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Washington, D. C. , May 29, 2009 -- President Obama at FEMA headquarters at a meeting of the Homeland Security Council, with him at the head of the table is the President of the Council, John O. Brennen. June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season and Mr. Obama was briefed by Federal Agencies and Departments that respond to Hurricanes. FEMA/Bill Koplitz

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US Under Secretary of the Army the Honorable Les Brownlee, welcomes the US Naval Academy (USNA) cheerleaders and mascot, Bill the Goat, during a pep-rally in the halls of the Pentagon in anticipation of the upcoming 105th Army-Navy football game

US Under Secretary of the Army the Honorable Les Brownlee, welcomes th...

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The lobby of the House of Representatives at Washington during the passage of the civil rights bill

The lobby of the House of Representatives at Washington during the pas...

Illustration showing a crowd of men in the lobby of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol building. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 487 (1866 April 28), pp. 264-265.

Washington, D.C. - President Grant signing the Ku-Klux Force Bill in the President's room with Secretary Robeson and Gen. Porter, at the Capitol, April 20

Washington, D.C. - President Grant signing the Ku-Klux Force Bill in t...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1871 May 13), p. 145. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI(2); Pres.; Ku Klux Klan; Congress, U.S. Bills. G-, U- S.... More

Reasons why Senate bill 213 House bill 112 which has been reported back recommended by your committees with amendments, should be passed ... [Washington, D. C. 1877?].

Reasons why Senate bill 213 House bill 112 which has been reported bac...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 206, Folder 48.

Petition. To the House of representatives: Gentlemen:- We, the undersigned, a sub-committee of a Committee of one hundred resident citizens and taxpayers of South Washington, District of Columbia, beg to all your attention to Senate bill No. 298

Petition. To the House of representatives: Gentlemen:- We, the undersi...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 207, Folder 36. Copy scanned: 2

Map to accompany the report of the Commissioners D.C. on the extension of streets and avenues of the city of Washington between Rock Creek and Lincoln Avenue : within limits designated by Senate bill 2201, 49th Congress, 1st Session, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the U.S. adopted August 4th 1886 /

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Scale ca. 1:7,200. Relief shown by contours. From the Breckinridge family papers. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2: 110; 650/1; 650/2; 700/1; 710/3

Map to accompany the report of the Commissioners D.C. on the extension of streets and avenues of the city of Washington between Rock Creek and Lincoln Avenue : within limits designated by Senate bill 2201, 49th Congress, 1st Session, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the U.S. adopted August 4th 1886 /

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"January 24th, 1887." Relief shown by contours. LC copy stained, fold-lined, mended with tape, and annotated in ink and lead pencil. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

New evidence in Tom Mooney case. Washington D.C., July 17. Congressman who are pushing a bill through to investigate the Tom Mooney bombing affair are shown examining a supposed duplicate of the bomb that was allegedly traced to Mooney, the congressmen are left to right: Jerry J. O'Connel, of Oklahomoa, John M. Coffey of Washington, Gerald Boileau, of Wisc. [i.e., Minnesota] John T. Bernard, of Wisc. and Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

New evidence in Tom Mooney case. Washington D.C., July 17. Congressman...

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House Appropriations Committee hears Secretary of Treasury and Budget Director. Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell discussed federal finances today with the House Appropriations Subcommittee considering the Treasury-Post Office Departmental Supply Bill. Secretary Mogenthau refused to say which points of the Bill were discussed at the meeting which was Executive. In the photograph, left to right: (front row) Sec. Morgenthau, Rep. James P. Buchanan, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; and Rep. John Taber of New York. Back row, left to right: Rep. Louis Ludlow, Chairman of Subcommittee on Appropriations and Post Offices; and Daniel Bell, Acting Director of the Budget

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Speaker turns over mace to custodian as house adjourns. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. Speaker Bankhead turns over the mace to its custodian, Warren G. Hatcher, as the House adjourned tonight after passing the Neutrality Bill repealing the arms embargo

Speaker turns over mace to custodian as house adjourns. Washington, D....

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Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wadsworth, Republican of New York, is getting a bit of confidential arms information from Rep. Luther A. Johnson, Democrat of Texas and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just before he--Wadsworth--addressed the House today in favor of the administration's bill. Rep. Johnson, who preceded Wadsworth on the floor also spoke for repeal of the arms embargo [...]

Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wa...

