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Sen. Pat Harrison. Sen. Pat Harrison, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, had a busy day Tuesday as hearings were held on the administration's old-age pension bill. 1/22/35

Sen. Pat Harrison. Sen. Pat Harrison, chairman of the Senate Finance C...

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HARRIS, A.L. PORTRAIT - Public domain portrait photograph

HARRIS, A.L. PORTRAIT - Public domain portrait photograph

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HENDERSON, ALLEN. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

HENDERSON, ALLEN. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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HASKINS, J.L. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

HASKINS, J.L. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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Hurley receives Louisiana land deeds. Secretary of War Hurley received from Mayor J.G. Palmer of Shreveport, La., the deeds to 23,000 acres of land near that city, to be used as an aviation field and the future home of the Third Attack Group, now stationed at Fort Crockett, Tex. It will be the largest combat airdrone in the world when completed. Left to right; Palmer Hurley and Rep. John N. Sandlin of Louisiana

Hurley receives Louisiana land deeds. Secretary of War Hurley received...

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Pres. and Mrs. Hoover at Marine-Coast Guard football game

Pres. and Mrs. Hoover at Marine-Coast Guard football game

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Sen. Arthur W. Vandenberg with Gov. and Mrs. Wilbert M. Brucker of Mich. at White House. 1/26/31

Sen. Arthur W. Vandenberg with Gov. and Mrs. Wilbert M. Brucker of Mic...

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[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Meeting of commission to study methods of removing profits from war. The commission, recently created by Congress, to study methods fro removing profits from war, and for effecting an equitable distribution of the burdens of war, held its first meeting today in the office of the Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley. Secretary Hurley was elected chairman; Senator Davis A. Reed, Vice Chairman; and Rep. Lindley H.Hadley, Secretary. In the photograph, left to right: Rep. John J. McSwain, South Carolina; Rep. William P. Holaday, Illinois; Rep. Lindley H. Hadley, Washington; Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley; Senator Claude A. Swanson, Virginia; Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas; and Rep. Ross A. Collins, Mississippi

Meeting of commission to study methods of removing profits from war. T...

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[Harry S. New] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Harry S. New] - Public domain portrait photograph

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Woods testifies on unemployment. Col. Arthur Woods, Chairman of President Hoover's Emergency Employment Committee, testified before the Senate Appropriation Committee that unemployment in the United States had doubled since the census report of April 1, and that the total is now between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000. He predicted that the situation will not improve until spring and declared that unemployment and poverty are directly responsible for prevailing crime. At Wood's right is Sen. Wesley L. Jones, chairman of the Senate Committee. 1/7/31

Woods testifies on unemployment. Col. Arthur Woods, Chairman of Presid...

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Mich. Gov. and Atty. General of Michigan received by Pres. Hoover. L to r: Gov. Brucker, Mrs. Brucker, Sen. Vandenberg, Mrs. Paul Vorhees, and Atty. General Paul Vorhees [White House, Washington, D.C.]

Mich. Gov. and Atty. General of Michigan received by Pres. Hoover. L t...

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Senators go in for heavy reading. Members of the Senate are doing some serious and extensive reading these days, in studying the report of President Hoover's Commission on Law Enforcement, better known as the Wickersham Report. The photograph shows Sen. George W. Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee which will consider the report, trying to find out what it is all about, 1/23/31

Senators go in for heavy reading. Members of the Senate are doing some...

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Rep. Charles R. Crish of Georgia at microfilm (CBS)

Rep. Charles R. Crish of Georgia at microfilm (CBS)

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Herbert Hoover - Speaking - Drawing. Public domain image.

Herbert Hoover - Speaking - Drawing. Public domain image.

