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Medical room, Senate Office Bldg.

Medical room, Senate Office Bldg.

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Senate Committee told million railroad employees back Crosser-Wagner Pension Bill. Washington, D.C., May 15. Appearing as the first witness in favor of the Crosser-Wagner Railroad Pension Bill, George M. Harrison, President of the Railway Clerks Association and Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association, today told the house Interstate Commerce Committee that 1,500,000 railroad employees favor this new bill which if passed, will replace the present Railroad Retirement Act. Harrison added there was "no doubt of its constitutionality" and that it had been worked out with railroad managements on the understanding that it would not be attacked in courts by them. In the photograph, left to right: George M. Harrison; Rep. Robert Crosser of Ohio, co-author of the bill; and Rep. Clarence Lea of California, 5/13/1937

Senate Committee told million railroad employees back Crosser-Wagner P...

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Sears Roebuck before Joint Committee on wages and hours. Washington, D.C. June 10. R.E. Wood, President of Sears, Roebuck & CO, told the Join Senate House Committee that a general decentralization of industry was the best thing that could happen to this country today. Wood also urged that the board be directed mandatorily to appoint Advisory Wage Committees. 6/10/37

Sears Roebuck before Joint Committee on wages and hours. Washington, D...

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Newsmen await result of election of senate majority leader. Washington D.C., July 21. Newspaper men and photographers [...] waiting the report of the vote on the senate majority leader's job, in a secret session the democrats elected Senator Albin Barkley of Kentucky Majority Leader of the Senate, by a vote of 38 to 37

Newsmen await result of election of senate majority leader. Washington...

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Admits Army finance office honored allegedly fraudulent CCC vouchers. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. Major General Walter L. Reed, (left) Inspector General of the Army, today told Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Public Lands Committee, the Army Chief Finance Offi[...] honor allegedly fraudulent CCC vouchers in go[...] faith. Reed made this declaration as he was [...] by the committee on the alleged defalcations o[...] Stitley, former Chief Voucher Clerk for the CCC [...] totaling $87,000, 1/18/38

Admits Army finance office honored allegedly fraudulent CCC vouchers. ...

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Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman (right) of Missouri, who today opposed the proposed rail wage cut before the President's fact finding board, gets a bit of last minute information from Max Lowenthal, counsel for the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. In contending the cut will not save the situation, Truman told the board that railroad labor is the most efficient in the country and expressed the belief that the men are not overpaid, 10/14/38

Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman (rig...

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Senate Committee told railroads should spend 3 billion in the next five years for habilitation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee today, R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel for the Association of American Railroads, asserted that railroads should spend approximately $3,000,000,000 during the next five or six years for plant and equipment rehabilitation. He urged that business and industry be given the benefit of incentive taxation in a drive to meet obsolescence, 12/12/38

Senate Committee told railroads should spend 3 billion in the next fiv...

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Counsel for Frankfurter talks with Chairman of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Waiting to appear before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today as counsel for Prof. Felix Frankfurter, Dean Acheson, left, former Undersecretary of the Treasury and a personal friend of the Harvard professor, chatted informally with Chairman M.M. Neely of West Virginia, 1/10/39

Counsel for Frankfurter talks with Chairman of Senate Judiciary Subcom...

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Investigating favoritism in government. Washington, D.C., March 31. A characteristic pose of Senator Allen J. Ellender, democrat of Louisiana, chairman of the Special Senate Committee investigating charges of favoritism in promotion of feminine workers on the government service. Principal charges are that the beauties are being promoted, regardless of their ability, over the heads of their homelier co-workers. 3-31-39

Investigating favoritism in government. Washington, D.C., March 31. A ...

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Senate committee quizzes members on government cooperation given French mission. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau and Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring were today questioned by the Senate Military Affairs Committee concerning the aid they gave a French Mission buying late model American-made fighting planes. Following the hearing Chairman Sheppard announced a transcript of the testimony, excluding what was considered military secrets, would be made public shortly. In the picture, left to right: Secretary Morgenthau, Chairman Andrew J. May of the House Military Affairs Committee; John W. Hanes, Undersecretary of the Treasury; Secretary Woodring; and Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, 2-16-39

Senate committee quizzes members on government cooperation given Frenc...