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President of Railroad Association appears as witness before Interstate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 10. Judge R.V. Fletcher, President of the American Association of Railroads, who was the principal witness today before a Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee on a pending railroad bankruptcy bill

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Government insured loans a 'desirable first step' says Jerome Frank of S.E.C. Washington, D.C., June 2. SEC Chairman Jerome Frank making his initial appearance before a Senate Committee since his advancement to the Chairmanship, today appeared as witness before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee to endorse government insured loans as a 'desirable first step toward enabling local banking institutions to fill a gap in the financing of small business.' The bill was proposed by Sen. James E. Mead, and proposes that the RFC insure up to 90 percent of the loans made by private banking institutions

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Appeals to Congress to enact Naval Bill Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, making his initial appearance upon the Hill since taking oath as Navy Secretary, asked the House Naval Affairs Committee to enact laws to increase naval tonnage, 'in view of the grave international situation.' He said that he would elaborate upon this statement later. He introduced Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, who made the main statement to the committee

Appeals to Congress to enact Naval Bill Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Secr...

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Federal Reserve Board Committee before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., June 13. Appearing before the Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee today, Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, expressed his opposition to a bill liberalizing provisions of the Federal Home Loan Act. He said that enactment of the act, sponsored by Senator Wagner, would expand operations of the Home Loan Bank System far beyond the scope of its original purposes

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Testifies on railroad reorganization bill. Washington, D.C., May 12. Leslie Craven, New York attorney, testifying today before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on the railroad reorganization bill

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Light in Capitol dome means pages have to work at night. Washington, D.C., July 1. When the light is burning in the dome of the Capitol, it signifies that Congress is holding a night session. To pages, this means night work- no dates. Democratic Page of the House Mac Arnold is here looking glum with Helen Rodis over the prospect of night work while the House works on the Bloom Neutrality Bill

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Tennessee Governor urges passage of Norris Bill. Washington, D.C., May 17. Governor Prentice Cooper, of Tennessee, today told a House Military Affairs Subcommittee considering a bill which would permit the Tennessee Valley Authority to take over facilities was sound 'from every national, state, and local viewpoint.' He urged immediate passage of the Norris Bill amendment

Tennessee Governor urges passage of Norris Bill. Washington, D.C., May...

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Surgeon General says 500 new U.S. hospitals needed. Washington, D.C., June 2. Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, told a Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee today that at least 500 of the 3,000 counties in the U.S. need new hospitals. Although Chairman Murray said there is little chance of the Wagner Bill's passing this year, Parran defended the hospital building program which is a part of that bill

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Speaker Bankhead dips pen to sign neutrality bill. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Speaker Bankhead got up bright and early this morning to sign the bill which was a victory for the administration. Vice President Garner signed the bill last night, and here is William Bankhead dipping the pen to sign himself. The bill was immediately taken to the White House where the President signed it in the presence of leaders of the fight for the administration's Neutrality Bill [...] the House and Senate

Speaker Bankhead dips pen to sign neutrality bill. Washington, D.C., N...

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Concentrated wealth on increase. Washington D.C. Concentration of wealth in the control of a few corporations has increased since 1931. Dr. Charles A. Beard, (right) told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee today. Dr. Beard, noted political scientist and economist, was testifying in defense of the O'Mahoney Corporation Licensing Bill, which, if passed, will require corporations dealing in interstate commerce to comply with specified standards to aqcuire a federal license. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, author of the bill and Chairman of the Committee, is on the left

Concentrated wealth on increase. Washington D.C. Concentration of weal...

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Secretary Wallace at Senate Banking and Currency Committee. Washington, D.C., June 7. Secretary Henry Wallace today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, which is considering a bill to revamp the Farm Credit System, that farmers need relief from 'excessive interest charges and debts which they cannot pay.' He approved the general objectives of the bill, but suggested changes which he said would result in a 'sounder government credit policy,' and clear up the present 'farm debt muddle.' Shown in the picture, left to right: Senator John H. Bankhead 2nd, Alabama; Senator James F. Byrnes, South Carolina; and Secretary Henry Wallace, Agriculture

Secretary Wallace at Senate Banking and Currency Committee. Washington...

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Wendell Wilkie, Pres. of the Commonwealth & Southern Corp. appearing before House Military Affairs Subcommittee, urging approval of Norris Bill so that the securities of the Tennessee Electric & Power Co. 'will not be totally destroyed'

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Holds House Committee in contempt. Washington, D.C. Jan. 16. The Presidential candidate Lemke and his backer Dr. Townsend are shown as they conferred about the new Townsend Plan now to be called the 'General Welfare Bill'. Dr. Townsend who goes to court on Feb. 8 for contempt charges against him said today that, "I have nothing but contempt for the House Committee"

Holds House Committee in contempt. Washington, D.C. Jan. 16. The Presi...