Full length, standing, facing right, on stage giving acceptance speech for his nomination for presidency, with Mrs. Hoover, Everett Sanders, Rep. Bertrand Snell, and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. Copyright 11 Au... More

[Portrait of Jacob Marinoff] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Jacob Marinoff] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IX A 9. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a... More

[Portrait of Paul Meers] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Portrait of Paul Meers] - Public domain portrait photograph

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"Little Congress" holds annual dinner. Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, speaking at the thirteenth annual dinner of the Little Congress, an association of secretaries and attaches of senators and representatives in Congress, which was held at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington. In the photograph, left to right; Senator Smoot; Rep. Paul Kvale, of Minnesota; and Rep. Carlton Mobley, of Georgia, 25 years old and the youngest member of Congress

"Little Congress" holds annual dinner. Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, sp...

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[Portrait of John Van Druten] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of John Van Druten] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III B 29. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

LLEWELLYN, GEORGE H. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

LLEWELLYN, GEORGE H. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negati...

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[Portrait of Eugene O'Neill] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Eugene O'Neill] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXI D 39. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

ELLIOTT, ROOT. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

ELLIOTT, ROOT. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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MacGILVRA, E.E. SENATOR. PORTRAIT

MacGILVRA, E.E. SENATOR. PORTRAIT

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS J.F. ASSIS, BRAZIL DELEGATE TO PRES. ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS J.F. ASSIS, BRAZIL DELEGATE TO PRES. ECONOM...

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[Portrait of Tonio Selwart] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Tonio Selwart] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXIV D 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

WITHERS, AMBROSE G. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

WITHERS, AMBROSE G. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

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BRIGHTMAN, C.G., JR. PORTRAIT - Public domain portrait photograph

BRIGHTMAN, C.G., JR. PORTRAIT - Public domain portrait photograph

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[Portrait of Sandor Szabo] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Sandor Szabo] - Public domain portrait print

Tit le derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXIV B 24. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

[Portrait of Efrem Zimbalist] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Efrem Zimbalist] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: II E 38. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

KIMBALL, EDWARD B. PORTRAIT - Public domain portrait photograph

KIMBALL, EDWARD B. PORTRAIT - Public domain portrait photograph

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WADLEIGH, JOHN R. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

WADLEIGH, JOHN R. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

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POND, JOHN ENOCH. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

POND, JOHN ENOCH. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

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BARRIGER, JOHN W., III, PORTRAIT

BARRIGER, JOHN W., III, PORTRAIT

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[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

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THREE PROMINENT WOMEN: FROM THE LEFT, MRS. MARY HARRIMAN RUMSEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMERS ADVISORY BOARD OF THE N.R.A; MRS. ROOSEVELT; AND REP. ISABELLA GREENWAY OF ARIZONA. THIS PICTURE WAS MADE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ON ONE OF THE MANY AFTERNOONS THE THREE MEET THERE. WHEN MRS. ROOSEVELT HAS A PRESS CONFERENCE IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE THESE THREE TOGETHER

THREE PROMINENT WOMEN: FROM THE LEFT, MRS. MARY HARRIMAN RUMSEY, CHAIR...

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[Portrait of Louis Cole, Paris]

[Portrait of Louis Cole, Paris]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIV F 16. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

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[Homer S. Cummings, Harry Hopkins, and unidentified]

[Homer S. Cummings, Harry Hopkins, and unidentified]

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[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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[Harry S. Truman(?)] - Public domain photograph, glass negative

[Harry S. Truman(?)] - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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[Swearing-in; Harry Hopkins? 2nd from right]

[Swearing-in; Harry Hopkins? 2nd from right]

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Tugwell appears before Senate committee. With the hearing room packed and hundreds unable to gain admittance, Rexford Guy Tugwell, member of President Roosevelt's "brain trust," appeared before the Senate committee on Agriculture and forestry today, to testify on his fitness to be Undersecretary of Agriculture. Tugwell denied he was trying to overthrow the Constitution and said that the Constitution is flexible enough for any changes that may be necessary in America's economic life, 6/11/34

Tugwell appears before Senate committee. With the hearing room packed ...

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[Henry Morgenthau and Harry Hopkins?]

