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Railway heads. Washington, D.C., March 11. M.W. Clement, (left) President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Daniel Willard, Prexy of the B&O, pictured at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Railroads here today. The Executives were called into special session to seek a relief for the "critical financial condition" of the Nation's largest industry, 3/11/38

Railway heads. Washington, D.C., March 11. M.W. Clement, (left) Presid...

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Film prexy defends practice of "block booking." Washington, D.C., April 6. Sidney R. Kent, President of the 20th Century Fox Film Corp., testifying before the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee today, defended block booking of Motion Pictures as legitimate and traditional business practices. The producers right to sell their merchandise in their own way, Kent said, is sacred so long as they are "In free and open competition." 4-6-39

Film prexy defends practice of "block booking." Washington, D.C., Apri...

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Georgetown U. prexy asserts neutrality laws impractical. Urges Pan-American front. Washington, D.C., May 3. Dr. Edmund A Walsh, Vice President of the Georgetown University here and head of the Foreign Service School, told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations today that no satisfactory neutrality law is possible and suggested a bloc of 21 American republics as a front against foreign aggression in this hemisphere. He said that neutrality today exists 'possibly in a few rare and detached souls'

Georgetown U. prexy asserts neutrality laws impractical. Urges Pan-Ame...

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Prexy of General Motors. Washington, D.C., May 12. A recent informal snapshot of William S. Knudsen, President of General Motors, 5/12/38

Prexy of General Motors. Washington, D.C., May 12. A recent informal s...

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Prexy of American Cotton Association Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. A new informal picture of J.S. Wannamaker, President of the American Cotton Association. He is also a member of the National Counsel of the National Economic League, 10/3/38

Prexy of American Cotton Association Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. A new i...

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Prexy of Canadian Chamber of Commerce speaks at annual meeting of U.S. Chamber. Washington, D.C., May 2. J. Stanley McLean, President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, was a speaker today [at] the 27th annual meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce

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At the top now. Washington, D.C. June 4. One a miner and the other a steel puddler in their youth, these men have gone far in their battle for American Labor. William Green, (left) President of the American Federation of Labor, and U.S. Senator James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, met at the Capitol today where the A.F. of L. Prexy appeared before the Senate and House labor Committees on the Black-Connery Wage-and Hour Bill. 6/4/37

At the top now. Washington, D.C. June 4. One a miner and the other a s...

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Princeton Prexy gives Senate Committee views on president's court reform plan. Washington, D.C., March 24. Harold W. Doods, President of Princeton University, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today pictured the President's court reorganization plan as "a scheme by which President Roosevelt hopes to control the opinions of the court." The committee is now hearing witnesses opposed to the president's plan, 3/24/1937

Princeton Prexy gives Senate Committee views on president's court refo...

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Wage reductions are necessary, N.Y. Central Prexy tells fact finding board. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Wage reductions are necessary to enable railroads to balance their budgets and meet competition, F.E. Williamson, President of the N.Y. Central Railroad, told President's fact finding board today. He added that unbalanced budgets tend to divert business to competing industries and increase railroad unemployment. Williamson declared that the New York Central's deficit for the first eight months of this year was $20,500,000. The largest ever incurred for a similar period, 10/6/38

Wage reductions are necessary, N.Y. Central Prexy tells fact finding b...

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