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Mystery' employee appears before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., May 24. Ben Greay, so-called 'mystery' employee of the Associated Gas and Electric Co., pictured as he arrived at the Securities and Exchange Commission today for questioning. Grey, who was on the utility's payroll at $5,000 a month for 11 months, told the S.E.C. that the White House made an appointment for him to see Frank R. McNinch, then head of the Federal Power Commission. He would not say who at the White House arranged the appointment but did not admit that he spent an hour with McNinch and told him that Associated Gas and Electric Co. would be willing to spend as much as $150,000,000 for new construction if tax liens would be lifted temporarily so the company could refund certain securities. He testified he also met with Ben Cohen and with late Herman Oliphant, Treasury Counsel. He said Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau refused him an interview

Mystery' employee appears before S.E.C. Washington, D.C., May 24. Ben Greay, so-called 'mystery' employee of the Associated Gas and Electric Co., pictured as he arrived at the Securities and Exchange Commission today for questioning. Grey, who was on the utility's payroll at $5,000 a month for 11 months, told the S.E.C. that the White House made an appointment for him to see Frank R. McNinch, then head of the Federal Power Commission. He would not say who at the White House arranged the appointment but did not admit that he spent an hour with McNinch and told him that Associated Gas and Electric Co. would be willing to spend as much as $150,000,000 for new construction if tax liens would be lifted temporarily so the company could refund certain securities. He testified he also met with Ben Cohen and with late Herman Oliphant, Treasury Counsel. He said Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau refused him an interview

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.

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined] Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. [and other federal, state, and local officials at a press conference announcing the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's new Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Among other dignitaries on hand, part of the Working Group, were the Security and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami; Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman; U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, John Walsh; and the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Tony West.]

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined] Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. [and other federal, state, and local officials at a press conference announcing the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's new Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Among other dignitaries on hand, part of the Working Group, were the Security and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami; Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman; U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, John Walsh; and the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Tony West.]

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined] Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. [and other federal, state, and local officials at a press conference announcing the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's new Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Among other dignitaries on hand, part of the Working Group, were the Security and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami; Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman; U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, John Walsh; and the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Tony West.]

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined] Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. [and other federal, state, and local officials at a press conference announcing the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's new Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Among other dignitaries on hand, part of the Working Group, were the Security and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami; Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman; U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, John Walsh; and the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Tony West.]

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined] Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. [and other federal, state, and local officials at a press conference announcing the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's new Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Among other dignitaries on hand, part of the Working Group, were the Security and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami; Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman; U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, John Walsh; and the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Tony West.]

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined] Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. [and other federal, state, and local officials at a press conference announcing the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's new Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Among other dignitaries on hand, part of the Working Group, were the Security and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami; Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman; U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, John Walsh; and the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Tony West.]

AG&E Vice President tells S.E.C. of $5000 a month mystery man employed by his company in Capital. Washington, D.C., May 16. Fred S. Burroughs, Vice President of the Associated Gas and Electric Co., spread before the Securities and Exchange Commission today the story of how his firm retained a man at $5000 a month to 'mix with the right people' in Washington and to advise on the attitude of government officials. The man was Ben Gray and Burroughs denied that he--Gray--was a lobbyist or that his job was to attempt to influence officials

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Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude

[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_Abraham] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, [Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management C. Stephen Allred meeting at Main Interior] with group led by Spencer Abraham, [Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Abraham Group international strategic consulting firm, and former Secretary of Energy]; and Nemesio Fernandez-Cuesta, [Executive Director of Upstream for the Spain-based global energy company, Repsol] [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_Abraham_IOD_4513.JPG]

Informs President SEC ready to proceed with investigation of insurance companies. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. William O. Douglas, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, leaving the White House today after reporting to President Roosevelt that the commission was ready to proceed with its investigation of insurance companies in connection with the present monopoly inquiry. He indicated the SEC would be concerned primarily with the investment and managerial phases of insurance company operation and said approximately $300,000 would be required to carry out the work in this calendar year, 1/24/38

Lucille Burroughs, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude

[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_Abraham] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, [Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management C. Stephen Allred meeting at Main Interior] with group led by Spencer Abraham, [Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Abraham Group international strategic consulting firm, and former Secretary of Energy]; and Nemesio Fernandez-Cuesta, [Executive Director of Upstream for the Spain-based global energy company, Repsol] [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_Abraham_IOD_4486.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-01-16-09_SOI_K_Leder] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [receiving visit at Main Interior from] Philip Lader, [head of the global media and comunications firm, WPP Group, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, as well as former Administrator of the Small Business Administration] [48-DPA-01-16-09_SOI_K_Leder_DSC_0006.JPG]

New SEC member takes oath. Washington, D.C., Dec. 27. Declaring himself to be neither a radical nor a conservative but an enthusiastic "new dealer", Jerome N. Frank today took the oath of office as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Frank, a former legal counsel for the WPA and the AAA, succeeds James M. Landis who resigned his post to become Dean of the Harvard Law School. John. W. Hanes, the other new commission appointee, will be sworn in after the first of the year. Left to right: Francis P. Brassor, Secretary of the Commission; Chairman William O. Douglas; and Frank

Laura Lee Burroughs, St. Louis, 1918.

[John Burroughs?] - Public domain portrait photograph

Chemical Warfare Service - Plants - Edgewood Arsenal and Others - Charcoal producing plant for Chemical Warfare Service. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. San Francisco, California. Inside storage pile of peach pits waiting to be used. Approximately 500 tons

[Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Henry Ford posed standing, full-length, at Mr. Edison's home, Ft. Myers, Florida]

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