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Before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., June 8. Patrick H. Joyce, President of the Chicago and great Western Railroad, testifying before the Senate Railroad Financing Committee today, 6/8/37

Before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., June 8. Patrick H. Joyce, P...

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President of Maritime union appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. Photographed while appearing before a senate committee on Maritime affairs, while Curran testified that, "compulsory" use of mediation should be delayed until labor in the industry is thoroughly organized. The National Maritime Union which was created last May by a group that quit the International Seamens Union in protest against its leadership, has voted to affiliate with the CIO last night. The decision was reached after a poll of more than 20,000 unlicensed seamen who are members. 12/14/37

President of Maritime union appears before senate committee. Washingto...

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Naps thru senate questioning. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. While a majority of the spectators were cupping their ears to catch every word uttered by A.F. of L. head before the Senate Committee Investigating Unemployment today, this old gent found it very boring and promptly dozed off to sleep, 1/7/38

Naps thru senate questioning. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. While a majori...

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Before Senate Unemployment Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. F.G. Tryon, of the market statistics unit of the National Bituminous Coal Commission, who told the Senate Committee on Unemployment that four years of rising production and employment in the soft coal industry from 1933 to 1937 left it still short of levels maintained prior to 1923, 1/14/38

Before Senate Unemployment Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. F.G. ...

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Solicitor General nominee quizzed by senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. Robert H. Jackson, nominee for Solicitor General, today denied before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that he is attempting to remake the Constitution and the laws of the nation. Jackson underwent a grueling cross-examination at the hands of Senator Warren R. Austin, Republican of Vermont, with the Supreme Court Reform Program as the principal issue, 2/10/38

Solicitor General nominee quizzed by senate committee. Washington, D.C...

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After 1946 U.S. under no obligation to defend Philippines, Senate Committee told. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. When independence is granted the Philippines in 1946 the United States will be absolved from defending the islands from foreign aggression, general Charles Burnett, Chief of the War Department Bureau of Insular Affairs, told the Senate Territories and Insular Affairs Committee today. As Philippine Vice President Sergio Osmena, right, and his two aides, Benito Razon and Camilo Osias listen intently General Burnett stated "the policy of the War Department is to get out of the Philippines after independence," 2-21-39

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Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Address Before Senate Committee

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Address Before Senate Committee

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's February 15, 1906 speech before U. S. Senate Suffrage Committee stresses that government concerns more than business and women voters could contribute to improved social welfare of all; a... More

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

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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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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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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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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.

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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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At tax hearing. Washington, D.C., March 17. Senator Joseph Penna., and Senator Prentiss Brown (right) snapped at the tax hearing before the Senate committee this afternoon, 3/17/38

At tax hearing. Washington, D.C., March 17. Senator Joseph Penna., and...

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General Motors head arrives for questioning by senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 6. Arriving to appear before the Special Senate Committee studying unemployment, William S. Knudsen, President of General Motors, is greeted by Sen. James F. Byrnes, Committee Chairman. Others in the pictures are Sen. Vendenberg and Sen. Carl Hatch of New Mexico, both members of the committee, 1/6/38

General Motors head arrives for questioning by senate committee. Washi...

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Boston merchant before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Louis E. Kirstein, Boston merchant, appearing before the senate unemployment committee, said "that developments have reached the stage in this country where no one group of agencies can deal adequately with the totality of community needs." "Neither the federal, state, nor local city or town units meet these needs. In other words," he said, "what we need is a program in which every agency, public or private, federal, state, or local will play its part without sacrificing any of the values and special contributions which each type or agency can make," 1/13/38

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Movies record Frankfurter's appearance before Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Movie and still cameras were set at all angles in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing room to record for the nation the appearance of Felix Frankfurter, who made himself available to answer questions as to his fitness to serve on the Supreme Court bench. The committee later confirmed the nomination of Frankfurter, 1/12/39

Movies record Frankfurter's appearance before Senate committee. Washin...

