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Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Division

Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Div...

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

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

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Francis A. Jamieson, Chief, Division of Public Education and Information, and Special Assistant to the Coordinator, Office of Coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Relations between the American Republics

Francis A. Jamieson, Chief, Division of Public Education and Informati...

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Executives who helped to conceive the trailer idea for relieving overcrowded housing conditions in certain defense areas sit in the dining alcove of a trailer on its way to be put into use in Wilmington, North Carolina. The men are, left to right: Charles F. Palmer, cooridnator of Defense Housing, OEM, Major John Walker, Assistant Administrator, Farm Security Administration; James Cramer, Acting Regional Coordinator for Region 1, Division of Defense Housing Coordination; Carl Bradt, Special Assistant to the Coordinator in Charge of Temporary Shelters, Division of Defense Housing Coordination, Office of Emergency Management

Executives who helped to conceive the trailer idea for relieving overc...

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Rural electrification program speeded. Executives of the Rural Electrification Administration gather around their chief, Morris L. Cooke, as seven projects are launched to give 4,000 farm homes electric light. Cooke is seated. From the left, standing: Melvin O. Swanson, Chief Engineer; W.E. Herring, Special Assistant to the Administrator; L.A. Sears, Chief of Projects Section Guy Thaxon, Engineer, and Charles W. Bass, Assistant Chief Engineer, 11/4/35

Rural electrification program speeded. Executives of the Rural Electri...

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Receives Commission as Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washington, D.C. Aug. 30. Vincent M. Miles, (right) former member of the Social Security Board, receiving his commission as Special Assistant to the Attorney General from Stanley F. Reed, U.S. Solicitor General. Mrs. Miles is in the center of photograph. 8/30/37

Receives Commission as Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washingt...

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Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Photo shows Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, Appointment Clerk, administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia, a friend of Mr. Martin and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant

Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the ...

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

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

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Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2. Herbert Gaston, now Special Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of Treasury to succeed Wayne Chatfield Taylor, resigned. This is a new informal picture made today

Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2...

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Transportation. War workers' coach. Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, inspects a new fifteen-passenger war workers' coach made from a standard five-passenger sedan with the use of only 300 additional pounds of steel. Left to right: Francis W. Feeney, president of the Fitz John Coach Company, which made the vehicle; Mr. Eastman; Frank H. Shepard, Special Assistant in the Office of Defense Transportation's Local Transportation Division; Guy A. Richardson, Director of the Local Transportation Division

Transportation. War workers' coach. Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the...

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Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, Special Assistant, Office of Civilian Defense

Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, Special Assistant, Office of Civilian Defens...

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A sharp questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Hugh L. Cox, who as Special Assistant to the Attorney General is acting as one of the counsel for Joint Monopoly Committee, is proving a shrewd questioner at the daily hearings. Cox, left, is pictured quizzing J.H. McNash of Hazel-Atlas Glass Container Co. regarding a statement that the Ball Fruit Jar Co. wished to make some agreement to restrict the Hazel-Atlas production of fruit jars, 12/15/38

A sharp questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Hugh L. Cox, who as Spe...

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Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Albert Woll who until today was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was named by Murphy to head his new Bureau of Commercial Frauds under the Criminal Division. Woll will handle violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 2-6-39

Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Was...

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Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Division

Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Div...

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Questioned by senate Judiciary subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 4. Prof. Henry W. Edgerton, (right) recently nominated by President Roosevelt for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, as he appeared at the Capitol for questioning by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in regard to whether he opposed the rights of courts to declare acts of Congress invalid. He stated that as a judge, he would not hesitate to declare a law unconstitutional if he believed it to be. On the left is Senator Burke of Nebraska, who was responsible for having Edgerton appear before the committee, and Joseph Keenan, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. 12/4/37

Questioned by senate Judiciary subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 4....

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Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operations Division

Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operat...

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Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Photo shows Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, Appointment Clerk, administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia, a friend of Mr. Martin and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant

Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the ...

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Wants to be G-man to stop shipping graft. Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Ass't Sec. of Commerce, asks President Roosevelt for an appointment as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General with the responsibility for cleaning up graft and waste in the Department of Commerce. He wants a salary of $1 a year. He wrote to the president that the present administration faces a shipping scandal comparable to the Teapot Dome Oil Scandal, 6/18/35

Wants to be G-man to stop shipping graft. Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted As...

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Former member of Social Security Board takes new post in Department of Justice. Washington, D.C., Aug. 30. Vincent M. Miles, whose term as a member of the Social Security Board [...]ired on August 13, was today sworn in as a Special Assistant to Attorney General Cummings. In the photograph, left to right: Stanley F. Reed, U.S. Solicitor General; Vincent M. Miles, and Ugo Carusi, Executive Assistant to Attorney General who administered the oath, 8/30/37

Former member of Social Security Board takes new post in Department of...

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Mich. Justice-elect gets new deal job. Washington, D.C., May 7. Thomas F. McAllister of Michigan was the victor in a state-wide election last April for an eight year term on the bench of the Michigan Supreme Court. McAllister starts his term next January, while he is waiting to take his position he holds the position of Special Assistant to the Attorney General Homer S. Cummings. He is the Chief Agent for the administration in sponsoring before congress the Presidential plan of "packing" the Supreme Court, 5/7/1937

Mich. Justice-elect gets new deal job. Washington, D.C., May 7. Thomas...