[Henry Morgenthau and Harry Hopkins?]

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COSEGROVE, JOHN J. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

COSEGROVE, JOHN J. MIDSHIPMAN. PORTRAIT

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[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

[Man; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]

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[Portrait of James Stewart] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of James Stewart] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VII G 41. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of William Hopper] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of William Hopper] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: X G 3. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a ... More

[Portrait of Gene Tunney] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Gene Tunney] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XIII F 43. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

[Man at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

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Rep. Nat Patton at Senate lobby hearing, 7/26/35

Rep. Nat Patton at Senate lobby hearing, 7/26/35

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[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Senate passes on commerce tangle. Members of the Senate Commerce Committee and Secretary Daniel C. Roper, right, discuss phases of the charges hurled by ousted Assistant Secretary Ewing Y. Mitchell that graft exists in several bureaus of the Commerce Department. From the left: Sen. Pat McCarran, D. of Nev.; Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, R. of Mich., and Sec. Roper. The committee turned the investigation over to the Department of Justice, 6/20/35

Senate passes on commerce tangle. Members of the Senate Commerce Commi...

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RE-RIDE OREGON TRAIL TO WHITE HOUSE. BOY SCOUTS ARRIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS THEY COMPLETE THE TRIP FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, OVER THE OLD PONY EXPRESS TRAIL FIRST RIDDEN 75 YEARS AGO. MAJ. ARTHUR PROCTER OF NEW YORK, HANDS A PACKET OF LETTER TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. THE LETTERS WERE WRITTEN BY GOVERNOR OF THE SEVEN STATES CROSSED BY THE RIDERS FROM CALIFORNIA TO ST. JOSEPH, MO. SEN. WILLIAM H. KING, (D UT) IS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE MAJOR. STEVE EARLY, ONE OF THE WHITE HOUSE SECRETARIES, IS ON THE EXTREME RIGHT

RE-RIDE OREGON TRAIL TO WHITE HOUSE. BOY SCOUTS ARRIVE AT THE WHITE HO...

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L to r: Owen D. Young, Sen. Carter Glass

L to r: Owen D. Young, Sen. Carter Glass

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Sen. Elmer Thomas D. of Okla. - Public domain portrait photograph

Sen. Elmer Thomas D. of Okla. - Public domain portrait photograph

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$8,000,000 "not improper." John W. Carpenter, Dallas, Tex., Pres. of Texas Power & Light, pauses amidst a hot Senate lobby inquiry Wednesday for a nip of ice water. Carpenter, in his testimony, admitted he did not think it "improper" when the Texas company's common stock was "written-up" from $2,390,000 to $10,550,000 when it was taken over by the Power & Light Co. 7/24/35

$8,000,000 "not improper." John W. Carpenter, Dallas, Tex., Pres. of T...

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PITMAN, KEY. SENATOR. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

PITMAN, KEY. SENATOR. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negat...

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Authors of Anti-Lynching Bill. Sen. Robert Wagner, D. of N.Y. left, and Sen. Edward Costigan, D. of Colo., authors of the Anti-Lynching bill now before the Senate Judiciary sub-committee, as they appeared at the hearing. 2/14/35

Authors of Anti-Lynching Bill. Sen. Robert Wagner, D. of N.Y. left, an...

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Take part in hearings. Sec. of Int. Harold L. Ickes, left, and Louis R. Glavis, Director of Inves. of the Int. Dept. and Public Works, confer during a recess in the Senate Investigation of the Virgin Islands administration. 7/2/35

Take part in hearings. Sec. of Int. Harold L. Ickes, left, and Louis R...

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Peter Grimm, Pres. of William A. White & Sons, N.Y. City

Peter Grimm, Pres. of William A. White & Sons, N.Y. City

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[Rep. John Rankin. D. of Mich.]

[Rep. John Rankin. D. of Mich.]