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Movie star before senate committee. Washington, D.C., April 3. The S.R.O. sign was hung out today at the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Hearing as Robert Montgomery, movie star, appeared to express his opposition to a bill designed to prohibit "Block booking" and "Blind selling" two trade practices which curb the discretion that a movie house owner has in selecting pictures to be shown in his community. Speaking as a former President of the Screen Actors Guild, Montgomery told the Committee that the Guild and their lawyers have come to the very definite conclusion that if the bill should become a law it would cut in half the production schedules of the Motion Picture Industry. 4-3- 39

Movie star before senate committee. Washington, D.C., April 3. The S.R...

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Frankfurter faces Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Felix Frankfurter, right, facing the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today to answer questions concerning his fitness for the U.S. Supreme Court. The committee later confirmed his nomination. Left to right, can be seen: Senator William H. King of Utah, Senator M.M. Neely of West Virginia, Chairman, and Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, 1/12/39

Frankfurter faces Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Felix F...

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FAC Head appears before Senate committee. Washington, D.C., March 31 -F.F. Hill, left, Governor of the Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee which is considering pending bills relating to mortgages held by agencies of the F.C.A. Hill is shown with Chairman Alben W. Barkley of the Committee, and Payton R. Evans, General Counsel of the F.C.A. 3-31-39

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Knox before Senate committee considering his qualifications to be Secretary of Navy. Washington, D.C., July 2. Col. Frank Knox, recently nominated to be secretary of the Navy, appeared before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee today and denied charges the he is an advocate of armed intervention in the European War, 7-2-40

Knox before Senate committee considering his qualifications to be Secr...

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[Andrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, at a meeting of the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]

[Andrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, head-and-shoulde...

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And a Tommyhawk to you, Mr. Gurney.' Washington, D.C., May 13. Representing the Rosebud Tribe of the Sioux Indians of South Dakota, Chief Joe Thin Elk and Chief Steven Brave Bird were in Washington today to describe conditions at Rosebud So. Dakota, before the Senate Committee. Enroute, they dropped in on Senator Chan Gurney, So. Dakota. Left to right shows: Senator Chan Gurney, So. Dakota, Chief Joe Thin Elk, Rep. Francis H. Case, So. Dakota, and Chief Steven Brave Bird

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Former Interior Department investigators summoned before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 22. Two former investigators for the Interior Department, Col. W.L. Simpson (left) and Capt. J.G. Ghoslton, were summoned today to testify before the Senate Public Lands Committee considering the nomination of Ebert K. Burlew as Assistant Secretary of Interior, 1/22/38

Former Interior Department investigators summoned before Senate Commit...

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Sen. John W. Harreld of Okla. testifying before the Senate Committee investigating the Dept. of Justice

Sen. John W. Harreld of Okla. testifying before the Senate Committee i...

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Senate committee investigating Dept. Justice, 3/15/24

Senate committee investigating Dept. Justice, 3/15/24

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H.L. Schaife, former Dept. of Justice investigator who has been testifying before the senate committee investigating the Dept. of Justice

H.L. Schaife, former Dept. of Justice investigator who has been testif...

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In spotlight at Navy probe hearing at U.S. Capitol. Rear Admiral J.M. Reeves, of the General Board of the United States Navy, snapped as he left the Capitol today after appearing before the Senate Committee investigating the lobbying at the Geneva Conference. Admiral Reeves answered to the charge that he frequently expressed the hope that the Geneva Conference would fail

In spotlight at Navy probe hearing at U.S. Capitol. Rear Admiral J.M. ...

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Cabinet member appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Called to help the Senate Agricultural Committee Frame a farm bill in a hurry, Sec. of Agriculture Henry Wallace, right, is shown in a huddle today with Senator "Cotton Ed" Smith, D. of South Carolina, Chairman of the Senate Agricultural Committee, left; and Howard R. Tolley, center, of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. 11/17/37

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Chesapeake and Ohio to get control of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. Washington, D.C., May 14. Carroll M. Shanks, Chairman of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Mortgage Bondholders Protective Committee, told the Senate Railroad Financing Committee today that the proposed reorganization plan for the C.&E.I now pending on federal courts would give the control to the Chesapeake and Ohio. The Senate Committee has been investigating the $700,000 load procured by the C.&E.I from the Midland Bank of Cleveland. Later testimony brought out at the hearing proved that the Chesapeake and Ohio actually made the loan with the bank acting as the road's agent, 5141937

Chesapeake and Ohio to get control of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rai...