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Interested listeners. Washington, D.C., July 19. Senators Francis T. Maloney, Left, Connecticut, and George L. Radcliffe, Maryland, lend an attentive ear to the testimony of Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee today. Eccles told the committee the president's lending program is the only immediately practicable means of stimulating business and employment up to prosperity, 7/19/39

Interested listeners. Washington, D.C., July 19. Senators Francis T. M...

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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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[...] says NLRD criticism precipitated [...] by lack of federal mediation service. [Washington], D.C., May 15. William M Leiseron, [member of?] the NLRB, told the Senate Education and [...] that much of the existing criticism of [...] could have been avoided by a more [...] federal mediation service. He caused the [committee?] which is holding hearings on the Wagner(?) Amendments(?) proposed recently, a good laugh [...] out that authority of the board ends [...] agree to bargain collectively. 'The [...] of the board ends there. The act then [...] ending of a happy life thereafter. [Anyone who is?] married knows that is not the whole story

[...] says NLRD criticism precipitated [...] by lack of federal mediat...

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Former Secretary of State fears Neutrality Act may aid attack on U.S. Washington, D.C., April 5. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today as the first witness on half dozen proposals to revise or repeal the Neutrality Act, former Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson warned that the present act is an instrument which may "Make the United States the next victim of attack." 4-5-39

Former Secretary of State fears Neutrality Act may aid attack on U.S. ...

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U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and House chamber III

U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and Hous...

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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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U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and House chamber IV

U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and Hous...

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Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Senators Johnson of Colorado, O'Mahoney of Wyoming, and Chavez of Arizona sampled dehydrated foods at a luncheon in the U.S. restaurant

Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Senators Johnson of Colorado, O'Ma...

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Washington, D.C., 1963. U.S. Senate in session, September

Washington, D.C., 1963. U.S. Senate in session, September

Photograph shows general view of the Senate session. Photo by George Mobley of The National Geographic.

[Senate Members Room. Carved oak tympanum above the doorway by Herbert Adams showing mermaids supporting an American shield. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Senate Members Room. Carved oak tympanum above the doorway by Herbert...

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The Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas

The Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Senate House, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Senate House, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

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Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More

United States Senate chamber / designed by J. Whitehorne ; engraved by T. Doney.

United States Senate chamber / designed by J. Whitehorne ; engraved by...

Engraved from daguerreotype likenesses in the National Miniature Gallery of Anthony, Clarke & Co. (late Anthony, Edwards & Co.).

Thomas Jefferson to Senate, November 9, 1804

Thomas Jefferson to Senate, November 9, 1804

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N. Tom o' logical studies. The great tumble bug of Missouri, bent-on rollin his ball

N. Tom o' logical studies. The great tumble bug of Missouri, bent-on r...

A caricature of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton, as an insect rolling a large ball "Expunging Resolution" uphill toward the Capitol. The print employs Benton's own metaphor of rolling a ball for his uphill ... More

Members composing the Senate of the State of New-York. With their respective districts, classes and places of residence ... Albany, January 1805.

Members composing the Senate of the State of New-York. With their resp...

Imprint 2.; On verso: List of the Senate; List of Member of Senior Senate; Jan 1805. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Pri... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

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

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

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Interior elevation & reflected ceiling plan, Senate Chamber]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Interior elevation & reflecte...

Inscription on recto: "Believed to be George Bridport, unknown subject." Inscription on verso (on linen lining): "NOTE IN HANDWRITING OF JOHN H.B. LATROBE [,] T.F. HANDEN." Mounted on paper on linen. Reference... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Interior elevation & reflected ceiling plan, Senate Chamber]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Interior elevation & reflecte...

Inscription on recto: "Believed to be George Bridport, unknown subject." Inscription on verso (on linen lining): "NOTE IN HANDWRITING OF JOHN H.B. LATROBE [,] T.F. HANDEN." Mounted on paper on linen. Reference... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East...

