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Dupont opposes incentive taxation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee investigating profit sharing systems, Lammont DuPont, President of the E.I. DuPont De Nemours Co., today declared his opposition to incentive taxation as an inducement of social management of industry. He said that by careful study he had not been able to discover any practical[?] method for the federal government to introduce any plan of rewards or penalties in the tax system which will promote the exercise of sound business judgment

Dupont opposes incentive taxation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Appearing...

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Barker Cotton Mills. A successful mill and an example of the results of good management. See Alabama report. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

Barker Cotton Mills. A successful mill and an example of the results o...

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Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. George M. Harrison, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship clerks, leaving the White House today after discussing with President Roosevelt the carriers wage controversy. Harrison told newsmen "the president wants railroad labor and management to take up the problem of developing a program of legislation for general rehabilitation of the railroad industry," 10-31-38

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington,...

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Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administrationn (OPA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price A...

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War workers need homes. Posters prepared by the Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management for use of Homes Registration Offices organized by the OEM Division of Defense Housing in 255 communities throughout the United States. The first 500 posters have been distributed in the District of Columbia, where an intensive campaign for registration of vacant rooms, apartment and homes is now being conducted. It is expected that other communities will follow with similar campaigns

War workers need homes. Posters prepared by the Division of Informatio...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

John L. Haynes, Chief, Lumber and Building Materials Branch, Division of Civilian Supply, Office of Production Management (OPM)

John L. Haynes, Chief, Lumber and Building Materials Branch, Division ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lewis A. Jones, Branch Chief, Electrical Unit, Purchasing Section, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Lewis A. Jones, Branch Chief, Electrical Unit, Purchasing Section, Off...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Give It Your Best. Three-color (red, white and blue) poster designed and distributed July 1 by the Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management (OEM) , for display in war plants throughout the nation. Sizes available: 40 x 56 in., 28 x 40 in. 28 1/2 x 20 in., 14 x 20 in. and 10 x 18 in.

Give It Your Best. Three-color (red, white and blue) poster designed a...

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Mr. Barton Murray, Chief, Rubber and Rubber Products, Division of Civilian Supply, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Barton Murray, Chief, Rubber and Rubber Products, Division of Civi...

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Dr. C.K. Leith, Consultant on Minerals, Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly professor in Geology at University of Wisconsin (still)

Dr. C.K. Leith, Consultant on Minerals, Office of Production Managemen...

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Robert L. Hallett, Consultant on Tin, Metals and Minerals Section, Office of Production Management (OPM). Chief Chemist of National Lead Company

Robert L. Hallett, Consultant on Tin, Metals and Minerals Section, Off...

Frank Bane, director of the Division of State and Local Cooperation for the National OEM (Office of Emergency Management) Defense Commission. Mr. Bane is executive director of the Council of State Governments

Frank Bane, director of the Division of State and Local Cooperation fo...

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Home management supervisor Corinne Williams has a club group discussion meeting in the assembly building at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Home management supervisor Corinne Williams has a club group discussio...

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Herbert Harris, Industrial Relations Adviser, Office of Production Management (OPM), labor, author, analyst, and consultant

Herbert Harris, Industrial Relations Adviser, Office of Production Man...

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Floyd B. Odlum, Director of Contract Distribution, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Floyd B. Odlum, Director of Contract Distribution, Office of Productio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administration (OPM), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price A...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Francis E. Simmons, Chief, Textile Research Section, Bureau of Research and Statistics, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Francis E. Simmons, Chief, Textile Research Section, Bureau of Researc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edward Johson of Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, makes poultry pay his way on a one-acre farm. Careful farm and home management and the aid of Farm Security Administration rehabilitation loan have put this farmer on his feet

Edward Johson of Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, makes poultry pay his...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg is shown here as he was writing the commentary for "Bomber", national defense motion Picture just completed by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) film unit. Mr. Sandburg is famous as the Pulitzer prize winning author of "The War Years," monumental biography of Abraham Lincoln, and as the author of numerous poems and other works. Mr. Sandburg is also famous as a musician, newspaper columnist and authority on Americans. The commentary for "Bomber" was his first excursion into film making. He volunteered his services to the defense program and served without pay

Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg is shown here as he w...