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Senate Committee approves SEC head's proposal. Washington, D.C., March 30. A proposal by William O. Douglas, right, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to exempt transfers of securities and properties by holding companies liquidating under the 'death sentence' clause of the Public Utility Holding Company Act from the capital gains tax, was approved today by the Senate Finance Committee. Douglas is pictured with Sen. Tom Connally as he arrived at the Capitol to appear before the committee

Senate Committee approves SEC head's proposal. Washington, D.C., March...

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Murphy tells his side of strike controversy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Attorney General Frank Murphy sat before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary this afternoon and in a voice almost inaudible to those nearby, read his statement regarding his side of the sit-down strikes in Detroit's motor industries. During the following period of questioning, he registered neither frown nor smiles, 11339

Murphy tells his side of strike controversy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13...

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Frankfurter faces Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Felix Frankfurter, right, facing the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today to answer questions concerning his fitness for the U.S. Supreme Court. The committee later confirmed his nomination. Left to right, can be seen: Senator William H. King of Utah, Senator M.M. Neely of West Virginia, Chairman, and Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, 11239

Frankfurter faces Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Felix F...

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Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Address Before Senate Committee

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Address Before Senate Committee

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's February 15, 1906 speech before U. S. Senate Suffrage Committee stresses that government concerns more than business and women voters could contribute to improved social welfare of all; a... More

Labor Leader before La Follette. Washington D.C. Homer D. Sayee, Executive Officer of the National Trades Association told the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties that on all strikes where they moved in the association took complete control even to the settling of the strikes, furnishing protection, guards, strike breakers, and under- cover agents during the disputes

Labor Leader before La Follette. Washington D.C. Homer D. Sayee, Execu...

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Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization

Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Fl...

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Admits fraud to Senate committee. Washington, D.C., May 13. Kenneth D. Sture, chairman of the board of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, conceded before the Senate Railroad Financing today there was fraud in connection with a 1932 RFC loan to his road. The loan in question was made in March 1932, and totaled approximately $3,600,000. The alleged fraud was in the road's application when it stated it had exhausted unsuccessfully all sources for borrowing privately

Admits fraud to Senate committee. Washington, D.C., May 13. Kenneth D....

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Shall Reed Smoot, a Mormon, hold a seat in the United States Senate? President Smith, of the Mormon Church, as the Senate Committee's hearing in the case of Reed Smoot, boldly confessing the practice of polygamy by himself and associates

Shall Reed Smoot, a Mormon, hold a seat in the United States Senate? P...

Joseph Smith being cross-examined by Seantor Hoar.

Profit sharing plan must be 'extra' to wages, senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. Richard R. Deupree, President of Proctor and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, today told the Senate Finance Subcommittee that his firm's profit-sharing system has exercised important influences in maintaining amicable labor relations for 50 years. He agreed, however, that the profit-sharing plan must be extra to a steady job, Deupree told the Committee that in his experience the plan was conducive to thrift and home ownership, and that 99 per cent of the employees eligible participated in the plan

Profit sharing plan must be 'extra' to wages, senate committee told. W...

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Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of the late Jesse Smith whose tales thrilled the Senate Committee investigating the Dept. of Justice

Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of the late Jesse Smith whose tales thril...

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Back in lobby limelight. Howard C. Hopson, Associated Gas & Electric king pin in the Senate lobby quiz, and an associated, Bernard B. Robinson (the tall one) photographed in the corridors of the Senate office building following a strenuous session with the Senate committee. 8/22/35

Back in lobby limelight. Howard C. Hopson, Associated Gas & Electric k...

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Heads in huddle as senate committee resumes railroad financing hearing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, (left) acting Chairman, and Max Lowenthal, Counsel and Chief Investigator, go into a huddle as the Senate Committee investigating railroad financing resumed its open hearings today. Senator Truman is presiding during the absence of senator Burton K. Wheeler who has not yet returned to the Capital. 10/20/37

Heads in huddle as senate committee resumes railroad financing hearing...