Significance: It is located in the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. Benjamin H. Latrobe designed the semi-domed, semi-circular space, which was originally constructed in 1809-1810, and reconstructed in ... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East...

Significance: It is located in the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. Benjamin H. Latrobe designed the semi-domed, semi-circular space, which was originally constructed in 1809-1810, and reconstructed in ... More

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama Street & Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama...

Significance: Washington Street is the National Road, or U.S. 40, as it passes through Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. This major commercial artery is home to many important nineteenth and twentieth cent... More

Screen across corridor under Senate Gallery

Screen across corridor under Senate Gallery

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

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Garfield's bond of friendship for the unfriendly senators / SC.

Garfield's bond of friendship for the unfriendly senators / SC.

James Garfield wrapping ribbon "patronage" around James Blaine and Roscoe Conkling. Illus. in: Puck, v. 8, 1881 March 2, p. 431.

Nevada's Senators. Washington D.C. Senator Pat McCarran and Senator Key Pittman, (right) both Democrats from Nevada, exchanging opinions on President Roosevelt's proposal that the membership of the Supreme Court be increased to possibly 15 members. They are pictured as they attended a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee today

Nevada's Senators. Washington D.C. Senator Pat McCarran and Senator Ke...

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Senate majority and minority leaders. Washington, D.C. Jan 14. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, (left) Democratic Majority Leader, and Senator Charles L. McNary, Republican Minority Leader, went into a huddle today to discuss plans for speedy action on the many bills to be introduced in the Senate during the 75th session

Senate majority and minority leaders. Washington, D.C. Jan 14. Senator...

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Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe Robinson, the Senator from Arkansas who is the majority leader of the Senate held the first press conference this year. Sen. Robinson said that the principle problems confronting the coming session of Congress are neutrality, budget balancing, and regulation of hours and wages, the latter by constitutional amendment if necessary

Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe...

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Bankers' Association opposes federal insured loans as hazard to established businesses. Washington, D.C., June 15. Robert M. Hanes, 1st Vice President of the American Bankers' Association, and brother of Treasury Undersecretary John W. Hanes, today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that the Association opposed the proposed bill to authorize the RFC to insure up to 90 percent on loans to small businesses. He said that it would be a hazard to already established enterprises. He denied that bankers are 'sitting idly by waiting for the borrowers to seek credit'

Bankers' Association opposes federal insured loans as hazard to establ...

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Vice President Garner brings down gavel to convene Senate in new session. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Vice President John N. Garner as he called the Senate to order today for the third session of the 76th Congress

Vice President Garner brings down gavel to convene Senate in new sessi...

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Vice Pres. Senate Corridor, U.S. Capitol

Vice Pres. Senate Corridor, U.S. Capitol

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Government reorganization hearing Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Dr. Charles E. Merriam, a member of the President's Government Reorganization Committee, today urged the special Senate Reorganization Committee to take favorable action on the Robinson bill to revamp federal administration agencies, arguing in favor of the bill, Merriam contended it would destroy the patronage system and promote more effective congressional supervision through committees on accounts and planning...

Government reorganization hearing Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Dr. Charles...

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Congressional leaders confer with President on Neutrality Bill. Washington, D.C., July 5. President Roosevelt today called in majority leaders of the House and Senate to urge them to throw out the arms embargo clause of the Neutrality Bill which passed the House last week. The president's new proposal for a 3 billion lending program was also discussed. Leaving the White House and talking to reporters are Rep. Sam Rayburn, majority leader of the House, and Senator Alben Barkley, majority leader of the Senate

Congressional leaders confer with President on Neutrality Bill. Washin...

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[...] Marshall A. Musick before Senate Civil Liberties

[...] Marshall A. Musick before Senate Civil Liberties

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CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Joseph A. Padway, AF of L General Counsel, told the Senate Labor Committee that the CIO is the 'pet baby' of the NLRB. He pointed out that the Board had once said that foremen could not vote in collective bargaining elections, then in a similar case, reversed itself on this point. The AF of L lost an important election, said Padway, to the 'pet baby.' He denied that the AF of L sought an advantage over the CIO through amendments to the Wagner Act

CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Josep...