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Jesse Jones holds first press conference since assuming new post. Washington, D.C., July 17. At his first press conference today after taking the oath as Federal Loan Administrator, Jesse Jones urged that Congress enact the new lending bill before it concludes its current session. Jones told reporters that immediate enactment of the bill was desirable because it would take 'a good time to get the program in operation'

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House adjourns after passing revised neutrality bill. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. Surrounded by page boys, Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead waves goodbye to House members as the House adjourned sine die after passing administration's Neutrality Bill repealing the arms embargo

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Senate Banking and Currency Committee hears Secretary Wallace. Washington, D.C., June 7. Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace, today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that he approved the bill to revamp the Farm Credit System because farmers need relief from 'excessive interest charges and debts which they cannot pay. In addition,' he said, '60 percent of all the National Farm Loan Associations have had their capitol so impaired that they cannot make new loans. Beyond question there is room for improvement in both the general farm credit situation and the Federal Land Bank System'

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Relief labor more costly than private contract, House committee told. Washington D.C. Testifying before the House Agricultural Committee today, Resettlement Administrator W.W. Alexander said that construction of improvements on farms in the south, if done with relief labor, would cost nearly twice as much as if done under private contract. The Committee is considering the Jones-Bankhead Farm Tenancy Bill which would set up a federal corporation to loan money to tenant farmers to enable them to buy and improve land

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Nebraska Congressman reports to Indians of progress on compensation bill. Washington, D.C., July 5. Rep. Karl Stefans, of Nebraska today conferred with tribesmen of the Winnebago Reservation over his Indian bill to provide compensation for members of the Winnebago Tribe for lands which the Indians[?] were forced to leave in Wisconsin in 1863, despite the fact that the tribe had never fought against the U.S. Rep. Stefans points out that the Sioux Nation is now receiving compensation for its lands, and feels that Winnebagos should be compensated for their lands. Left to right: Frank Beaver, Chief of the Winnebago Tribal Council, Rep. Stefan, and William Davis, tribesman

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Huge postcard sent Minnesota Senator. Washington, D.C., May 2. Said to be the largest postcard ever sent through the mail, this 4x6 message urging passage of a bill to provide sick and annual leave for substitute employees of the Post Office Department, was received today by Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota, from the Minneapolis Substitute Committee of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks. It took $1.50 in stamps to carry the card. Officers of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks are shown with the Senator shortly after the card was delivered. Left to right: Senator Ernest Lundeen, W.T. Horner, Legislative representative of the Federation; Leo [...]orge, President; W.H. Duke, Secretary; and A.B. [...]ombie, Chairman of the local unit

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Blind youngsters display ability before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C. April 9. Blind children from the Maryland School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind coaching Senator Claude Pepper, of Florida, in the art of operating a braille typewriter. The youngsters appeared before the senate subcommittee on education and labor, of which Senator Pepper is Chairman, as an example of what can be done for physically handicapped children if a bill sponsored by the International Society of Crippled Children is passed. The bill provides for the education of all types of physically handicapped children. It appropriates $1,158,000, of which $2,080,000 is an outright grant ($40,000 to each state), and $9,000,000 for matching; and $500,000 for administration of the act by the U.S. Office of Education. In the picture, left to right: Frances Wright, 8 years old, reading a braille book; Andrew Birmingham, 10 years old; Dr. John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education; [...] Claude Pepper.

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Bankers' Association opposes federal insured loans as hazard to established businesses. Washington, D.C., June 15. Robert M. Hanes, 1st Vice President of the American Bankers' Association, and brother of Treasury Undersecretary John W. Hanes, today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that the Association opposed the proposed bill to authorize the RFC to insure up to 90 percent on loans to small businesses. He said that it would be a hazard to already established enterprises. He denied that bankers are 'sitting idly by waiting for the borrowers to seek credit'

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Murphy bestows blessing upon LaFollette bill. Washington, D.C., June 2. Attorney General Frank Murphy today put in one of his rare appearances upon the Hill to endorse a bill proposed by Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. to outlaw oppressive labor practices. He proposed, however, two amendments to the bill to clearly state that company guards with criminal records be declared illegal, and that suits to restrain oppressive labor practices be filed through the Justice Department rather than the Labor Department. Left to righ: Murphy, Senator LaFollette and Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah, member of the Subcommittee which heard Murphy

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Government reorganization hearing Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Dr. Charles E. Merriam, a member of the President's Government Reorganization Committee, today urged the special Senate Reorganization Committee to take favorable action on the Robinson bill to revamp federal administration agencies, arguing in favor of the bill, Merriam contended it would destroy the patronage system and promote more effective congressional supervision through committees on accounts and planning...

Government reorganization hearing Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Dr. Charles...