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$3,500,000 saving. Washington D.C. July 9. Merger of the Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board would save the Government $3,500,000 annually, Charles O. Hardey, staff member of the Senate Committee on Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government. 7/9/37

$3,500,000 saving. Washington D.C. July 9. Merger of the Federal Housi...

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Senate Committee hears Van Swerigan official. Washington, D.C., May 11. known for many years as the closest business associate of the late Van Swerigan brothers, Herbert Fitzpatrick, Vice President and General council for two major units in vast Van Swerigan rail empire, was quizzed today by the Senate Committee investigating railroad financing. Chairman Wheeler charged that the late O.P. Van Swerigan acted "directly in defiance" of ICC orders by having the Van Swerigan-controlled Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad purchase in 1930 an option for stock of the Chicago and Illinois Railroad. Fitzpatrick answered by declaring the C&O voted to buy the option because "it was their judgement the O.&E. I? should properly be grouped with the C&O" roger brennan, counsel for Fitzpatrick, is shown on left, 5111937

Senate Committee hears Van Swerigan official. Washington, D.C., May 11...

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Equal rights to women would result in confusion, senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Dean G. Acheson, former Undersecretary of the Treasury, today told the Senate judiciary subcommittee, that the proposed Constitutional Amendment granting "equal rights" to women would lead only to "confusion." It would confuse states in determining what constituted "equal rights" and would cause "many good laws" to be discarded, Acheson added, 3/8/38

Equal rights to women would result in confusion, senate committee told...

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Senator testifies before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Senator Edward R. Burke, of Neb. appearing before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee which opened hearings on his resolution to authorize an inquiry of the NLRB, Sen. Burke, declared that the Federal Agency has created "widespread distrust' and "almost universal condemnation," 1/27/38

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WPA Administrator appears before Senate Relief Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar. 17. Corrington Gill, Asst. WPA Administrator told the Senate Committee on relief today that large numbers of rural families are facing serious deprivation, Gill declared that at least 3,500,000 families. At more than one out of every four rural families has received public assistance at some time during the Depression, 3/4/38

WPA Administrator appears before Senate Relief Committee. Washington, ...

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Nominee to Virginia Federal Judgeship questioned by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 1. Floyd Roberts, recently nominated by President Roosevelt to be a Federal District Judge in Virginia and whose nomination is opposed by Senators Carter and Glass and Harry F. Byrd, pictured as he was waiting to be called for questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee today, 2-1-39

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Waiting for the decision. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. This study of former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie certainly does not indicate he is confident that the Senate will confirm his nomination as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission to which post he was appointed by President Roosevelt. This picture was made as Amlie concluded his testimony before a Senate Committee last week

Waiting for the decision. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. This study of for...

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Patent monopoly not fully safeguarded: U.S. Patents Commissioner tells Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 16. Conway F. Coe, U.S. Commissioner of Patents, today told the Senate Monopoly Committee that the patent monopoly is not now fully safeguarded. He said the patentee should be afforded the opportunity to hold his rights of property against the pressure of the strongest adversary, 1/16/39

Patent monopoly not fully safeguarded: U.S. Patents Commissioner tells...

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Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. The Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' to encourage profit sharing systems, M.B. Folsom, Vice President of the company, told the Senate Finance Subcommittee today. 'We believe it is unsound to impose or withhold taxes as a means to influence or direct action of this type.' Folsom

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RFC Head at Senate Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Jesse Jones, Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, appeared before the Senate committee investigating railroad financing today and told of the five loans the RFC made to the Missouri Pacific Railroad during 1932/33. Jones told the committee the loans were made with the approval of the ICCC and that "I regard the loans as fully secured with ample collateral." Chairman Jones is shown in this picture with Max Lowenthal, Counsel for the Committee

RFC Head at Senate Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Jesse Jones, Ch...

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Grant more powers to Federal Reserve Board, Cromwell tells Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. The Federal Reserve Board should be granted the power to 'stabilize the dollar' and increase the flow of money, James H.R. Cromwell, monetary expert and husband of tobacco heiress Doris Duke, urged as he appeared before a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee today, Cromwell also voiced his approval of a bill by Senator Elmer Thomas which the Committee is considering, 8/4/37

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In ofc. of Senate Committee on Judiciary Affairs

In ofc. of Senate Committee on Judiciary Affairs

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Naps thru senate questioning. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. While a majority of the spectators were cupping their ears to catch every word uttered by A.F. of L. head before the Senate Committee Investigating Unemployment today, this old gent found it very boring and promptly dozed off to sleep, 1738

Naps thru senate questioning. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. While a majori...

