of the Lords of the Privy Council on Trade with the United States, with Copy

A narrative of the leading incidents of the organization of the first popular movement in Virginia in 1865 to re-establish peaceful relations between the northern and southern states, and the subsequent efforts of the "Committee of nine," in 1869, to secure the restoration of Virginia to the Union,

A narrative of the leading incidents of the organization of the first ...

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Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; International Committee of the Red Cross, 1863-1919; Printed matter; 1896-1903, undated

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; International Committe...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; International Committee of the Red Cross, 1863-1919; Printed matter; 1896-1903, undated

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; International Committe...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Presented by a committee of ladies of Philadelphia. Oct. 1863 3rd United States Colored Troops.

Presented by a committee of ladies of Philadelphia. Oct. 1863 3rd Unit...

American eagle as emblem of the 3rd United States Colored Troops. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. Philada. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album: [U.S. army officers and other person... More

Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments

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State Democratic executive committee rooms of Ohio. Columbus, September 28th, 1875. Dear Sir: Only two weeks remain until the election ....

State Democratic executive committee rooms of Ohio. Columbus, Septembe...

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Senate Banking and Currency Committee hears Secretary Wallace. Washington, D.C., June 7. Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace, today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that he approved the bill to revamp the Farm Credit System because farmers need relief from 'excessive interest charges and debts which they cannot pay. In addition,' he said, '60 percent of all the National Farm Loan Associations have had their capitol so impaired that they cannot make new loans. Beyond question there is room for improvement in both the general farm credit situation and the Federal Land Bank System'

Senate Banking and Currency Committee hears Secretary Wallace. Washing...

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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. George D. Woods, President of the First Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts., was a witness today before the National Monopoly Committee

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. George D. Woods,...

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GMC Head signs on the dotted line. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S. Knudsen, President of the General Motors Corp., signs a subpoena before appearing before the Monopoly Committee. George C. Arvedson, Counsel for the Automobile Manufacturers Association, looks on

GMC Head signs on the dotted line. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S...

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Rail inquiry chairman's statement is unfair charge of M.P. bondholder's counsel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Replying to the statement of Chairman Truman of the Senate Rail Inquiry that the proposed reorganization plan for the Missouri Pacific Railroad by the Alleghany Corporation would result in the M.P. being run in the same old way, W. Lloyd Kitchel, Counsel for the Stedman Committee, representing M.P. Bondholders, challenged the statement as being unfair and added, that he believed that questioning had not brought out the true facts of the reorganization. On the left is Eugene J. Conroy, Secretary to the Stedman Committee.

Rail inquiry chairman's statement is unfair charge of M.P. bondholder'...

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Former head of New York Stock Exchange before Senate Committee. Washington D.C. Richard Whitney; former President of the New York Stock Exchange, was the first witness as the Senate Committee investigating railroad financing reopened hearings today. After testifying of his buying activity in Alleghany Corporation stock, a Van Swerigan holding company, Whitney proposed adoption of a rule preventing exchange Governors from passing on listing of new stock in which they or their business firms have an underwriting interest. He defended past practices of exchange officials, including himself, of passing on acceptability for listing of issues in which they were persoanlly interested

Former head of New York Stock Exchange before Senate Committee. Washin...

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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. George Leib, Vice President of Blyth & Co., was questioned by the National Monopoly Committee today regarding the underwriting of $45,000,000 worth of bonds issued in 1935 by the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. George Leib, Vic...

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Relief labor more costly than private contract, House committee told. Washington D.C. Testifying before the House Agricultural Committee today, Resettlement Administrator W.W. Alexander said that construction of improvements on farms in the south, if done with relief labor, would cost nearly twice as much as if done under private contract. The Committee is considering the Jones-Bankhead Farm Tenancy Bill which would set up a federal corporation to loan money to tenant farmers to enable them to buy and improve land

Relief labor more costly than private contract, House committee told. ...

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Whitney returns to testify. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Sen. Burton Wheeler (left) greets Richard Whitney as the former President of the New York Stock Exchange returns to testify before the Railroad Committee at the Senate today

Whitney returns to testify. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Sen. Burton Whee...