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It must be the heat, Wash. D.C. Congressmen have been blinking into cameras since the opening of the session, Jan. 3, and now they have started "shooting" each other. This photograph shows, from the left, Rep. Gerald Boileau, Progressive of Wis.; Rep. Louis C. Rabaut, D. of Mich., and Rep. Paul Kvale, Farm-Labor of Minn. The Congressman with the candid camera was industriously banging away on the floor of the house when he was informed that he was breaking the rules. So he went outside, as the session was almost over anyway, 8/23/35

It must be the heat, Wash. D.C. Congressmen have been blinking into ca...

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Rep. John J. O'Conner - Public domain portrait photograph

Rep. John J. O'Conner - Public domain portrait photograph

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Political chestnuts. Dis. Judge T. Werber Wilson of the Virgin Islands who appeared before Monday's Senate investigation and inferred that Gov. Paul Pearson had used the Judge's name and office to pull "political chestnuts" out of the fire. Judge Wilson told the com. Monday that he had warned Gov. Pearson not to do it any more. 7/8/35

Political chestnuts. Dis. Judge T. Werber Wilson of the Virgin Islands...

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Loses interest. Rep. Martin Dies (D. of Texas) appears to have lost interest in Thomas G. Corcoran for the moment. This picture taken Wednesday at House Rules Lobby hearing at which time Dies at one time asked Corcoran in a pointed way, if he were not a Harvard man. He is, another famed Harvardman is Pres. Roosevelt, 7/10/35

Loses interest. Rep. Martin Dies (D. of Texas) appears to have lost in...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH GOV. DAVE SHOLTZ OF FLORIDA

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH GOV. DAVE SHOLTZ OF FLORIDA

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Urge alien importation. Rep. Martin Dies, left, Texas Democrat and author of H.R. 7120 to deport some six million aliens now said to be in the U.S. confers with Rep. Joe Starnes, Alabama Democrat, regarding the bill. Starnes reported the bill for Dies. 6/24/35

Urge alien importation. Rep. Martin Dies, left, Texas Democrat and aut...

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Munitions quiz opens on shipbuilders. The second phase of the Munitions Committee opened under Sen. Gerald P. Nye, R. of N.D., with representatives of shipbuilding concerns on the stand. This photo shows N.R. Parker, Treasurer of the New York Shipbuilding

Munitions quiz opens on shipbuilders. The second phase of the Munition...

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Mischievious. Sen. Duncan C. Fletcher (D. of Fla), Chr. of the Senate Banking Com. looks over a copy of George B. Roberson's "Monetary Mischief" at the Thursday com. meet on Capitol Hill. 7/18/35

Mischievious. Sen. Duncan C. Fletcher (D. of Fla), Chr. of the Senate ...

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Wash. D.C. Master of ceremonies, Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Massachusetts, takes the floor to lead the Navy Band, which played many tunes for the representatives, principally, "Home Sweet Home." 8/27/35

Wash. D.C. Master of ceremonies, Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Mass...

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An opinion needed. Sen. Pat Harrison, D. of Massachusetts., left, gets some advice from Attorney General Homer S. Cummings concerning the bill written by Sen. Harrison in the Senate Finance Committee for the extension of the NRA. The Supreme Court yesterday declared certain features of the old act unconstitutional. 5/28/35

An opinion needed. Sen. Pat Harrison, D. of Massachusetts., left, gets...

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Wash. D.C. Speaks of League of Nations. Left to right: Dr. Frank N.D. Buchman, American founder of the Oxford Group movement. The Honorable Carl J. Hambro, President of Parliament of Norway and member of Supervisory Committee of the League of Nations. Honorable Carl J. Hambro spoke on the League of Nations. 11/7/35

Wash. D.C. Speaks of League of Nations. Left to right: Dr. Frank N.D. ...

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On war profits. Secretary of War Dern, left, appears before the House Military Affairs Committee to give testimony on the McSwain Take-the-Profits-Out-of-War resolution. From the left: Sec. Dern; Rep. John J. McSwain, D. of S.C., chairman, and Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring. 1/28/35

On war profits. Secretary of War Dern, left, appears before the House ...