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Named to Federal Power Commission. Washington D.C. June 19. John W. Scott, of Indiana, has been appointed a member of the Federal Power Commission by President Roosevelt. He succeeds Herbert J. Drane, whose term expires June 22. At present Scott is a Special Assistant to the Attorney General and is charge of the 75 PWA Power cases. 6/19/37

Named to Federal Power Commission. Washington D.C. June 19. John W. Sc...

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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, arch-foe of the New Deal and Chairman of the National Steel Corporation, suggested before the National Monopoly Committee that it was 'easier for a company our size to operate and make a profit than a company with the size and ramifications of the U.S. Steel Corporation.' A.F. Feller, Counsel for the Committee and Special Assistant to the Attorney General, termed this statement by Weir the important yet made before the committee

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, ...

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Monopoly huddle. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. At this informal conference just before the Monopoly Committee opened today's hearing can be seen, left to right: Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney, S.E.C. Commissioner Jerome Frank, and Hugh B. Cox, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. In opening today's hearing on the glass industry's patent policies, Cox said the Justice Department seeks to disclose the relation between patent laws and enforcement of anti-trust laws, 12/12/38

Monopoly huddle. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. At this informal conferenc...

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Special assistant to Secretary of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 22. A new informal picture of Edward J. Noble, special assistant to Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins

Special assistant to Secretary of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 22. ...

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Washington, D.C. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia, who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, appointment clerk, is administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant

Washington, D.C. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a ...

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Mr. Brooks Hays, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Resettlement Administration

Mr. Brooks Hays, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Resettlement ...

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Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operations Division

Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operat...

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Wayne Coy. Special assistant and Liaison officer of the White House and Office for Emergency Management (OEM)

Wayne Coy. Special assistant and Liaison officer of the White House an...

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

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

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Washington, D.C. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia, who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, appointment clerk, is administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant

Washington, D.C. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a ...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mr. Brooks Hays, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Resettlement Administration

Mr. Brooks Hays, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Resettlement ...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Wayne Coy. Special assistant and Liaison officer of the White House and Office for Emergency Management (OEM)

Wayne Coy. Special assistant and Liaison officer of the White House an...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operations Division

Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operat...

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Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, Special Assistant, Office of Civilian Defense

Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, Special Assistant, Office of Civilian Defens...

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John S. Dickey, Chief, Planning Division, and Special Assistant to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Office of Coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Relations between the American Republics

John S. Dickey, Chief, Planning Division, and Special Assistant to Nel...

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New Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washington, D.C., Aug. 30. Vincent M. Miles, newly appointed Special Assistant to the Attorney General, is shown at his desk shortly after taking the oath of office. He is a former member of the Social Security Board, 8/30/37

New Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washington, D.C., Aug. 30. ...

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New Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washington, D.C., Aug. 30. Vincent M. Miles, newly appointed Special Assistant to the Attorney General, is shown at his desk shortly after taking the oath of office. He is a former member of the Social Security Board, 83037

New Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washington, D.C., Aug. 30. ...

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Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2. Herbert Gaston, now Special Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of Treasury to succeed Wayne Chatfield Taylor, resigned. This is a new informal picture made today

Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2...

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Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2. Herbert Gaston, now Special Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of Treasury to succeed Wayne Chatfield Taylor, resigned. This is a new informal picture made today

Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2...

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Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operations Division

Jerome Low, Special Assistant to the Director of the Industrial Operat...

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Holds first press conference. Washington, D.C., Oct. 5. Shortly after assuming office today as Special Assistant to Chairman Hamilton in Charge of Women's Activities, Miss Marion Martin, Republican National Committeewoman from Maine, outlined to women reporters the stand of the Republican Party on current issues. "We need something so definite and so concise that the women will think, that's what I want," she said as she took over the job of organizing republican women. 10/5/37

Holds first press conference. Washington, D.C., Oct. 5. Shortly after ...

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Wants to be G-man to stop shipping graft. Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Ass't Sec. of Commerce, asks President Roosevelt for an appointment as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General with the responsibility for cleaning up graft and waste in the Department of Commerce. He wants a salary of $1 a year. He wrote to the president that the present administration faces a shipping scandal comparable to the Teapot Dome Oil Scandal, 61835

Wants to be G-man to stop shipping graft. Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted As...

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Receives Commission as Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washington, D.C. Aug. 30. Vincent M. Miles, (right) former member of the Social Security Board, receiving his commission as Special Assistant to the Attorney General from Stanley F. Reed, U.S. Solicitor General. Mrs. Miles is in the center of photograph. 83037

Receives Commission as Special Assistant to Attorney General. Washingt...

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Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2. Herbert Gaston, now Special Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of Treasury to succeed Wayne Chatfield Taylor, resigned. This is a new informal picture made today

Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2...

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Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Albert Woll who until today was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was named by Murphy to head his new Bureau of Commercial Frauds under the Criminal Division. Woll will handle violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 2-6-39

Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Was...

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John S. Dickey, Chief, Planning Division, and Special Assistant to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Office of Coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Relations between the American Republics

John S. Dickey, Chief, Planning Division, and Special Assistant to Nel...

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Wayne Coy. Special assistant and Liaison officer of the White House and Office for Emergency Management (OEM)

Wayne Coy. Special assistant and Liaison officer of the White House an...

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Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Division

Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Div...

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