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Congressional leaders confer with President on Neutrality Bill. Washington, D.C., July 5. President Roosevelt today called in majority leaders of the House and Senate to urge them to throw out the arms embargo clause of the Neutrality Bill which passed the House last week. The president's new proposal for a 3 billion lending program was also discussed. Leaving the White House and talking to reporters are Rep. Sam Rayburn, majority leader of the House, and Senator Alben Barkley, majority leader of the Senate

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Still friends after House battle of neutrality. Washington, D.C., July 1. After the House went through one of the administration's severest setbacks last night on the neutrality measure, principals involved remain good friends. Rep. Robert Allen of Pennsylvania, Sol Bloom of New York, and Republican John Vorys of Ohio, met after the Bloom Bill went through with amendments which constituted a setback to the administration's Neutrality Bill proposed by Bloom, and agreed that it was a great fight with no grudges. Rep. Vorys led the republican fight that changed the bill and Rep. Allen was a strong supporter of the Bloom Bill

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Author and sponsor of Wagner Labor Relations congratulate each other on Supreme Court decision. Washington, D.C. April 12. Today was a happy one for Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and Senator David I. Walsh, (right) of Massachusetts, who sponsored the bill in the United States Senate. They were together as they heard the Supreme Court uphold the validity of the act today--unanimously in the cases of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., and the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co. The decision was hailed by the government as one of its greatest victories in court.

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Dr. Townsend and Representatives. Washington, D.C. Jan. 16. Photo shows Dr. Townsend explaining the new 'General Welfare Bill' which is that name the doctor is trying to have made a law thru the efforts of some of his Congressmen. Left to right: Dr. Francis E. Townsend, Rep. Nan Honeyman of Oregon, and Rep. Ralph O. Brews of Maine

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Assistant Attorney General appears before Senate and House Labor Committee. Washington, D.C., June 2. Assistant Attorney General Robert Jackson, appearing before the Senate and House Labor Committee today praised the Black-Connery Wage and Hour bill., Jackson urged enactment of the bill as a means of placing commerce between that states upon a "Basis of industrial justice to disadvantaged men". Jackson is shown in the center with authors of the bill, Rep. William Connery, left. and Sen. Black, right

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ICC Commissioner opposes repeal of long and short haul rail freight rates. Washington D.C. Appearing before the House Interstate Committee today, Joseph B. Eastman, Railroad Coordinator and Member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, testified that the ICC opposed repeal of long and short haul rail freight rates, as proposed in a bill under consideration. Commissioner Eastman is shown with Rep. Clarence F. Lea, (right) Chairman of the Committee

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CIO's Lee Pressman endorses health bill. Washington, D.C., May 14. The CIO's General Counsel, Lee Pressman, took the stand before the Senate Education and Labor Committee today to tell members that the CIO endorses the Wagner Public Health Bill upon which the committee is holding public hearings

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Senator McCarran ignores salary increase. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Senator Pat McCarran designs a series of conferences with the representatives of organizations of government workers and officials of the Labor Dept. Preparatory to drafting a bill for the salary increases for government employees. photo shows, left to right, W.C. Hushing, National Legislative Representative of the A.F. of L.; Senator Pat McCaran; John P. Frey, President of the Medal Trades Union, of the American Federation of Labor

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Transportation growth detailed at Senate Judiciary committee hearing. Washington D.C. A hearing on the bill for corporation licensing was opened today before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney , of Wyoming, author of the bill, is shown with a chart detailing the growth of tranportation from the time of George Washington to the present as he opened the hearing with an explanitory statement of his measure. The bill,[...] passed, will require corporations dealing in [...] Interstate Commerce to comply with specified [...] in order aquire a federal license

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Ickes urges government control of oil. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes commended to a House Interstate Commerce Subcommittee today the Cole Petroleum Conservation Bill as a means to avert breakdown of state oil control before such an event occurs. The Cole Bill would authorize federal control over oil production with a view to preventing waste

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House and Senate conferees agree on final draft of neutrality bill. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Key Rittman, sitting, and Rep. Sol Bloom, standing Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, as they outlined to reporters the final draft of the Neutrality Bill repealing the arms embargo as agreed upon by House and Senate conferees

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Delegates to the Demonstration of Farmers For the Norris-Sinclair Bill creating a Gov. Marketing Corporation to buy Farm Products in the U.S. and sell them here & abroad

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Senate clock for new neutrality bill. Washington D.C. The three of the four senators that have formed a bill to be presented to Congress on neutrality. The bill will regulate all commerce in time of war and instruct the President to confine all commerce with belligerents on a "cash and carry" basis. Left to right: Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, Sen. Bennett Champ Clark of Mo., and Sen. Arthur Vanderberg of Mich pouring over their new bill

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WILSON, WOODROW. SIGNING CHILD LABOR BILL