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WPA works O.K. in Louisiana, House committee told by Lousiana Washington, D.C. May 18. Governor Richard W. Leche of Lousiana, today told the Special House Committee Investigating the WPA that the WPA 'works satisfactorily in Lousiana' and helps take care of unemployed brought to his state 'by the humanitarian laws

WPA works O.K. in Louisiana, House committee told by Lousiana Washingt...

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Griscom-Barnard, Committee awaiting T. [i.e., Theodore] Roosevelt

Griscom-Barnard, Committee awaiting T. [i.e., Theodore] Roosevelt

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Appears before T.V.A. Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 19. Dean Thomas P. Cooper, of the Univ. of Kentucky, told the TVA Committee today that TVA fertilizer experiments have benefited the nation. Cooper, described what he called close cooperation between TVA and land grant colleges in seven states. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia

Appears before T.V.A. Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 19. Dean Thoma...

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Oppose secrecy on aid given by U.S. to French air mission. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. Senator Gerald P. Nye, left, republican of North Dakota, and Senator Bennett Champ Clark, democrat of Missouri, are leading the fight to make public the records of the Senate Military Affairs Commmittee concerning the aid given a French mission by the U.S. government in the purchase of airplanes. The Senate Committee today rejected the proposal by a vote of 10 to 6

Oppose secrecy on aid given by U.S. to French air mission. Washington,...

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Uncle Sam's monetary brains. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. The government's experts on money matters met with Senate and House leaders today to discuss legislation to be submitted to the 75th session of Congress. A discussion was made at the conference to extend the life of important federal monetary lending agencies, and also, to move in giving the President authority to discontinue the R.F.C. at anytime the conditions warrant. In the photograph, left to right: Jesse Jones, Chairman of the Treasury; Senator Pat Harrison, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; and Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board

Uncle Sam's monetary brains. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. The government'...

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Knits and Listens. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Without dropping a stitch, Mrs. Leon Henderson, wife of the Secretary of the Monopoly Committee, nonchalantly continues her knitting as she listened to testimony at the Committee hearing today

Knits and Listens. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Without dropping a stitch...

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Huge postcard sent Minnesota Senator. Washington, D.C., May 2. Said to be the largest postcard ever sent through the mail, this 4x6 message urging passage of a bill to provide sick and annual leave for substitute employees of the Post Office Department, was received today by Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota, from the Minneapolis Substitute Committee of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks. It took $1.50 in stamps to carry the card. Officers of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks are shown with the Senator shortly after the card was delivered. Left to right: Senator Ernest Lundeen, W.T. Horner, Legislative representative of the Federation; Leo [...]orge, President; W.H. Duke, Secretary; and A.B. [...]ombie, Chairman of the local unit

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Before Senate Wire Tapping committee. Washington, D.C., June 12. During an appearance before the Senate Wire Tapping Committee today, Joseph N. Pew, Jr., Pennsylvania Republican and official of the Sun Oil Co., flatly denied that he had engaged a private detective organization to 'watch' Democratic officials. However, he admitted that he hired Frank B. Bielaski, New York private detective, to 'watch stock transactions' in connection with a 'movement to rehabilitate' the Cramp Shipyards in Philadelphia. These shipyards, he said, were commercially unsound and could not be operated profitably

Before Senate Wire Tapping committee. Washington, D.C., June 12. Durin...

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Veteran North Carolina Solon reaches 76th milestone. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. P.W. Meeker, Secretary, congratulates Rep. Robert L. Doughton, democrat of North Carolina and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, as he celebrates his 75th birthday today. Miss Jonnie Mabry, stenographer for the veteran member, responds with a rose for him

Veteran North Carolina Solon reaches 76th milestone. Washington, D.C.,...

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Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. A new informal picture of Edmund M. Toland, Counsel for the Special House Committee now investigating the National Labor Relations Board

Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. A new informal picture of Edmund M. Toland,...

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At Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. Pictured in a huddle at today's session of the National Monopoly Committee are Senator Joseph Guffey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, and Eugene Grace, right, President of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. The Committee is currently making a study of the steel industry

At Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. Pictured in a huddle ...