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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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Author and sponsor of Wagner Labor Relations congratulate each other on Supreme Court decision. Washington, D.C. April 12. Today was a happy one for Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and Senator David I. Walsh, (right) of Massachusetts, who sponsored the bill in the United States Senate. They were together as they heard the Supreme Court uphold the validity of the act today--unanimously in the cases of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., and the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co. The decision was hailed by the government as one of its greatest victories in court.

Author and sponsor of Wagner Labor Relations congratulate each other o...

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Judge Gary testifying before Senate Committee investigating steel strike, Oct. 1/19

Judge Gary testifying before Senate Committee investigating steel stri...

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A needed change in the Senatorial lobby / J.S. Pughe.

A needed change in the Senatorial lobby / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Candidate for Senate" holding wads of cash, standing in front of a sign that states "Sale of seats to the United States Senate has been prohibited", nearby the "Senatorial Box ... More

Arrival at Capitol - President Roosevelt and party ascending Senate wing steps. Inauguration of Roosevelt, Washington

Arrival at Capitol - President Roosevelt and party ascending Senate wi...

H61001 U.S. Copyright Office No. 9911. Copyright 1905 by H.C. White Co.

A herculean task / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

A herculean task / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as Hercules wearing a lion skin and holding a sword, facing a nine-headed hydra, each head identified as that of a senator, its tail labeled "U.S. Senate". Illus. in: Puck... More

79 varieties. Depew: If I get out of these by the time I am 72 I will be able to do my real work in the Senate

79 varieties. Depew: If I get out of these by the time I am 72 I will ...

Outside the U.S. Senate, New York Senator Chauncey Depew (1834-1928) holds open his topcoat, exposing several layers of coats labeled with various real estate, banking, insurance, railroad, and trust companies.... More

The ugly duckling / Keppler. - Public domain photogrpaph

The ugly duckling / Keppler. - Public domain photogrpaph

Illustration shows a duck with clawed-feet, wearing a medal labeled "The Senate", carrying peacock feathers labeled "Probity, Incorruptibility, Statesmanship, Patriotism, [and] Highmindedness". Caption: The Se... More

Taft on inaugural platform, after inauguration in Senate chamber, March 4, 1909

Taft on inaugural platform, after inauguration in Senate chamber, Marc...

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Senate ofc. bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate ofc. bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Women Suffrage Dead in both New York Assembly and Senate

Women Suffrage Dead in both New York Assembly and Senate

After discussing pros and cons of Toombs' suffrage resolution, New York Assembly vote not to discharge Judiciary Committee from consideration; many members avoid voting; suffrage contingent in attendance, inclu... More

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.

Paul Revere Sentinels appear at Senate Neutrality Hearing. Washington,...

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Peace Society spokesman says 'short of war' plans unjustified unless war is seen. Washington, D.C., May 1. Philip Marshall Brown of the American Peace Society today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that 'measures short of war' are not justified except as they frankly look forward to eventual war. He added that 'to anticipate by legislation the turn of events and unpredictable complications of future wars would seek only to create confusion, and may involve us...with belligerent nations'

Peace Society spokesman says 'short of war' plans unjustified unless w...

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Reverend Asbury Smith, representing the Maryland Keep Out of War Congress, before the Senate Naval Affairs Comm. in opposition to the proposed fortification of Guam

Reverend Asbury Smith, representing the Maryland Keep Out of War Congr...

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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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Senate gift for Miss Wilson - Public domain photograph

Senate gift for Miss Wilson - Public domain photograph

Photo shows gift from Senate for Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, who married Francis Bowes Sayre in a White House ceremony on November 25, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

SENATE, U.S. SENATE GIFTS TO ELEANOR WILSON

SENATE, U.S. SENATE GIFTS TO ELEANOR WILSON

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SANDERSON, GEORGE A. SECRETARY OF THE SENATE. AT SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

SANDERSON, GEORGE A. SECRETARY OF THE SENATE. AT SENATE OFFICE BUILDIN...

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Senate pages & Marshall, 1920 - Public domain monumental decor photograph

Senate pages & Marshall, 1920 - Public domain monumental decor photogr...

