U.S. Indian commissioner appears before Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., June 10. Indian Commissioner John Collier charged before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee today that vigorous "fifth Column" activity directed by Nazi propagandists has not been successful among the Indians but has "captured the unwatchful" Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Testifying upon Senate approved legislation exempting certain Indian tribes from the Wheeler-Howard Act, Collier said that the Indians did not approve the legislation and that it was proposed and back by "subversive" groups, 6-10-40

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U.S. Indian commissioner appears before Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., June 10. Indian Commissioner John Collier charged before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee today that vigorous "fifth Column" activity directed by Nazi propagandists has not been successful among the Indians but has "captured the unwatchful" Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Testifying upon Senate approved legislation exempting certain Indian tribes from the Wheeler-Howard Act, Collier said that the Indians did not approve the legislation and that it was proposed and back by "subversive" groups, 6-10-40

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A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch six.

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)

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01/01/1940
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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