WILSON, WOODROW. SIGNING CHILD LABOR BILL

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Sponsors of bill to prevent war profiteering meet with American Legion representative. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Morris Shappard, left and Rep. Lister Hill, right, Chairman of the Senate and House committees on military affairs, said today they would press for earliest action on their war profiteering bill. Col. John Thomas Taylor, Chairman of the legislative committee of the American Legion, who are sponsoring the bill, is shown with the Senators. The bill is designed to prevent profiteering in time of war and to equalize the burdens of war and thus provide for the National defense, and promote peace

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Senators LaFollette and NYE confer on Ludlow bill. Washington, D.C., May 10. Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., who was first witness before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing witnesses on the Ludlow Resolution to have war declarations submitted to vote by the people, finished his testimony and leaned over the shoulder of Senator Gerald -Mun'tions- NYE to tell him of a new argument for the resolution

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Immediate legislation needed to take profits out of war, Legion commander tells House committee. Washington D.C. Testifying before the House Military Affairs Committee today, National Commander Harty Colmery, of the American Legion, declared that the European situation had caused a "very definate" public demand for legislation to "take the profits out of war" appearing as the first witness in the Sheppard-Hill bill hearings providing for industrial mobilization and powers for the President to fix price ceilings during war periods, Colmery asserted that the measure would be a powerful deterrent to war

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Dorothy Detzer backs NYE-Clark-Bone Bill on neutrality aid rejects Pittman's Washington, D.C., May 4. Dorothy Detzer, representing the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was a witness this afternoon before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. She endorsed a neutrality bill by Senators NYE, Clark of Missouri, and Bone which removes presidential discretion from neutrality legislation. She said her organization could not endorse the Pittman cash-and-carry neutrality plan. She defined neutrality as '...abstention from hostile acts...and abstention from changing the policies of the government for the benefit of one belligerent or the other after the war has begun'

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Rose Wilder Lane says Ludlow Resolution is needed as check on government. Washington, D.C., May 10. Rose Wilder Lane, writer, today urged support of the Ludlow Resolution which is being considered by a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. She supported it on the grounds that it would 'carry forward the American process of government,' and followed by saying that it is another check on government. We need more checks on government. The bill, if passed, would make aggressive war by the United States subject to vote by the people

Rose Wilder Lane says Ludlow Resolution is needed as check on governme...

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[Hand bill advertising vaudeville acts by the Shrier children. See photo and label 2937 and report of L.H. Hine. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]

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HAYWOOD, WILLIAM. 'BIG BILL,' LABOR AGITATOR. LEAVING SHOREHAM HOTEL

HAYWOOD, WILLIAM. 'BIG BILL,' LABOR AGITATOR. LEAVING SHOREHAM HOTEL

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BALFOUR, ARTHUR JAMES. M.P., O.M., HEAD OF BRITISH COMMISSION TO U.S. ARRIVAL AT UNION STATION: BALFOUR, LANSING, BILL NYE, COL. HARTS

BALFOUR, ARTHUR JAMES. M.P., O.M., HEAD OF BRITISH COMMISSION TO U.S. ...

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Washington, D.C., September 12, 2014 -- President Obama and former President Bill Clinton celebrate the 20th Anniversary of AmeriCorps at the White House. Clinton signed the original legistation creating AmeriCorps. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Washington, D.C., September 12, 2014 -- President Obama and former Pre...

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Bill Keuyou, Georgetown - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Bill Keuyou, Georgetown - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Sen. McNary tells press that Republican Senators want lending bill amended. Washington, D.C., July 20. Senate minority leader Charles McNary seated at the conference table with reporters as he announced results of a Republican conference this morning on Sen. Alben barkley's lending bill. 'The Republicans will offer amendments calculated to remove some of the unusual powers contained in the program, decrease the appropriations and approve the bill if at all possible', he said. Sen. Barkley announced that he had changed the name of his bill from 'the self-liquidating projects act' to 'works financing act', and chanced the term 'self-liquidating' to 'recoverable assests!' 'There isn't [...]

Sen. McNary tells press that Republican Senators want lending bill ame...

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Women Ask President for Equal Rights Legislation. Fifty prominent members of the New National Woman's Party called at the White House today to ask the president's aid in passing an "Equal Rights Bill" in the next Congress. The bill would give women full equality in the government service, give married women citizenship in their own right and make women of the District of Columbia eligible to serve on juries, equal guardianship rights, and equal rights of inheritance and contract. Photograph shows suffragists with President Harding at the White House.

Women Ask President for Equal Rights Legislation. Fifty prominent memb...

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Pres. Coolidge with members of House Agric. Comm. who appeared at White House with delegation of farmers regarding the Diversification Bill

Pres. Coolidge with members of House Agric. Comm. who appeared at Whit...