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Assistant Secretary of State Before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Appearing before the Senate Territorial and Insular Affairs Committee today, Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre stated the vital interests of the U.S. in the Far East were concerned in the disposition of the Philippines. Sayre is leading the administration fight for the proposed amendments to the Tydings-McDuffie Independence Act, 2-21-39

Assistant Secretary of State Before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C....

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Paul Revere Sentinels appear at Senate Neutrality Hearing. Washington, D.C., May 2. A bit of color was injected today into an otherwise drab session of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations which is conducting hearings on neutrality, when a group of people, known as the Paul Revere Sentinels, appeared to state its views. A spokesman for the committee accused the press of withholding truths about the present international situation and the forces back of it, and warned the committee against allowing itself to become the mouthpiece of the Capitol. The group is opposed to allowing its children to become cannon fodder in another World War. From New York, this group of women are, left to right: Mrs. Lily Reed, Miss Josephine Keane, Mrs. Helen McAllister, Mrs. Marie Hubert, and Miss S.E. McGrath. Mrs. Reed and Mrs. McAllister are both mothers of sons

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Letter of Henry Addison, esq., on behalf of the corporation of Georgetown, to the Hon. A. G. Brown, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, touching the memorial of Capt. B. S. Roberts.

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Senate Committee and Baker - Public domain portrait photograph

Senate Committee and Baker - Public domain portrait photograph

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POMMERENE, ATLEE. SENATOR FROM OHIO, 1911-1923. SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY, 63RD CONGRESS

POMMERENE, ATLEE. SENATOR FROM OHIO, 1911-1923. SENATE COMMITTEE ON BA...

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Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of the late Jesse Smith whose tales thrilled the Senate Committee investigating the Dept. of Justice

Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of the late Jesse Smith whose tales thril...

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Gov. Gifford Pinchot, 4th from left, as he appeared before the Senate Committee on Agric. and Forestry on March 28, to urge passage of a bill introduced by Sen. McNary to provide for the protection of Forest lands, the reforestation of dewooded areas, the extension of Nat'l Forests to provide continuous production of timber. Around the table, left to right: Senators J.B. Kendrick, of Wyo., Jos. E. Randsdell, of La., William L. Day, official stenographer, Gov. Pinchot, Sen. George W. Norris of Neb., Chmn. Chas. L. McNary of Ore. and Arthur Capper of Kansas

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Gov. Gifford Pinchot, 4th from left, as he appeared before the Senate Committee on Agric. and Forestry on March 28, to urge passage of a bill introduced by Sen. McNary to provide for the protection of Forest lands, the reforestation of dewooded areas, the extension of Nat'l Forests to provide continuous production of timber. Around the table, left to right: Senators J.B. Kendrick, of Wyo., Jos. E. Randsdell, of La., William L. Day, official stenographer, Gov. Pinchot, Sen. George W. Norris of Neb., Chmn. Chas. L. McNary of Ore. and Arthur Capper of Kansas

Gov. Gifford Pinchot, 4th from left, as he appeared before the Senate ...

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Tugwell appears before Senate committee. With the hearing room packed and hundreds unable to gain admittance, Rexford Guy Tugwell, member of President Roosevelt's "brain trust," appeared before the Senate committee on Agriculture and forestry today, to testify on his fitness to be Undersecretary of Agriculture. Tugwell denied he was trying to overthrow the Constitution and said that the Constitution is flexible enough for any changes that may be necessary in America's economic life, 6/11/34

Tugwell appears before Senate committee. With the hearing room packed ...

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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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Murphy tells his side of strike controversy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Attorney General Frank Murphy sat before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary this afternoon and in a voice almost inaudible to those nearby, read his statement regarding his side of the sit-down strikes in Detroit's motor industries. During the following period of questioning, he registered neither frowns or smiles, 1/13/39

Murphy tells his side of strike controversy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13...