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Mr. Charles F. Palmer, coordinator of defense housing for the National Defense Office for Emergency Management (OEM). Mr. Palmer is president of Palmer, Inc,. Atlanta; chairman, Atlanta Housing Authority; and president, National Association of Housing Officials

Mr. Charles F. Palmer, coordinator of defense housing for the National...

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The halftrac production department of an Ohio tire plant now handling a large Army order displays a poster that expresses the sentiments of the management and the workers. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The halftrac production department of an Ohio tire plant now handling ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Car bringing lunch to pickets against the management of a sugar plantation

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Car bringing lunch to pickets against the manage...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Old man on strike against the management of a sugar plantation

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Old man on strike against the management of a su...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wayne Coy - Special Assistant and Liaison Officer of the White House and Office for Emergency Management / OEM Defense photo by Dixon.

Wayne Coy - Special Assistant and Liaison Officer of the White House a...

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Japanese-American boy cultivating potatoes

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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United States Office of War Information (OWI) and United States Office for Emergency Management (OEM) newsrooms. Washington, D.C.

United States Office of War Information (OWI) and United States Office...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). Telegraph services for the Office of War Information (OWI), the War Manpower Commission (WMC), and the Office of Price Administration (OPA), as well as for the WPB, go through the Business Management Branch of the WPB's Administrative Division. This unit, which contains twenty-two teletype machines and eight receiving sets, sends out an average of 3,000 messages daily

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). Telegraph ser...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. A Japanese-American farm worker

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Supper plates in the community mess hall of the Japanese-Americans

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Japanese-Americans resting after work at the camp

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. In the clinic at the camp which now houses Japanese-American farm workers. Medical care is provided by the sugar beet companies

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William A. Brady.

Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William...

Poster showing newly crowned "champion of the world" boxer James J. Corbett meeting with political leaders and other dignitaries from several European countries. Corbett is shown shaking hands with William E. G... More

Bedford Dwellings, Management Building, 2304 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Bedford Dwellings, Management Building, 2304 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburg...

Survey number: HABS PA-6339-A Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction

Disputes rail labor figures on employees' incomes. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Railroad management representatives today disputed before President Roosevelt's fact finding board figures presented by Labor as to the annual income of rail employees. J. Elmer Monroe, Statistician of the Bureau of Railway Economics, Association of American Railroads, asserted that the average earnings of railroad employees who worked at some time during each of the 12 months in 1937 was $1785. He challenged the claim advanced by the employees that the average was only $1,115, 10/4/38

Disputes rail labor figures on employees' incomes. Washington, D.C., O...

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Home economics and home management class for adults under supervision of Evelyn M. Driver. Everything they make, including the hand looms, utilizes materials of local origin such as bamboo, cane, cornshucks, flour and meal and feed sacks, etc. Flint River Farms, Georgia

Home economics and home management class for adults under supervision ...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richard R. Deupree, Chief, Materials from Agriculture and Forest Products Section, Office of Production Management (OPM). Still President of Proctor and Gamble

Richard R. Deupree, Chief, Materials from Agriculture and Forest Produ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Left to right: Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Compan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C. E. Rhetts, Executive Assistant to Mr. Batt, Materials Division, Office of Production Management (OPM)

C. E. Rhetts, Executive Assistant to Mr. Batt, Materials Division, Off...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A.C.C. Hill Jr., deputy director of Priorities, Office of Production Management (OPM)

A.C.C. Hill Jr., deputy director of Priorities, Office of Production M...

