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If we have to make speeches until morning!' Austin on Senate filibuster. Washington, D.C., July 1. The Senate met at noon yesterday and kept going until 1:53 the next morning. Reason was that a republican bloc, opposed to allowing the President continued power to devalue the dollar and the Treasury to dip into the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund, filibustered until midnight, at which time the power was supposed to lapse. Some opinion held that the power could again be granted, even after that time, so Senator Warren R. Austin told reporters that he had a list of 10 Senators who would speak if it held the Senate in session until dawn. The monetary authorization was, as was promised, 'talked to death'

If we have to make speeches until morning!' Austin on Senate filibuste...

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U.S. to sell gold to China in return for silver Washington D.C. July 9. At a conference in the Treasury Department today between Secretary Morgenthau, Finance Minister of China, Dr. H.H. Kung, and the Chinese Ambassador Dr. C.T. Wang, The United States arranged to sell gold to China in return for silver. Under the agreement the gold will remain in this country for use in the stabilization of China's exchange. In the photograph, left to right" Dr. Kung, Secretary Morgenthau, and Chinese Ambassador Wang. 7/9/37

U.S. to sell gold to China in return for silver Washington D.C. July 9...

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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. 12837

Maritime head urges stabilization of employer-employee relationship . ...

A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gene... More

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where the Farm Security Administration (FSA) has just completed forty homes to be occupied by low income workers. These homes represent a first step in stabilization of this group. Rent is eight dollars and twenty cents monthly, which includes gas and electricity. Shafter migrant camp, California

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where the Farm Security Admin...

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Cotton state Solons present demands for enactment of farm program to president. Washington, D.C., Aug 5. Led by Senator Ellison D. "Cotton Ed" Smith, of South Carolina, a delegation of congressmen from the cotton states called on President Roosevelt today and presented their demands for enactment of a farm program before congressional adjournment. After the conference a spokesman for the group told reporters he felt the president would make stabilization loans under existing discretionary powers, probably through the Commodity Credit Corporation, on all basic commodities if given "definite assurances" that a farm production control program would be enacted early next session. In the picture, left to right: Rep. William R. Poage, Texas; Rep. John J. Sparkman, Ala.; Senator Ellison D. Smith, S.C.; Rep. Rene L. De Rouen, LA.; Rep. Lyndon Johnson, Tex.; Rep. Aaron Lane Ford, Miss. and Rep. Clyde Garrett, Texas, 8/5/37

Cotton state Solons present demands for enactment of farm program to p...

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Brazil signs bold agreement with U.S. Washington D.C. July 15. Brazil, through its Minister of Finance Arthur De Souza Costa, signed a financial agreement with the United States today. It was understood to involve Brazilian purchases of gold from the U.S. to the amount of $50,000,000 for purposes of exchange stabilization and as reserves for a proposed Brazil central bank. This picture made at the State Department shows left to right: Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau, Arthur De Souza, Secretary Hull, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. 7/15/37

Brazil signs bold agreement with U.S. Washington D.C. July 15. Brazil,...

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Representatives of Farm group before House Agriculture Committee. Washington D.C. July 27. Congressional sponsors placed before the House Agriculture Committee their hopes for a farm price stabilization bill for this session. They said that immediate legislation is necessary to prevent excessive surpluses and low prices in 1939. Left to right: John D. Miller, President of the National Cooperative Council; Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau; Rep. Marvin Jones of Texas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee; Edward F. Kennedy, Brenckman of the National Grange. 7/27/37

Representatives of Farm group before House Agriculture Committee. Wash...

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House hopper receives Bill No. 1. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Rep. Louis Ludlow, of Indiana putting House bill no. 1 into the hopper on the floor of the House today. The bill, which Rep. Ludlow is sponsoring at the investigation of the Fraternal order of Eagles, is designated to aid in the stabilization of employment in Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, the bonus bill was no. 1 on the House calendar last year

House hopper receives Bill No. 1. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Rep. Loui...

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Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where Farm Security Administration (FSA) has just completed forty homes to be occupied by low income workers. These homes represent a first step in stabilization of this group. Rent is eight dollars and twenty cents monthly, which includes gas and electricity. Shafter migrant camp, California

Looking from the camp to adjoining tract where Farm Security Administr...

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Morris L. Cooke, Technical Consultant to Mr. Sidney Hillman and Chairman of the Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee

Morris L. Cooke, Technical Consultant to Mr. Sidney Hillman and Chairm...

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Type of house in Shafter camp for migratory workers, California. These homes represent a first step in stabilization of this group. This is the first family to be selected by Farm Security Administration for housing

Type of house in Shafter camp for migratory workers, California. These...

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Morris L. Cooke, Technical Consultant to Mr. Sidney Hillman and Chairman of the Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee

Morris L. Cooke, Technical Consultant to Mr. Sidney Hillman and Chairm...

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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

Maritime head urges stabilization of employer-employee relationship . ...

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Morris L. Cooke, Technical Consultant to Mr. Sidney Hillman and Chairman of the Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee

Morris L. Cooke, Technical Consultant to Mr. Sidney Hillman and Chairm...

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Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina January 1998.

Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina January 1998.

Shows NATO Multinational Division (MND) sectors, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Muslim-Croatian), and the Republika Srpska (Serbian). "744404 (R00855) 1-98." 10,000-m. UTM grid, zones 33 and 34. Avai... More

Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina June 1997.

Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina June 1997.

Shows NATO Multinational Division (MND) sectors, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Muslim-Croatian), and the Republika Srpska (Serbian). "743080 (R00855) 6-97." Available also through the Library of Con... More