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G.A.R. Hdq., Oct. 1902, Ambulance Committee

G.A.R. Hdq., Oct. 1902, Ambulance Committee

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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...

H48635 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood, New York.

Senate Agriculture Committee - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

Senate Agriculture Committee - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

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Release all class prisoners … General Defense Committee … Chicago, Ill. … Wm. D. Haywood. [1906-07?].

Release all class prisoners … General Defense Committee … Chicago, Ill...

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Mayor McClellan and committee to receive Gov. Clinton's remains, waiting arrival, New York

Mayor McClellan and committee to receive Gov. Clinton's remains, waiti...

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Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to submit adverse report of suffrage amendment to full House

Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to subm...

House Chairman Jenkins opposed to suffrage amendment as a limit to states rights. NB: include ribbon here, as nothing specific known about it.

Converts' rally, Evangelistic Committee of New York City, Carnegie Hall, Sept. 14, 1908

Converts' rally, Evangelistic Committee of New York City, Carnegie Hal...

H116497 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 5, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: New York, Chicago, Washington. No. 1340.

Ofc. of Comptroller. Committee checking daily destruction of National Bank notes

Ofc. of Comptroller. Committee checking daily destruction of National...

Three men in Treasury Department office with bank notes. National Photo Company Collection.

Woman's Liberty Loan Committee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Woman's Liberty Loan Committee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Comforts Committee of Navy League

Comforts Committee of Navy League

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Ways and Means Committee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Ways and Means Committee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Mrs. Cyrus Mead [Dorothy M. Mead], of Vandalia, Ohio, state chairman of Ohio branch of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Spent considerable time at national headquarters in Washington, where she gained first hand knowledge of the Congressional situation. Spoke before the United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage last December.

Mrs. Cyrus Mead [Dorothy M. Mead], of Vandalia, Ohio, state chairman o...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Dorothy M. Mead (Mrs. Cyrus Mead), seated in chair, facing right. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 10 (Mar. 16,... More

War Savings Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

War Savings Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. GOVERNOR BENTON McMILLIN OF TENNESSEE. VERTRESS OF TENNESSEE. WREY WOODSON

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. GOVERNOR BENTON McMILLIN OF TENNESSEE. ...

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Mayor's committee on Moltke - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Mayor's committee on Moltke - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows Robert A.C. Smith, Commissioner of Docks, and other men on deck of the German ship Moltke. List of people appears in the New York Times, June 10, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. HENRY G. WASSON OF PENNSYLVANIA; CHARLES B. WARREN OF MICHIGAN; JOHN J. ADAMS OF IOWA; SEN. NEWELL SANDERS OF TENNESSEE

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. HENRY G. WASSON OF PENNSYLVANIA; CHARLE...

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[Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron, Utah, State Chairman for Woman's Party in Utah; Member National Executive Committee, Woman's Party.]

[Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron, Utah, State Chairman for Woman's Party i...

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Miss Alice Carpenter, Chairman, N.Y. City Committee, C.U. [Congressional Union], 50 E. 42nd St., Room 1003

Miss Alice Carpenter, Chairman, N.Y. City Committee, C.U. [Congression...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, three-quarter length, seated and looking downward at book on lap, of Alice Carpenter, chairman of New York City Committee, Congressional Union, wearing v-n... More

Mrs. George T. Odell, of Washington, D.C., vice-chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, is one of the delegates to the Womans' Party Convention.

Mrs. George T. Odell, of Washington, D.C., vice-chairman of the Legisl...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait of Mrs. George Talbot Odell, seated, gloved hands in lap, wearing dark fur-trimmed jacket with fur muff, and broad-brimmed hat with feather. Altern... More

Mrs. Janice Rector of Columbus, member Advisory Council of National Woman's Party, and member of Tennessee Advisory Committee

Mrs. Janice Rector of Columbus, member Advisory Council of National Wo...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Kenyon Hayden Rector, facing right, wearing hat and holding pocketbook under left arm, standing outdoors in front o... More

Mrs. Oscar F. Davisson of Dayton, Ohio, is one of the most recent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Davisson is President of the Dayton and Montgomery County Woman Suffrage Association and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Woman Suffrage Association.