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May get graft quiz order. Joseph B. Keehan, Assistant Attorney General, left, talks with Sen. Royal S. Copeland, D. of N.Y., at the Senate Commerce Committee which is hearing the graft charges of Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who wants the G-men to carry on the investigation of alleged improprieties in the Commerce Department. 6/19/35

May get graft quiz order. Joseph B. Keehan, Assistant Attorney General...

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L to r: William Green, [Pres.?], Harvey C. Flemming, Wash. D.C., Ch. of Reception Comm., Ray Murphy, Nat. Com. Amer. Legion

L to r: William Green, [Pres.?], Harvey C. Flemming, Wash. D.C., Ch. o...

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[Harry Truman? left] - Public domain photograph

[Harry Truman? left] - Public domain photograph

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Approached. Laurence R. Wilder, former Chairman of the Board of Gulf Industries, a Florida shipbuilding concern, was offered an opportunity, according to testimony at the Senate munitions hearing, to get large naval contracts by paying a fee of $250,000

Approached. Laurence R. Wilder, former Chairman of the Board of Gulf I...

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House members put more flexibility in neutrality. These veteran House members of the Foreign Affairs Committee have worked out a compromise neutrality bill which may be passed before the end of the session. The Senate bill allowed virtually [...] latitude in certain of its provisions. From the left: Rep. Sol. Bloom, D. of N.Y., ranking Democrat of the committee; Rep. Sam D. McReynolds, chairman, and Rep. Luther A. Johnson, D. of Texas. 8/22/35

House members put more flexibility in neutrality. These veteran House ...

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L to r: Sen. W.H. King, of Utah; Sen. Pat Harrison, of Miss.; Sen. James Cougens, of Mich.

L to r: Sen. W.H. King, of Utah; Sen. Pat Harrison, of Miss.; Sen. Jam...

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L. to rt.: Sen. Joe Robinson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Sec. of State Cordell Hull

L. to rt.: Sen. Joe Robinson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Sec. of State Corde...

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[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Wash. D.C. Not too comfortable. U.E. Beach (Beach) Associated Gas & Elec. Co. Dept. Mgr. of Ithaca, N.Y., appeared not "too comfortable" at the Senate lobby inquiry Friday where he was "afraid" of a congressional investigation which caused him to order instruction of purported "fake" telegraphic meanings to Congress. 7/19/35

Wash. D.C. Not too comfortable. U.E. Beach (Beach) Associated Gas & El...

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PITMAN, KEY. SENATOR. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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Rep. Nat Patton, of Texas, at Senate lobby hearing

Rep. Nat Patton, of Texas, at Senate lobby hearing

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Hill leaves Senate. William A. Hill, Boston, Attorney for the utility king, Howard C. Hopson, leaves the Senate side of the Capitol with his counsel, Moultrie Hitt, Washington attorney, where Hill appeared in response to a citation for contempt growing out of the activities of Hopson, who is wanted by the Senate Lobby Investigating committee, 8/15/35

Hill leaves Senate. William A. Hill, Boston, Attorney for the utility ...

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Wash. D.C. Relief for N.Y. Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York, left, confers with FERA Harry Hopkins on relief funds for his state. The Governor said he was running short. Hopkins may fix this up. 11/7/35

Wash. D.C. Relief for N.Y. Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York, left, conf...

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Money experts. When Jesse Jones, center, chairman of the RFC, appeared before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee Wednesday to urge continuation of the RFC, he faced outstanding experts on banking matters. On the left of the pictures is Sen. Duncan

Money experts. When Jesse Jones, center, chairman of the RFC, appeared...