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President of Socony-Vacuum Co. attacks bill to separate production, refining, and transportation of oil products. Washington, D.C., June 21. John A. Brown, President [...] Socony-Vacuum Co. Inc., told a House Judiciary subcommittee today that a bill by Rep. Vincent [...] to 'divorce' production, refining, and transportation of petroleum products from the marketing of them was 'senseless.' The bill aimed at possible monopolies resulting from all units of distribution of petroleum products by one company. 'From the standpoint of the consumer and retailer, this proposal is a harmful and uneconomic infringement on the freedom of buying,' he said

President of Socony-Vacuum Co. attacks bill to separate production, re...

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Pat Crow, ex-bandit and kidnapper is making every effort at Wash. to obtain passage of a bill by which un-reclaimed land would be turned into farms and homeland for ex-soldiers as a part of the Bonus Act. Crow, on extreme rt. with members of Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Comm. before whom he presented his plan. Left to right: Senators Sheppard, Walsh, Jones, of Wash., Shrotridge, McNary, Phipps, Oddie Cameron Kendrick and Godding

Pat Crow, ex-bandit and kidnapper is making every effort at Wash. to o...

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Oil Association spokesman at House hearing. Washington, D.C., June 22. Eric Weber, President of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers' Association, who appeared as a witness at a House Judiciary Subcommittee yesterday. The committee is holding hearings upon the Harrington Bill which affects the oil producing and distributing industry

Oil Association spokesman at House hearing. Washington, D.C., June 22....

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Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

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Several Congressmen called on Pres. Harding in regard to the Smith McNery Reclamation Bill now before Congress. Left to right: Burton L. French, Idaho; William William, S.D.; N.J. Sinnott, Oregon; Phil D. Swing, Calif.; A.R. Smith, Idaho; S.S. Arentz, Nev.; and L.H. Hadley, Wash.

Several Congressmen called on Pres. Harding in regard to the Smith McN...

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Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

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Boston furrier appears before Senate Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., May 17. Philip Krupp, a Boston furrier, today sought the Senate Naval Affairs Committee support for his drive to reinstate his 22 yr. old brother in the Naval Academy and remove from his name the "stigma of falsehood." He petitioned the committee to approve a bill directing the reinstatement of his brother, Fredrick Krupp, who, he contended, was "forced to resign" from the academy in January because of a thoughtless statement with attempt to decieve. Philip said his brother had been refused a position with the Martin Aircraft Co. and denied admission to the Massachusetts. Institute of Technology because of an untrue statement attached to all of Fred's records from the academy that he was permitted to resign for the good of the navy, he is shown left; pleading the case before the acting chairman of the committee Sen. Guy Gillette. D. of IA.

Boston furrier appears before Senate Naval Affairs Committee. Washingt...

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Treasury aide suggests retention of undistributed profits tax. Washington, D.C., March 22. Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee today, Undersecretary of the Treasury Roswell Magill suggested retention of the undistributed profits tax in the new revenue bill and strongly recommend elimination of tax exemption for government securities. At the same time he informed the committee of the treasury's views on the tax revision bill, designed to provide $5,330,000,000 in federal revenue. Magill is pictured talking to Senator Pat Harrison, Chairman of the Committee; and Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg, Republican member of the committee

Treasury aide suggests retention of undistributed profits tax. Washing...

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N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washington, D.C., June 22. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York today asked the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to remove restrictions placed on the $1,735,000,000 relief bill by the House. LaGuardia also gave his support to an amendment restoring federal theater projects. Mayor LaGuardia, left, is shown Lowell Mellett, Executive Director of the National Emergency Council

N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washin...

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Susan B. Anthony to the women of today. 'Everything but the Vote is still to be won.' by Nina Allender, Feb. 24, 1923

Susan B. Anthony to the women of today. 'Everything but the Vote is st...

Susan B. Anthony points to the Bill of Rights she is holding and faces two women who are holding slips labeled "Vote." This cartoon was originally published in "Equal Rights" on February 24, 1923. The caption... More

Favor bill to remove tax on gas-alcohol blend. Washington, D.C., May 23. Carl H. Wilkin, Secretary Treasurer of the Raw Materials National Council, and also President of the Progressive Farmers of Iowa is shown talking to William W. Buffum, sitting treasurer and general manager for the Chemical Foundation Inc. of New York City. They were witnesses at a Senate Finance Subcommittee today at which they favored adoption of bills by Senators Gurney and Gillette which would remove the tax upon gasoline when mixed with grain alcohol

Favor bill to remove tax on gas-alcohol blend. Washington, D.C., May 2...

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Two foes of Un-Americanism in conference. Washington, D.C., May 23. Martin Dies, chairman of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, and Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, who recently sponsored a bill of impeachment against Secretary of Labor Perkins. Both members of the Dies Committee put their heads together this morning for a conference about the coming testimony of Felix McWhirter

Two foes of Un-Americanism in conference. Washington, D.C., May 23. Ma...