Mrs. Pauline Baker Chambers, Senior Counselor Nurse, Office of Production Management (OPM). Graduate Emergency Hospital, Post-Graduate Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C., Post-Graduate American Hospital, Paris, France

Mrs. Pauline Baker Chambers, Senior Counselor Nurse, Office of Product...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Edward Ewing Pratt, Regional Coordinator, Priorities Field Service, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Edward Ewing Pratt, Regional Coordinator, Priorities Field Service...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leighton H. Peebles, Chief, Plumbing and Heating Branch, Division of Civilian Supply, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Leighton H. Peebles, Chief, Plumbing and Heating Branch, Division of C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Aline Koger, home management supervisor, helping Mrs. Lloyd Young, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower's wife with her weaving. Plum Bayou Project, Arkansas (see general caption)

Mrs. Aline Koger, home management supervisor, helping Mrs. Lloyd Young...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home management supervisor Miss Louise Martin giving a demonstration and talk at women's club meeting in church and community building. Transylvania Project, Louisiana

Home management supervisor Miss Louise Martin giving a demonstration a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Julius Rosenwald, Executive Assistant Chief, Bureau of Industrial Conservation,Priorities Field Service, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Julius Rosenwald, Executive Assistant Chief, Bureau of Industrial Cons...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Herbert Emmerich, Secretary of Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly Associate Director, Public Administration Clearing House

Herbert Emmerich, Secretary of Office of Production Management (OPM). ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Russell C. Duncan. Technical adviser, Industrial Supply Section, Tools Section, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Russell C. Duncan. Technical adviser, Industrial Supply Section, T...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Arthur Jones, Chief, Business Management Division, Office of Coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Relations between the American Republics

Arthur Jones, Chief, Business Management Division, Office of Coordinat...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. Lyman Chalkley, Industrial Economic Consultant to Chemical Section, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Dr. Lyman Chalkley, Industrial Economic Consultant to Chemical Section...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Ready to go is the huge 15 x 30 foot Arsenal of Democracy montage deseigned by Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, for exhibition at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition in New York and in many other cities throughout the country. The panel is divided into 2 1/2 foot squares. The artist seems pleased with his work, which is only the second time this particular montage technique has been used. Behind him are figures from the Four Freedoms panel, which equal in size to the Arsenal of Democracy. Both panels were prepared for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Ready to go is the hug...

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. The Arsenal of Democracy panel at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition is readied by workmen. Only half the panel is shown here. This and a montage representing the Four Freedoms were designed by Jean Carlu, eminent psoter artist. Each measures 15 x 30 feet and is divided into 2 1/2 foot squares. These panels display a novel new montage technique used only once before. Displayed under the aegis of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), theyl will be shortly seen at exhibitions in a number of cities from coast to coast

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. The Arsenal of Democra...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Richard S. Neff (standing in doorway) U.S. Housing Authority Inspector, who with his crew of five men, sees that defense homes meet up with the standards established by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Division of Defense Housing Co-ordination

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Richard S. Neff (standing in door...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Henry A. Wallace, Chairman, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Vice-President of the United States, and Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Director of the Priorities Division, Office of Production Management (OPM). Photograph taken at a joint press conference held directly after the first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board on September 2, 1941

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Priorities unemployment. New skills, new opportunities. The U.S. employment office advised John Jones to enroll in a defense training course in his own community. There were vocational courses in local schools to choose from or opportunites for training right on the job through the Office of Production Management's (OPM) training within industry program. Training within industry has been installed in nearly 2000 defense plants employing over 2,000,000 workers

Priorities unemployment. New skills, new opportunities. The U.S. emplo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager Sloan of the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at New York's Grand Central Palace. In the background is part of the 15 x 30 foot poster Carlu designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The panel shown represents the Arsenal of Democracy while another of equal size is entitled The Four Freedoms. These panels, designed according to a technique in photomontage used only once before, will be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop of the Sparling Pulley Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan. He and his seventy-nine-year-old ex-lumberjack helper were recognized by Donald Nelson as the only two-man labor- management war production drive committee in the United States. The two work fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, and, unaided, have produced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment in eighteen months

"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop ...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Japanese-Americans taking down their flag in the evening

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A lively discussion resulted when labor and management talked over production problems of the anthracite industry in Pennsylvania. This is one of the many labor-management anthracite committees in the state. Anthracite miners' rallies were held in four Pennsylvania cities, September 28th through October 1st

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A lively discussion resulted...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Camp in which Japanese-American farm workers live

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. A Japanese-American girl in the apartment she has arranged for her husband and herself in the barrack building

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Japanese-Americans weeding beans

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

War Production Board (WOB) poster. Poster distributed to war plants, designed by the Office of War Information (OWI) from a photograph by Valentino Sarra. The original comes in three sizes: 7 1/8 inches by 10 inches, 14 1/4 inches by 20 inches, and 28 1/2 by 40 inches. Colors: yellow and black on white. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Service, Office for Emergency Management (OEM), 1509 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

War Production Board (WOB) poster. Poster distributed to war plants, d...