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Nominee to Virginia Federal Judgeship questioned by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 1. Floyd Roberts, recently nominated by President Roosevelt to be a Federal District Judge in Virginia and whose nomination is opposed by Senators Carter and Glass and Harry F. Byrd, pictured as he was waiting to be called for questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee today, 2-1-39

Nominee to Virginia Federal Judgeship questioned by Senate Committee. ...

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NLRB counsel testifies before Senate Committee on Labor. Washington, D.C., April 25. General Counsel Charles Fahy told the Senate Education and Labor Committee today that changes in the Labor Relations Act would ultimately frustrate the purpose of the law

NLRB counsel testifies before Senate Committee on Labor. Washington, D...

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Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization

Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Fl...

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Profit sharing program a success, Westinghouse executive tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. The Senate Finance Subcommittee was told today by W.G. Marshall, Vice President of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., that the profit sharing plan effected by his company has been found mutually satisfactory and beneficial to management and to workers. The Committee is investigating industrial profit sharing systems as a means of reducing economic strife and providing labor with a larger share of national income

Profit sharing program a success, Westinghouse executive tells senate ...

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Senate committee investigating Dept. Justice, 31524

Senate committee investigating Dept. Justice, 31524

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NLRB counsel testifies before Senate Committee on Labor. Washington, D.C., April 25. General Counsel Charles Fahy told the Senate Education and Labor Committee today that changes in the Labor Relations Act would ultimately frustrate the purpose of the law

NLRB counsel testifies before Senate Committee on Labor. Washington, D...

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Hundreds pack Tugwell hearing room. A general view of the Senate hearing room today as Rexwell Guy Tugwell appeared before the Senate Committee to testify on his fitness to be Undersecretary of Agriculture. Tugwell can be seen at witness table resting his head on his hand. 61134

Hundreds pack Tugwell hearing room. A general view of the Senate heari...

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In spotlight at Senate Committee hearing, Tom Mooney petition. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, (left) Senator James E. Murray, and John W. Jenkins, Chairman of the Tom Mooney Defense Committee, go into a huddle just before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee opened its meeting today to hear a petition to summon Mooney to testify at hearings on a Senate resolution urging his freedom. Frank P. Walsh, counsel for Mooney, presented the petition, 121537

In spotlight at Senate Committee hearing, Tom Mooney petition. Washing...

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Cabinet member appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Called to help the Senate Agricultural Committee Frame a farm bill in a hurry, Sec. of Agriculture Henry Wallace, right, is shown in a huddle today with Senator "Cotton Ed" Smith, D. of South Carolina, Chairman of the Senate Agricultural Committee, left; and Howard R. Tolley, center, of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. 111737

Cabinet member appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov....

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Says profits should be distributed in pay envelopes. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. H.J. Tily, president of the Strawbridge and Clothier Co., of Philadelphia, who told the Senate Committee Investigating Profit Sharing that the only practical system of profit sharing lay in 'a fat pay envelope.' He attacked federal tax systems saying that government costs are hurting and killing business. He later remarked that the Republican party had a few honest members, to which Senator Arthur Vandenberg retorted, 'That is shown by the Pennsylvania election returns'

Says profits should be distributed in pay envelopes. Washington, D.C.,...

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Profit sharing program a success, Westinghouse executive tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. The Senate Finance Subcommittee was told today by W.G. Marshall, Vice President of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., that the profit sharing plan effected by his company has been found mutually satisfactory and beneficial to management and to workers. The Committee is investigating industrial profit sharing systems as a means of reducing economic strife and providing labor with a larger share of national income

Profit sharing program a success, Westinghouse executive tells senate ...

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Sec. of Labor before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 4. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins greets Senator Royal S. Copeland, D. of New York, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, where in a statement to the committee she opposed the labor provisions of the pending Maritime Bill, the bill contains labor provisions which would apply mediation and arbitration principles of t he railway labor act to the maritime industry, 2438

Sec. of Labor before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 4. Secre...