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Visits FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] ... and resigns. Francis Biddle, until today (Friday) Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, is seen here as he was about to enter the White House for a conference with Pres. Roosevelt. Following the visit it was announced that Biddle had formally submitted his resignation on the N.I.R. Board. The N.I.R.B. will itself go out of existence next month. Personal reasons, and a desire to return to the practice of law were given as cause for the retirement. Biddle's name has lately been linked with new possibilities of appointment, perhaps to foreign service, 7/5/35

Visits FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] ... and resigns. Francis Biddle...

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S.E.C. strengthens staff for utility fight. Robert H. Jackson, left, former Assistant General Counsel for the Treasury Department, is a newly appointed Special Counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission as that organization prepares for its fight to enforce the utility holding company law. Jackson is shown with Judge John J. Burns, General Counsel of SEC, who appointed him, and James M. Landis, Chairman of the commission, 11/27/35

S.E.C. strengthens staff for utility fight. Robert H. Jackson, left, f...

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Looks like the wind-up. These principles in the Howard C. Hopson phase of the Senate Utility Lobby quiz, [...] leave the Senate Office Building as the committee gives the utility mastermind leave to go home for a rest. From the left, William A. Hill, Boston Attorney for directing head of the lobby; Bernard B. Robinson, the contact man who financed parties for Senators and such; Stephen W. Birmingham, ace investigator for the House Lobby committee who found Hopson and since has been a close companion of the utility magnate, and H. A. Stix, chief accountant for the Associated Gas & Electric System, 8/24/35

Looks like the wind-up. These principles in the Howard C. Hopson phase...

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Wash. D.C. Distinguished company. The luncheon of the U.S. Conference of Mayors here today grouped, from the left: Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore; Mayor F.H. LaGuardia of New York; Henry Folbey, corporation counsel of Boston, and J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. 11/18/35

Wash. D.C. Distinguished company. The luncheon of the U.S. Conference ...

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Bonnie Patton, Rep. Patton's daughter

Bonnie Patton, Rep. Patton's daughter

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They investigate [...] Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. of Mich) and Sen. Charles L. McNary (R of Ore) make a special investigation at Tuesday's com. hearing of Territories and Insular affairs in the Senate office building, with reference to the Virgin Islands

They investigate [...] Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. of Mich) and Sen....

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Steve Early, Sec. Pres. Roosevelt

Steve Early, Sec. Pres. Roosevelt

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$150,000 for protection [...] Philip H. Gadsen, Philadelphia Chr. of Pub. Utilities Executive Com., testifying Friday before Senate lobby investigation that his "organization was organized last Feb. in Wash. to [...] protect our interests against the holding co bill." He admitted a score of Holding groups had contributed $150,000 and added that his committee had asked for $50,000 more. 7/12/35

$150,000 for protection [...] Philip H. Gadsen, Philadelphia Chr. of P...

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Hopkins and Doughton. Harry Hopkins of FERA, left, appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of the Administration's Social Security program. He is shown here with Rep. Robert L. Doughton, chairman of the committee. 1/23/35

Hopkins and Doughton. Harry Hopkins of FERA, left, appeared before the...

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Washington, D.C. May 1944. Delegates to a conference of the International labor office arriving at the White House

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At Griffin funeral. Among the important persons attending the funeral of Rep. Anthony J. Griffin, D. of N.Y. were, from the left: Speaker Joe Byrns, Mrs. Byrns, and Rep. Florence P. Kahn, R. of Calif. 1/18/35

At Griffin funeral. Among the important persons attending the funeral ...

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General Motors Executive testifies before SEC. Washington, D.C., Aug. 12. Charles F. Kettering, (left,) Vice President at General Motors, talks to Robert E. Healy, member of the Securities Exchange Commission, before taking the stand today at the S.E.C. hearing investigating investment trusts. Questioned by SEC attorneys Kettering told how he unwittingly became a member of the board of directors of the Yosemite Holding Corporation in 1930 following a purchase of $260,000 of Yosemite stock. Kettering also related how he bought 40,000 shares of stock in the company and lost $240,000 in the investments

General Motors Executive testifies before SEC. Washington, D.C., Aug. ...

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