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Bedford Dwellings, Management Building, 2304 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Bedford Dwellings, Management Building, 2304 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburg...

Survey number: HABS PA-6339-A Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction

Francis Wilson under the management of A.H. Canby in the comic opera, Half a king

Francis Wilson under the management of A.H. Canby in the comic opera, ...

Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Ada Turner and Evelyn M. Driver home management and home economics supervisor, canning English peas with pressure cooker in Mrs. Missouri Thomas' kitchen. Flint River Farms, Georgia

Ada Turner and Evelyn M. Driver home management and home economics sup...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. E.M. Hopkins, chairman of Minerals and Metals Group, Division of Priorities, Office of Production Management (OPM), Office for Emergency Management (OEM)

Dr. E.M. Hopkins, chairman of Minerals and Metals Group, Division of P...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Middlesex County Girls Vocational School, Woodbridge, New Jersey. Household management porch, vertical

Middlesex County Girls Vocational School, Woodbridge, New Jersey. Hous...

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Mrs. Ruth Lina, home management supervisor, helping some of the project women can milk. Terrebonne Project, Schriever, Louisiana

Mrs. Ruth Lina, home management supervisor, helping some of the projec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

D.S. Kimball, chairman of the Tools and Equipment Group, Division of Priorities, Office of Production Management (OPM). Office for Emergency Management (OEM)

D.S. Kimball, chairman of the Tools and Equipment Group, Division of P...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sullivan Jones, Chief, Housing Priorities Branch, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Sullivan Jones, Chief, Housing Priorities Branch, Office of Production...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) poster. "Keep 'Em Rolling" (PT boats)

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) poster. "Keep 'Em Rolling" (PT bo...

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A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Produ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. D.P. Morgan, Consultant on Chemical and Allied Products, Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly with Scudder, Stevens and Clark, New York City

Dr. D.P. Morgan, Consultant on Chemical and Allied Products, Office of...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carl Sandburg, author of the commentary to the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) motion picture, "Bomber" discuuses some of the finer points of the construction of the Glenn L. Martin bomber with chief production test pilot, Roland Lee Sansbury

Carl Sandburg, author of the commentary to the Office of Emergency Man...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Aline Koger, home management supervisor, helping Mrs. Lloyd Young, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower's wife with her weaving. Plum Bayou Project, Arkansas (see general caption)

Mrs. Aline Koger, home management supervisor, helping Mrs. Lloyd Young...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distribution to shipyards. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in full color. It was designed by the Office of War Information (OWI) from a painting by C.C. Beall. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Service, Office of Emergency Management (OEM), 1516 14th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distributi...

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Captain A.B. Reed, U.S. Navy (Retired), liaison officer, Navy, and Office of Production Management (OPM)

Captain A.B. Reed, U.S. Navy (Retired), liaison officer, Navy, and Off...

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Leighton H. Peebles, Chief, Plumbing and Heating Branch, Division of Civilian Supply, Office of Production Management (OPM)

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Poster issued by Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Production Board (WPB), and released by the Office for Emergency Management (OEM) urging householders to contribute waste materials for victory. This poster will be distributed on a national scale and will appear in the nation's store windows, schools, post offices, etc.

Poster issued by Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Producti...

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Testify before Senate Relief Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. Roy Franklin, left, business agent for Local #183, United Packing House Workers, and Ernest B. Jacobs, Pres. Of the same union, Austin, Minn. testified before the Senate Relief Committee today, both employees of the Hormel Packing Plant, said Franklin, that the workers felt that the management had made no effort to increase the amount of work to be done in a 40-hour budget because the workers in a previous period had completed and budgeted work in les than the allotted time, 3/7/38

Testify before Senate Relief Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. Roy ...