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Life threatened NLRB aide tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Efforts to settle the maritime labor dispute last brought threats against her life, Mrs. Elinore M. Herrick, New York Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board, told the Senate Commerce Committee today. She appeared to deny charges that she collaborated with communists and falsified NLRB elections in the Maritime Industry, 2/2/38

Life threatened NLRB aide tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Fe...

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Nominee for Assistant Attorney General questioned by senate committee. Washington, D.C., March 11. Thurman Arnold, nominee for Assistant Attorney General to succeed Robert H. Jackson, pictured as he was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee this morning. He declared before the committee that he wanted to "break up monopoly" but believed the anti-trust laws were imperfect. After a short session the committee approved the nomination of Arnold with the understanding that the right to oppose confirmation on the Senate floor would be reserved for Senators Borah and Burke, 31138

Nominee for Assistant Attorney General questioned by senate committee....

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Knox before Senate committee considering his qualifications to be Secretary of Navy. Washington, D.C., July 2. Col. Frank Knox, recently nominated to be secretary of the Navy, appeared before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee today and denied charges the he is an advocate of armed intervention in the European War, 7-2-40

Knox before Senate committee considering his qualifications to be Secr...

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Robert Jackson before Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 15. Robert H. Jackson, nominated as Solicitor General, told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today that both he and Sec. of the Interior Harold Ickes, 'stole' portions of their recent speeches attacking monopoly in big business. Jackson said, 'I never hesitate to use a good phrase wherever I find it'

Robert Jackson before Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 15. Rob...

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Senate Committee on Reconstruction, 122220

Senate Committee on Reconstruction, 122220

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Unofficial "Mayor" of D.C. breaks leg. Sen. William King, D., of Utah, and chairman of the Senate District of Columbia committee, transacts business from his bed where he is confined as a result of a broken leg, fractured in a fall in his home. Sen. King, as chairman of the Senate Committee, is considered the unofficial "Mayor" of voteless District of Columbia. He now is striving to get a PWA loan for a new court house, 82935

Unofficial "Mayor" of D.C. breaks leg. Sen. William King, D., of Utah,...

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Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization

Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Fl...

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Senate committee told labor unions must accept responsibility in construction industry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Labor Unions must accept their responsibility in the construction industry, Charles G. Meyer, Wayside, Long Island, builder, told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee today. He testified on the proposed Housing Act amendments. Asked the most effective way to place that responsibility, Meyer replied, "I would like to take labor into a partnership for the life of the project" 12937

Senate committee told labor unions must accept responsibility in const...

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Heads in huddle as senate committee resumes railroad financing hearing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, (left) acting Chairman, and Max Lowenthal, Counsel and Chief Investigator, go into a huddle as the Senate Committee investigating railroad financing resumed its open hearings today. Senator Truman is presiding during the absence of senator Burton K. Wheeler who has not yet returned to the Capital. 102037

Heads in huddle as senate committee resumes railroad financing hearing...

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Agriculture secretary gives views on housing to senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Members of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee hear Secretary of Agriculture detail the steps he is taking to bring farmers within the scope of the New Housing Program proposed by President Roosevelt. In the photograph, left to right: official Senate reporter; Senator John G. Townsend; Senator Robert F. Wagner; Majority Leader Alvin Barkley; and Secretary Wallace. 12/3/37

Agriculture secretary gives views on housing to senate committee. Wash...

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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

Cameramen set stage for John L. Lewis before senate committee. Washing...

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AMA descends upon Wagner hearing today. Washington, D.C., May 25. Probably the most impressive group of physicians ever to appear before a Senate body today occupied the hearings of the Senate Committee holding hearings on the Wagner Health Bill. Armed with statistics and lengthy statements, a group of American Medical Association officers argued against passage of Senator Wagner's $850,000,000 national health program bill. Dr. R.G. Leland, Director of the Bureau of Medical Economics of the AMA, called the bill 'revolutionary' and suggested that public health is rapidly improving without the aid of such a program, as shown by official vital statistics. Left to right. Dr. Edward H. Cary, Chairman of the Legislative Committee, AMA, who introduced the speakers to the committee, and Dr. Leland

AMA descends upon Wagner hearing today. Washington, D.C., May 25. Prob...

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Letter of Henry Addison, esq., on behalf of the corporation of Georgetown, to the Hon. A. G. Brown, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, touching the memorial of Capt. B. S. Roberts.