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Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Committee told. Washington, D.C., June 23. W.S. Farish, President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, said before the House Judiciary Committee today that there is keen competition among oil companies and that major companies have no desire to create a monopoly. Farish joined other oil company executives in condemning before the committee a bill to divorce production, refining, and marketing processes of the oil industry

Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Commi...

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Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil executive tells House Committee. Washington, D.C., June 23. Testifying against a proposed House bill that would divorce production, refining and marketing processes in the oil industry, Paul G. Blazer, President of the Ashland Oil and Refining Co. of Kentucky, told the House Judiciary Committee that passage of such a bill would ruin a company like his. He said his company was a small concern but was completely integrated

Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil execu...

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President Coolidge signing the Cameron Bill, which authorizes the construction of the Coolidge Dam in Arizona

President Coolidge signing the Cameron Bill, which authorizes the cons...

Calvin Coolidge seated at desk, poised to sign document, with eleven other men standing behind him. National Photo Company Collection. No. 30947.

Pres. Coolidge signing the final veterans Bu. Hospital Bldg. bill at the W.H. i.e., White House during the garden party to the wounded soldiers. The bill provides for $6,800,000 for completing the hospital program. Center group, left to rt.: General Pershing, Mrs. Coolidge, Commander Andrews, Col. C.O. Sherrill, and Brig. General Frank T. Hines

Pres. Coolidge signing the final veterans Bu. Hospital Bldg. bill at t...

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Pres. Coolidge signing the $6,800,000 Hospitalization Bill during the Garden Party, June 5, at the W.H. [i.e., White House] for disabled service men. The Bill was proposed by the Veterans Bureau

Pres. Coolidge signing the $6,800,000 Hospitalization Bill during the ...

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Pres. Coolidge signing the $6,800,000 Hospitalization Bill during the Garden Party, June 5, at the W.H. i.e., White House for disabled service men. The Bill was proposed by the Veterans Bureau

Pres. Coolidge signing the $6,800,000 Hospitalization Bill during the ...

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Garner finally signs neutrality bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Finally the Vice President signed the Neutrality Bill that has been hanging fire for the last few days because of the shipments all ready to go to Spain through some parlimentary tie-up the Vice-President had to wait 24 hours before he could sign the same and present it to the White House for President's Roosevelt's signature. Photo, left to right: Senator Tom Connally of Texas; Vice-President Garner; and Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tenn.

Garner finally signs neutrality bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Finall...

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Officers of the Nat'l Federation of Post Office employees called on Pres. Coolidge, June 5, to urge the passage of a bill raising the pay of 350,000 Post Office Clerks before Congress adjourns. Left to rt.: Leo. E. George, Thomas F. Flaherty, and Louis C. Woolf

Officers of the Nat'l Federation of Post Office employees called on Pr...

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Pres. Coolidge signing the final veterans Bu. Hospital Bldg. bill at the W.H. [i.e., White House] during the garden party to the wounded soldiers. The bill provides for $6,800,000 for completing the hospital program. Center group, left to rt.: General Pershing, Mrs. Coolidge, Commander Andrews, Col. C.O. Sherrill, and Brig. General Frank T. Hines

Pres. Coolidge signing the final veterans Bu. Hospital Bldg. bill at t...

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Vincent Lopez, famous orchestra leader and his man "Friday" Bill [...] in front of W.H. [i.e., White House] where they met Coolidge

Vincent Lopez, famous orchestra leader and his man "Friday" Bill [...]...

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Coolidge and a delegation of farmers from the wheat growing states who appealed to the pres. for the passage of Norbeck-Burtress bill to provide small loans to wheat farmers for purchase of farm essentials [White House, Washington, D.C.]

Coolidge and a delegation of farmers from the wheat growing states who...

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Bergdoll family at Senate Military Affairs Committee hearing. Washington, D.C., May 24. The family of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the World War draft dodger who fled to Germany to escape prosecution, were in the Senate Military Affairs Committee room today as Harry Weinberger, Bergdoll attorney, denounced the House approved bill designed to prevent Bergdoll from returning to the United States. At the same time Weinberger announced that Bergdoll is aboard the liner Bremen which will arrive in New York tomorrow. Bergdoll will then be surrendered to the Commanding General of the Second Corps area at Governor's Island. Left to right can be seen: Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, sister of Bergdoll, Emma, a daughter, Erwin, a son, Mrs. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, and Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, the draft evader's mother

Bergdoll family at Senate Military Affairs Committee hearing. Washingt...