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Mr. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., former director, Priorities Division, OPM (Office of Production Management), and currently (Sept. 2, 1941) lend-lease administrator

Mr. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., former director, Priorities Division, O...

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Henry A. Wallace, Chairman, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Vice-President of the United States, and Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Director of the Priorities Division, Office of Production Management (OPM). Photograph taken at a joint press conference held directly after the first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board on September 2, 1941

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

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy of hiArsenal of Democracy panel is the eminent posters artist Jean Carlu. The panel, which measured 15 by 30 feet, is on exhibit now at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at Grand Central Palace, New York along with another of the same size representing the Four Freedoms. Shown under the auspices of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), they will shortly be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

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Bits and pieces display. Parts needed by U.S. Maritime Commission being inspected at the first OPM (Office of Personnel Management) permanent exhibit at which samples of needed defense equipment and parts are shown to prospective producers. The exhibit opened on Tuesday, December 23 in the Boatman's Bank Building in St. Louis, Missouri. Bits and pieces of needed war goods were exhibited by fourty-eight holders of large war contracts and by the Army, the Navy, and the U.S. Maritime Commission. It is planned to change the articles displayed in this exhibit as some of them become under contracts or subcontracts. Representatives of the Contract Distribution Division will be available regularly to advise manufacturers attending the exhibits. Similar exhibits are scheduled to open shortly in other cities throughout the country

Bits and pieces display. Parts needed by U.S. Maritime Commission bein...

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Priorities unemployment. New skills, new opportunities. The U.S. employment office advised John Jones to enroll in a defense training course in his own community. There were vocational courses in local schools to choose from or opportunites for training right on the job through the Office of Production Management's (OPM) training within industry program. Training within industry has been installed in nearly 2000 defense plants employing over 2,000,000 workers

Priorities unemployment. New skills, new opportunities. The U.S. emplo...

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Washing machine for Japanese-Americans

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Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Production Management (OPM) and Joseph L. White, executive assistant to Mr. Eastman

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. A Japanese-American reading his mail

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Wash bowls used by the Japanese-Americans

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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Agriculture. Women on farms. The horses, cows, and chickens cared for, Mrs. Harold Sontag of Maple Park, Illinois, starts out for the farmhouse with her blonde, pre-school youngsters. Like many another U.S. farmer's wife, Mrs. Sontag takes an extremely active part in the management of her farm, which will be increasingly short-handed for the duration

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Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Production Management (OPM)

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Conversion. Silverware plant. Engineers and tool experts of a large Eastern silverware manufacturing company discuss blueprints on a bayonet order to be produced for the Army. Bayonet shown is the Springfield rifle type. The determination of management and workers alike to keep the presses rolling on war orders in this plant seems to indicate that these OEM (Office of Emergency Management) posters have been read. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. Engineers and tool experts of a large Ea...

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Dishing up supper in the community mess hall of the Japanese-Americans

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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OEM exhibit panel. Office of Emergency Management exhibit panel on display at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., November 1941. The panel was designed by Jean Carlu and executed by the Division of Information, OEM. One side depicted in a photo-montage, "The Four Freedoms." The other side described pictorially our "Arsenal of Democracy"

OEM exhibit panel. Office of Emergency Management exhibit panel on dis...

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversion of this automobile factory to production of airplane engines, the gigantic task of remodelling old machinery, removal of old and installation of new equipment, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself was formidable--but speedy. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herulean efforts of management and labor reduced this to early spring of this year. Carloads of scrap material torn out of the plant are shown here at a siding back of the factory. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversi...

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Washington, D.C. Two of the members who attended the first meeting of the War Production Board (WPB) held in the conference room of the new Social Security Building were Henry A. Wallace, chairman of the Board of Economic Welfare and William S. Knudsen, director general of the Office of Production Management (OPM)

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Defense plant poster. Robert C. Weaver, chief of Negro Employment and Training Branch of Labor Division, Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Lawrence Cramer, executive secretary of President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice

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