Mrs. Oscar F. Davisson of Dayton, Ohio, is one of the most recent memb...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Jesse Leech Davisson, facing left with head turned partly toward camera.

McLEMORE, ATKINS JEFFERSON, 'JEFF' REP. FROM TEXAS, 1915-1919. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL

McLEMORE, ATKINS JEFFERSON, 'JEFF' REP. FROM TEXAS, 1915-1919. HOUSE C...

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[Committee on Rivers and Harbors, 16 men around table]

[Committee on Rivers and Harbors, 16 men around table]

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RED CROSS COMFORTS COMMITTEE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

RED CROSS COMFORTS COMMITTEE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Committee on Military Affairs, 1917

Committee on Military Affairs, 1917

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WOMAN'S COMMITTEE. COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW; IDA M. TARBELL; MRS. STANLEY McCORNICH; MAUD WETMORE; ANTIONETTE FUNK; MRS. JOSIAH COWLES; MRS. JOSEPH LAMAR

WOMAN'S COMMITTEE. COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW; ...

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In spotlight at Monopoly Committee hearing. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Snapped in an informal conversation at today's session of the National Monopoly Committee were, left to right: Harold Stanley, President of Morgan, Stanley & Co., George Whitney, of J.P. Morgan & Co., and Russell Leffingwell of J.P. Morgan & Co. Leffingwell was an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during the Wilson Administration

In spotlight at Monopoly Committee hearing. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20....

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Palmer Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

Palmer Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

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Palmer Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

Palmer Committee - Public domain portrait photograph

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Cong. William R. Green of Iowa, Chmn. of the Ways and Means Committee, was so busy with the new tax bill in Congress that he was unable to make out his income tax returns. The first installment due last Sat. He was found making out his returns March 27 and he admitted he had been forced to ask for a special dispensation to permit a late filing

Cong. William R. Green of Iowa, Chmn. of the Ways and Means Committee,...

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In last minute huddle. Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. Senator Clyde Herring, left, Democrat of Michigan and Chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee which began hearings today on profit sharing plans, holds a last minute with a republican member of the committee, Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg of Michigan

In last minute huddle. Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. Senator Clyde Herrin...

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Senate Committee on Election, [Washington, D.C.], 1/5/21

Senate Committee on Election, [Washington, D.C.], 1/5/21

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House Currency Committee, 3/29/22

House Currency Committee, 3/29/22

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Pershing leaving Budget Committee

Pershing leaving Budget Committee

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The Senate committee investigating the charges against Senator B.K. Wheeler, ... Left to right: Senators William E. Borah of Idaho chairman, C.A. Swanson of Virginia, T.H. Caraway of Ark., C.L. McNary of Ore., Thomas Sterling, of S.D.

The Senate committee investigating the charges against Senator B.K. Wh...

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Republican National Committee chairman before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., May 22. John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, today told the Dies Committee Investigating UnAmerican Activities that he had no knowledge of the activities of persons alleged to have disseminated anti-semetic propaganda. Hamilton was subpeoned after it was learned that he had exchanged letters with a Mr. Campbell, who described himself before the committee today as an 'American Nationalist' opposed to the internationalist sentiment that he said is trying to get the nation into foreign wars

Republican National Committee chairman before Dies Committee. Washingt...

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Sub Committee of Rep. Nat. Com., 11/15/23

Sub Committee of Rep. Nat. Com., 11/15/23

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Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Committee told. Washington, D.C., June 23. W.S. Farish, President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, said before the House Judiciary Committee today that there is keen competition among oil companies and that major companies have no desire to create a monopoly. Farish joined other oil company executives in condemning before the committee a bill to divorce production, refining, and marketing processes of the oil industry

Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Commi...

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Committee of 100, 1/18/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

Committee of 100, 1/18/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Committee reported to Pres. Coolidge on progress being made to [...] for leprosy at the Corille [...]

Committee reported to Pres. Coolidge on progress being made to [...] f...

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Monopoly Committee learns that five states hold 67 percent of U.S. savings. Washington, D.C., May 23. Dr. Donald Davenport, special economic consultant for the S.E.C., told the Monopoly Committee yesterday, with the aid of large charts, that New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut have 37.8 billions of dollars laid up in savings, this amount being 67 percent of the total savings of the United States

Monopoly Committee learns that five states hold 67 percent of U.S. sav...