Letter of Henry Addison, esq., on behalf of the corporation of Georget...

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Letter of Henry Addison, esq., on behalf of the corporation of Georgetown, to the Hon. A. G. Brown, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, touching the memorial of Capt. B. S. Roberts.

Letter of Henry Addison, esq., on behalf of the corporation of Georget...

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Says profits should be distributed in pay envelopes. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. H.J. Tily, president of the Strawbridge and Clothier Co., of Philadelphia, who told the Senate Committee Investigating Profit Sharing that the only practical system of profit sharing lay in 'a fat pay envelope.' He attacked federal tax systems saying that government costs are hurting and killing business. He later remarked that the Republican party had a few honest members, to which Senator Arthur Vandenberg retorted, 'That is shown by the Pennsylvania election returns'

Says profits should be distributed in pay envelopes. Washington, D.C.,...

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Blind youngsters display ability before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C. April 9. Blind children from the Maryland School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind coaching Senator Claude Pepper, of Florida, in the art of operating a braille typewriter. The youngsters appeared before the senate subcommittee on education and labor, of which Senator Pepper is Chairman, as an example of what can be done for physically handicapped children if a bill sponsored by the International Society of Crippled Children is passed. The bill provides for the education of all types of physically handicapped children. It appropriates $1,158,000, of which $2,080,000 is an outright grant ($40,000 to each state), and $9,000,000 for matching; and $500,000 for administration of the act by the U.S. Office of Education. In the picture, left to right: Frances Wright, 8 years old, reading a braille book; Andrew Birmingham, 10 years old; Dr. John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education; [...] Claude Pepper.

Blind youngsters display ability before Senate Committee. Washington, ...

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Senate Committee on Irrigation & Reclamation, 42025

Senate Committee on Irrigation & Reclamation, 42025

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Italy's Ambassador to U.S. ... his country's position in the five-power .... In our address over the Columbia Broadcasting Station from ... in Washington February 11 ... Martine, Italian Ambassador, declared his country's position is the five-power naval conference in London as one of ... with every other (left) was introduced to his radio audience by Senator Frederick M. Gillett of Massachusetts member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Italy's Ambassador to U.S. ... his country's position in the five-powe...

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1,500,000 drop in employment, Senate Committee told by government labor statistics chief. Washington, D.C., Jan. 4. Armed with many charts and his head full of figures, Isador Lubin, Chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, today estimated before the Special Senate Committee unemployment, that 1,500,000 persons lost industrial jobs between October 15, 1937 and December 15 of the same year. Mr. Lubin remarked that this decline in unemployment as the sharpest in many years, 1/4/37

1,500,000 drop in employment, Senate Committee told by government labo...

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Lady lawmakers of into huddle. Washington D.C. July 23. An impromptu meeting of the only women Chairman of Congressional Committees took place today in the hall of the Capitol. Here we see, left to right: Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, Senior United States Senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills; Rep. Caroline O'Day, Chairman of the House Committee on Election of President and Vice President and members of Congress; and Rep. Mary T. Norton, Chairman of the House Committee on Labor, 72337

Lady lawmakers of into huddle. Washington D.C. July 23. An impromptu m...

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U.S. Forest Service could be scuttled if government reorganization plan goes thru, senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Aug 3. Appearing before the Senate Committee considering President Roosevelt's Government Reorganization Program, Col. W.B. Greely former Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, gave warning today that powers granted in the bill might mean the Forest Service "would be dismembered like Poland, scattered to the four winds or abolished altogether". He also charged that the proposal to change the name of the Interior Department to the Department of Conservation was a plan to transfer the Forest Service out of the Department of Agriculture to the Interior Department, 8337

U.S. Forest Service could be scuttled if government reorganization pla...

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Labor Leader before La Follette. Washington D.C. Homer D. Sayee, Executive Officer of the National Trades Association told the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties that on all strikes where they moved in the association took complete control even to the settling of the strikes, furnishing protection, guards, strike breakers, and under- cover agents during the disputes

Labor Leader before La Follette. Washington D.C. Homer D. Sayee, Execu...

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