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Senate Inaugural group, [12/10/20]

Senate Inaugural group, [12/10/20]

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George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U.S. Senate corridors I

George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U....

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George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U.S. Senate corridors II

George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U....

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Marshall & Senate pages, 12/14/20

Marshall & Senate pages, 12/14/20

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Sen. Hiram Johnson of Calif. on the steps of the U.S. Capitol addressing Veterans of Foreign Wars who presented a bonus petition at the Capitol - prominent in the group are Congressman Fordney, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Sen. McCumber, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

Sen. Hiram Johnson of Calif. on the steps of the U.S. Capitol addressi...

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Senate Ofc. Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate Ofc. Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Senate ofc. bldg. from Capitol - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate ofc. bldg. from Capitol - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Senate carpenter's shop, 1/29/23

Senate carpenter's shop, 1/29/23

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Senate Com. on Pub. Lands, 1/30/24

Senate Com. on Pub. Lands, 1/30/24

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The first meeting of the commission to arrange for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington to be held in 1932, took place today, Feb. 16th at the White House with President Coolidge as chairman. The committee includes four members appointed by the Senate, four from the House and four appointed by the President. Left to right, front row: Senator Selden P. Spencer, Missouri; Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, President General, D.A.R.; President Coolidge; Mrs. John D. Sherman, Federation of Women's Clubs and Senator Simeon Fess, Ohio. Second row: Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Representative John Q. Tilson, Connecticut; Representative Willis C. Hawley, Oregon. Top row: Frank Munsey, publisher; Representative Joseph W. Byrns, Tennessee; Senator Thomas F. Bayard, Delaware; Senator Carter Class, Virginia, and Hanford Monider, former Commander of the American Legion

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James F. Sellers of Senate off. bldg., 3/1/26

James F. Sellers of Senate off. bldg., 3/1/26

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Senate ladies luncheon at home of Mrs. New, 5/18/26

Senate ladies luncheon at home of Mrs. New, 5/18/26

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Treasury Secretary urges removal of $30,000,000,000 limitation on outstanding federal bonds. Washington, D.C., May 26. Secretary of Treasury Henry G. Morgenthau today told the Senate Finance Committee that removal of the $30,000,000,000 limitation on outstanding federal bonds would facilitate treasury management of the national debt. He is pictured with Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Chairman of the Committee

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Senate Pages, 1/9/26 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate Pages, 1/9/26 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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U.S. Capitol interiors. Detail of iron railing on stairway in U.S. Capitol, Senate side

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U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate appropriation room I

U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate appropriation room I

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Just an old congressional custom. One of the old customs in connection with the opening of Congress is to send a joint committee to the president to inform him that Congress has convened. The photograph shows the delegation at the White House following the convening of the present session. Front row, left to right; Rep. Willis C. Hawley; Rep. John N. Garner, House minority leader; Sen. Joseph T. Robinson and Sen. James E. Watson. Back row; William Tyler Page, chief clerk of the House, and David S. Barry, Sergeant-of-Arms of the Senate. 12/3/30

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Profit sharing systems gives business 'pick' of labor senate told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Profit sharing systems enabled corporations to obtain the 'pick' of labor, F.J. Moss, president of a Kansas City Sash and Door Co. today told a Senate Finance Subcommittee. He gave as his opinion that industrial peace will not be obtainable until a method is found by which labor can share in the profits

Profit sharing systems gives business 'pick' of labor senate told. Was...

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U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate corridor in U.S. Capitol, Horatio Gates

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Garner gives gavel, official final act on Hill. Whenever Congress closes its doors, one of the last rites concerns Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the U.S. Senate, who receives official Senate gavel from vice President Garner. It remains stowed away until Congress convenes again

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Wash. D.C. Not enough millionaires. L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of the Joint Congressional Tax Com. on the stand Tuesday before the Senate Finance Com. where he said there weren't enough million dollar incomes in the U.S. to make a negligible increase in the revenue as proposed by the Roosevelt tax proposal. 7/30/35

Wash. D.C. Not enough millionaires. L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of the...