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Washington, D.C., June 24. The "Apparent Policy" of the C.I.O. is to "rule or ruin American industry", Tom Girdler, Board Chairman of the Republic Steel Corporation, told the Senate Post Office Committee today

Washington, D.C., June 24. The "Apparent Policy" of the C.I.O. is to "...

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Louis W. Baldwin, Pres. of the Empire Trust Co. of N.Y. who testified before the senate oil investigating committee. March 27

Louis W. Baldwin, Pres. of the Empire Trust Co. of N.Y. who testified ...

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Hearing before Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 12/29/24

Hearing before Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 12/29/24

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Committee from the high school cadets with Pres. Coolidge, Lt. Col. Ford W. Sammis, Lt. Col. C.M. Irelan, L.P. Baird, Pres Coolidge, Col. W.M. Craigie, USA, Pro. of Military Tactics of the High School Cadets, and Lt. Col. C.N. Hisle [White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Secretary of State Charles Evan Hughes, (left), with Senator Borah, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, leaving a two hour executive session on February 2, when both Secretary Hughes and Secretary Hoover were heard regarding the German Commercial Treaty, intended as a model for conventions with other nations

Secretary of State Charles Evan Hughes, (left), with Senator Borah, Ch...

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Committee from Atlantic States Shippers Regional Board at W.H. [i.e., White House, Washington, D.C., 1/21/25]

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Among the callers at the White House today was Brig. General E.L. Spears of the British Army, who is a former member of the House of Commons and now Chairman of a special committee of the League of Nations for Inter-Parlimentary Union

Among the callers at the White House today was Brig. General E.L. Spea...

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Committee from Philidelphia invite Coolidge to attend Sesquicentennial, 2/14/25

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Coolidge with Secret Flight Committee, 6/19/25

Coolidge with Secret Flight Committee, 6/19/25

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General Mitchell and House of Rep. Aircraft Committee, 2/6/25

General Mitchell and House of Rep. Aircraft Committee, 2/6/25

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In spotlight at show hearing before tariff commission. Washington, D.C., Oct. 26. Charles F. Johnson, (right) first President of the Endicott- Johnson Corp., today told the Reciprocity Committee at the Tariff Commission that the Roosevelt Administration was being inconsistent in urging higher wages and shorter hours and at the same time encouraging influx of competitive products manufactured under sub-standard labor conditions. Also in picture are Rep. Bert Lord, of New York (left) and B.H. Crompton, of the H.C. Godman Company. (center)

In spotlight at show hearing before tariff commission. Washington, D.C...

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Planning for D.A.R. Convention in Washington next month. Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, (left) President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Mrs. Rhett Goode, Chairman of the Program Committee, snapped at the headquarters in Washington today where they are getting things in shape for the annual convention which will open on May, 18

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Hitler speech means end of peace talks, Senator Borah says. Washington, D.C., April 28. Senator William E. Borah, Republican of Idaho, Dean of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, after reading the speech of Adolph Hitler today told newsmen that he regarded it 'as ending the matter of further world peace discussions'

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American delegation to International Civil Aeronautics Conference. The first meeting of the American delegation to the International Civil Aeronautics Conference to be held in Washington, December 12, 13, and 14, took place today in the offices of Secretary of Commerce William F. Whiting, chairman of the delegation. In the photograph, left to right: (sitting) Nelson T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of State; Edward P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of Navy; William F. Whiting, Secretary of Commerce; [...]m. P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; ...nd Harry F. Guggenheim, president of Guggenheim fund for promotion of aeronautics. Standing left to right: Lester D. Gardner, president Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce; Joseph S. Ames, Chairman, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; and W.I. Glover, Assistant Postmaster General

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Leading witness of Senate Lobby investigation. [...] Grundy, President of the Pennsylvania [...] Association, testified today before [...] Senate Lobby Committee, declared that he came [...] Washington to see that the Republican platform [...] pledge s were enacted into law in connection with tarriff legislation. "I pay my own expenses" said Mr. Grundy when on the stand

Leading witness of Senate Lobby investigation. [...] Grundy, President...