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The Manassa Mauler appeals for repeal of law against shipment of eight films. Washington, D.C., May 25. Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Amuler and Col. John R. Kilpatrick, President of the Madison Square Garden Corp., were the main witnesses before a Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee today which is holding hearings upon a bill proposed by former amateur heavyweight champion Sen. W. Warren Barbour which would lift the present ban upon prize eight films in interstate commerce. Left to right: Senator Ernest L. Undeen, Chairman, Col. Kilpatrick, Jack Dempsey

The Manassa Mauler appeals for repeal of law against shipment of eight...

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[Calvin Coolidge, half length, standing, facing slightly right, holding up baseball at baseball game prior to opening game, 1925. L.to R.: Bill McKechnie, Coolidge, Bucky Harris]

[Calvin Coolidge, half length, standing, facing slightly right, holdin...

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Giants added to the President's police force by Congressional Deficiency Bill of last December

Giants added to the President's police force by Congressional Deficien...

First Sergeant C.P. Dalrymple measuring height of six policemen, six feet tall and over. In album, p. 33, no. 34253. National Photo Company Collection.

Representatives from AMA argue against Wagner health program bill. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr. Morris Fishbein, President of the American Medical Association, and Sen. Allen Ellender of Louisiana, member of the Senate Committee which is holding hearings on a bill proposed by Sen. Robert Wagner to set into motion a $850,000,000 public health program. Officials of the AMA spent the day testifying in opposition to the bill

Representatives from AMA argue against Wagner health program bill. Was...

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AMA descends upon Wagner hearing today. Washington, D.C., May 25. Probably the most impressive group of physicians ever to appear before a Senate body today occupied the hearings of the Senate Committee holding hearings on the Wagner Health Bill. Armed with statistics and lengthy statements, a group of American Medical Association officers argued against passage of Senator Wagner's $850,000,000 national health program bill. Dr. R.G. Leland, Director of the Bureau of Medical Economics of the AMA, called the bill 'revolutionary' and suggested that public health is rapidly improving without the aid of such a program, as shown by official vital statistics. Left to right. Dr. Edward H. Cary, Chairman of the Legislative Committee, AMA, who introduced the speakers to the committee, and Dr. Leland

AMA descends upon Wagner hearing today. Washington, D.C., May 25. Prob...

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New White House police must be tall. Six new six-footers have been added to the White House police force by the Congressional Deficiency bill of last December. Regulations require that they be six feet and over. The picture shows Sergeant Dalrymple measuring R.G. Ford, a new officer, measuring 6 feet 2 inches. In the group, left to right: R.G. Ford, P.A. McDuffie, Dick Ballard, W.M. Haywood, P.E. Allen and B.B. Bradley

New White House police must be tall. Six new six-footers have been add...

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Maybe they discuss Joe Lewis? Washington, D.C., May 25. Col. John R. Kilpatrick, President of the Madison Square Garden Corp., and Jack Dempsey having a whispered conversation before the beginning of today's hearing upon a bill by Sen. W. Warren Barbour to lift the ban upon the shipment of fight films in interstate commerce

Maybe they discuss Joe Lewis? Washington, D.C., May 25. Col. John R. K...

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Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Photographed today at the initial meeting of the House Naval Affairs Committee are, left to right: Lewis Compton, Assistant to Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Secretary Edison, with Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations standing in rear. Following a brief statement by Secretary Edison, Admiral Stark urged the Committee to approve a bill by Chairman of the Committee Carl Vinson to give the Navy 25 percent more tonnage, 6,000 more planes at a cost of $1,300,000,000. Without such increase, he said, the U.S. will be 'relatively weak in naval power at the end of the year'

Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8...

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The evil eye is trained upon the Senate. Washington, D.C., May 25. Ben 'Evil Eye' Finkle, ringside character, who, this said by those in the know, possesses a rather extraordinary power of putting 'the jinx' on fighters. Tales are told of terrified fight managers paying certain sums of money to have him take off his evil powers in order that the fight may be evenly matched. Now comes a bill before the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee which will lift the present ban upon interstate shipment of fight films, and the evil eye is being trained upon Senators Charles W. Tobey, N.H., and Edwin Johnson, Col., two committee members

The evil eye is trained upon the Senate. Washington, D.C., May 25. Ben...

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Delegation who witnessed signing of Lincoln Memorial Bridge bill, 2/13/25

Delegation who witnessed signing of Lincoln Memorial Bridge bill, 2/13...

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[Calvin Coolidge signing the income tax bill, also known as the Mellon tax bill. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon is the third figure from the right, and Director of the Budget, General Herbert Mayhew Lord, is to Mellon's left]

[Calvin Coolidge signing the income tax bill, also known as the Mellon...

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[Man holding Bill, H.R. 976. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Man holding Bill, H.R. 976. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

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