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Peek of Peek vs Hull. George N. Peek, head of the Export and Import Bank, tells Senate Agriculture Committee that Secretary Cordell Hull's State Department blocked a 750,000 bale cotton deal with Germany. The Committee decided to ask Sec. Hull all about it. 2/1/35

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Foreign trade. Secretary of State Hull, extreme right, appears before the Senate Agriculture committee and advocates lower tariffs. He said, "we should not furnish protection to every antiquated business firm in the country by unreasonably high tariffs"

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First gas map in America, Washington, D.C. Sept. 24. Chairman LaFollette and Senator Elbert Thomas, Utah, of the Senate Committee investigating strike activity view what is believed to be the first gas map of America, a chart showing use and sales of tear and nauseating gas in industrial disputes. The map has been put up on the wall of the Senate's hearing room where the inquiry is to be conducted. Each pin on the map represents $500 worth of fumes or equipment sold

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Subs for Vice President Garner. Washington, D.C. June 14. While Vice President Garner is at his home in Texas fishing, Senator Key Pittman, President Pro Tem, will preside over the sessions of the United States Senate. Senator Pittman is from Nevada. 6/14/37

Subs for Vice President Garner. Washington, D.C. June 14. While Vice P...

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Maritime head urges stabilization of employer-employee relationship . Washington, D.C., Dec. 8. Appearing before the Senate Education- Labor and Commerce Committees today, Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the U.S. Maritime Commission, urged stabilization of employer-employee relationship in the Merchant Marine through application of principles of the Railway Labor Act. Left to right: Senator Joseph F. Guffy of Pennsylvania; Joseph P. Kennedy; and Admiral Emory S. Land, also a member of the Maritime Commission. 12/8/37

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President and Mrs. Roosevelt arrive for Robinson Services. July 16. President and Mrs. Roosevelt headed the list of notables to pay their respects to the memory of Senator Joseph T. Robinson when they attended funeral services in the Senate Chamber today

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Capitol's busiest policeman. Washington, D.C., April 27. Besides being an arm of the law a Capitol policeman has to also act as an infromation bureau. Frank Foley, officer on duty at the entrance of the Senate office building from 8-4, kept a record today of the number of questions asked him. At the end of his day's hitch the total showed 1,568 questions asked, and answered correctly and with a smile, if we must believe Mr. Foley. Miss Mildred Aikten, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the pretty sightseer in this picture, receiving directions from officer Foley, 4/27/1937

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V.P. back on job. Washington D.C. July 20. Appearing well rested from a vacation at his Texas home, Vice President Garner resumed his duties as presiding officer of the Senate today. With other members of the Senate, the Vice President arrived in Washington last night from Little Rock, Ark., where he attended the funeral of Senator Joseph T. Robinson. 7/20/37

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Supreme Court up with docket clerk reports to Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., March 30. The United States Supreme Court is well up with its docket, Charles Elmore Cropley, Clerk of the Court, informed the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The statement given the committee by Cropley contained the information that the new rules on "modernizing and liberalizing" of procedure had speeded up the work of the court, 3/30/1937

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Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "turned back" $75 of his $200 per month salary, Henry M. Lewis former Deputy Sheriff in Harlan County, Ky., told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee as it resumed its investigation of alleged terrorism in connection with Harlan County Coal Operators' efforts to resist union organization drives. The money was returned to Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton each month in 1935 and 1936. Lewis added that many of the men listed as drawing salaries from the Sheriff's office were not regarded as regular employees, and several of them worked for coal companies, 4/22/1937

Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "...

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New heads of the Van Sweringen RR Empire. Washington, D.C., May 6. Senator Wheeler's Senate Committee began today started investigation of the latest transfer of control of the Van Sweringen Railroad Empire. Two weeks ago George Ball sold the control to three brokers of the New York namely Young, Kobe and Co. who are closely identified with General Motors and Du Pont interests. Left to right in a huddle before the session are: Walter S. Orr, attorney for the brokers; and the new owners Allen P. Kirby; Robert R. Young; and Frank F. Kolbe, 5/6/1937

New heads of the Van Sweringen RR Empire. Washington, D.C., May 6. Sen...

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