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League of Nations Malaria Investigation Committee, United Provinces, India. Anti-malaria educational play put on by youngsters dealing with the treatment of the disease, the use of quinine

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League of Nations Malaria Investigation Committee, Madras (vicinity), India. Children of the workers from the firewood section just above Madras ready to be spleened. The spleen rate is fourteen percent

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Cameramen set stage for John L. Lewis before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Amid the flashes of cameramen and while Senators listened attentively, CIO head John L. Lewis today explained his reason for opposing profit sharing systems to the Senate Finance Subcommittee. Labor must depend upon collective bargaining rather than profit sharing for its economic gains, Lewis said

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Navy's crack speed pilot faces Senate Committee seeking reason for resignation. Lieut. Al Williams, crack Navy speed pilot who recently resigned rather than accept a transfer to sea, appeared before a special Senate Naval l Affairs subcommittee today. The committee is investigating the reason for the resignation of the noted pilot. In the photograph, left to right: Senator Patrick J. Sullivan, Wyoming; Lieut. Williams; Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland, chairman; and David S. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation

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The General faces his questioner. Washington, D.C., May 31. Major General George Van Horn Moseley, U.S.A. retired, who appeared before the Dies Committee today to deny any connection with any organizations opposed to Jewry, asserted in his testimony that America is faced with danger of destruction by communists, and that rightists here would fight the menace. When the Committee broke up for an hour's luncheon recess, Moseley and Rhea Whitley, counsel and questioner for the Committee faced each other and had a short heated discussion

The General faces his questioner. Washington, D.C., May 31. Major Gene...

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3 principals before testifying before the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the start of the fight for amendment of the Volstead law

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Bishop Cannon and Women Drys. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., Generalissimo of the organized dry forces, snapped at the Capitol today as thousands of members of the Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement gathered to demand continuance of prohibition. 4/18/32

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Tydings said he didn't. Sen. Millard E. Tydings, D. of Md., standing, injected himself into the Senate lobby investigating committee where he questioned B.B. Robinson, the utility lobbyist, concerning the statement made by Robinson that he, Tydings, had attended a cocktail party. Sen. Tydings said he didn't attend. Robinson said Tydings was invited. And the Senator ended the discussion by saying to Robinson, "Hereafter when you use my name in this testimony you be damned sure you are right." [...] is in the picture but taking no part in the discussion, 8/23/35

Tydings said he didn't. Sen. Millard E. Tydings, D. of Md., standing, ...

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A special meeting. Sen. Gerald P. Nye, and Sen. Homer T. Bone (left to right seated) members of the Senate Munitions Committee, called a special meeting today to discuss the possibility of a Senate investigation of Ethiopian oil concessions. They are shown here as they talked to the members of the press, 9/3/35

A special meeting. Sen. Gerald P. Nye, and Sen. Homer T. Bone (left to...

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At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee are C.M. Hester, Assistant General Counsel of the Treasury Department, and Miss Mary O'Reilly, assistant director of the U.S. Mint, as congress propares to consider the plea of several states that they be allowed to issue coins in fractional cents for sales tax purposes. Miss O'Rielly has been with the Mint for 32 years. 8/8/35

At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee a...

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PRESIDENT GETS LUXEMBURG STAMPS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, A NOTED STAMP COLLECTOR, RECEIVES A COLLECTION ISSUED BY THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG IN COLLABORATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT FOR REFUGEE PROFESSIONAL WORKERS. IN THE PICTURE, FROM THE LEFT: PROF. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR; CORNELIUS JACOBY, CONSUL OF LUXEMBURG, WASH. D.C.; JAMES G. McDONALD, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR GERMAN REFUGEES, PRESENTING THE STAMPS TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

PRESIDENT GETS LUXEMBURG STAMPS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, A NOTED STAMP CO...

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Plotting for lobbies. Rep. Sol Bloom, D. of N.Y., left, and Rep. Wright Patman, D. of Tex., going into a hasty conference as they sit in a Special House Committee investigating "super lobbies" and come out with a [subpena?] for Robert W. Lyons, Counsel for several chain stor [...] 8/9/35

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