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Public meeting of the friends of Henry Clay. The standing committee of "The association of mechanics and other working men of the City of Washington," having consulted a Committee on the part of the citizens generally, who are friendly to the el

Public meeting of the friends of Henry Clay. The standing committee of...

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Arrangement for the inauguration of the president elect on the fourth day, or March, 1837. Prepared by the committee of the Senate. [Washington, D. C. 1837].

Arrangement for the inauguration of the president elect on the fourth ...

On verso: 22. 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 231, Folder 13.

Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

The second of two particularly well-drawn caricatures by the same artist, on the subject of the 1839 congressional probe of Van Buren's Treasury Department. (See above, nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The inquiry was ... More

A Select Committee of Enquiry hard at work

A Select Committee of Enquiry hard at work

A swipe at the integrity of the House of Representatives committee investigating the Swartwout scandal under Van Buren's administration (see "Price Current" and "Sub Treasurers Meeting in England," nos. 1838-21... More

Sir: On behalf of the Republican committee of seventy-six, appointed by the citizens of the District of Columbia friendly to the election of General William Henry Harrison to the Presidency of the United States, we respectfully and cordially add

Sir: On behalf of the Republican committee of seventy-six, appointed b...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 197, Folder 3.

December 6th, 1852. Sir: The undersigned, appointed a committee of invitation by the Washington club, beg leave to enclose to you a copy of its rules and regulation; and invite you to become a member of the Institution ... [Washington, D. C. 185

December 6th, 1852. Sir: The undersigned, appointed a committee of inv...

On verso: M.C. #09-82-038.383. 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 200, Folder 43.

Steam indicator diargams, engine of Committee Room fan, north wing

Steam indicator diargams, engine of Committee Room fan, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Door for coil chamber, committee rooms

Door for coil chamber, committee rooms

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Democratic ticket. Democracy!! Bryant. Pearson. For collector, John Y. Bryant for register, P. M. Pearson. To the Democratic voters of Washington City ... Signed by the Committee. [Washington, D. C.] June 3rd, 1853.

Democratic ticket. Democracy!! Bryant. Pearson. For collector, John Y....

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 201, Folder 15.

The committee on exhibition of the Horticultural society, District of Columbia, submit the following schedule of premiums to be awarded at their exhibition on the 30th inst. [Sept. 1857] ... [Washington, D. C.] R. A. Water's steam job press, Sta

The committee on exhibition of the Horticultural society, District of ...

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 203, Folder 6.

Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Committee, Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham, at the bar of the Senate, Washington, D.C., on the 25th Feb.

Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Commi...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 March 1868. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Congress ; Pres.; B.I. (2); U.S. Hist. 1868.

Why taxes are high.--- Radical corruption and extravagance. Government expenditures under Grant, compared with democratic administrations. Published by the National Democratic executive committee, Washington, D. C. [1869?].

Why taxes are high.--- Radical corruption and extravagance. Government...

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 236, Folder 30.

Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments

Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representativ...

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Washington, D.C. - the Committee room of the War Department in the Capitol - General W.W. Belenap, Secretary of War, appearing before the Committee on Expenditures

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4 men around table. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1876 March 18), p. 24. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Appeal ... The Hon. James G. Blaine, as Chairman of a Special committee, submitted the following appeal which was unanimously adopted ... Washington, D. C. October 1881.

Appeal ... The Hon. James G. Blaine, as Chairman of a Special committe...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 207, Folder 8. Copy scanned: 1

Headquarters, D. C. Finance committee of the Republican national committee, No. 1421 New York Avenue. Washington, D. C. Oct. 16, 1884. Dear Sir: Early in August last this committee addressed you a circular letter of the Republican national commi

Headquarters, D. C. Finance committee of the Republican national commi...

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 207, Folder 27.

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

"Dear friends, what aroused you?" Lines dedicated to Colored men's national convention, held in Washington, D. C., February 3, 1890. Written and read by invitation of the Committee of arrangements for the Central bureau of the relief of the Dist

"Dear friends, what aroused you?" Lines dedicated to Colored men's nat...

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Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Leaders of the nation's steel business were on hand at the Capitol today as the National Monopoly Committee began a study of the $4,000,000,000 industry. Here we see, left to right: Senator William H. King, a member of the committee, Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel Corporation, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, co-chairman of the committee, Nathan L. Miller, General Counsel for U.S. Steel Corp., and Benjamin F. Fairless, President of U.S. Steel Corp.

Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., N...

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Scan president's message on Judiciary. Washington D.C. No President's message in years has created the interest the one President Roosevelt sent to Congress today, demanding an overhauling of the Judiciary. Vice President Garner (center) with Senator William H. Dietrich (left) of Illinois; and Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, studying the message shortly after It reached Congress. The only comment Senator Ashurst would make was "President Taft urged this same thing several years ago" he added he would make a full statement later

Scan president's message on Judiciary. Washington D.C. No President's ...

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Chairman of the Inaugural Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Admiral Cary T. Grayson hasaccepted the post of Chairman of the Roosevelt Inaugural Committee. Admiral Grayson is Chairman of the American Red Cross

Chairman of the Inaugural Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Admira...

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Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 5. Appearing before the Monopoly Committee today, Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford, President of the Ford Motor, described one of the earliest efforts at maintaining a patent monopoly, success of which would have destroyed the Ford Motor Co. in the initial year of its operation

Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., D...

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Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs amendments. Washington, D.C., April 17. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of International Law at Bryn Mawr College, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Thomas Neutrality Act should be amended to allow either Congress or the president to select aggressor nations and apply sanctions. As the act now stands, he said, 'No distinction is made between nations that violate treaties they have made with us and those that observe them.' He urged that the United States 'let it be known' that the U.S. will be on the side of those who observe international laws

Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs am...

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R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel of the Assoc. of the Amer. Railroads, before the Senate Finance Committee tax hearing

R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel of the Assoc. of the Amer. Railroads, b...

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Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of U.S. Steel, testifying before Monopoly Committee

Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of U.S. Steel, testifying before Monopo...

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U.S. Steel heads listen to testimony at monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 6. Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel, and Benjamin F. Fairless, president of the corporation, listen to testimony before the National Monopoly Committee today

U.S. Steel heads listen to testimony at monopoly committee. Washington...

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Two newest appointees to SEC Board. Washington, D.C., May 1. Leon Henderson leaned over the shoulder of Edward Eicher during the course of proceedings of the Monopoly Committee which is investigating milk monopolies today, and thus presented the first picture of the newest appointee, the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the newest member. Henderson's name was offered last week for membership to the Board

Two newest appointees to SEC Board. Washington, D.C., May 1. Leon Hend...

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Senator from Delaware. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Senator James Hugh[...] photographed while attending a meeting of the Currency Committee of the Senate [...]

Senator from Delaware. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Senator James Hugh[....

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Denies TVA flood control plan did not work. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Appearing before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating TVA, Theodore B. Parker, Chief TVA Engineer, denied charges of republican members of the Committee that the TVA flood control did not work. Frequent squabbles between House and Senate members of the Committee occurred as Parker was questioned

Denies TVA flood control plan did not work. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. ...

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NLRB Invesitgating Committee quizzes Edwin Smith?, NLRB Board member. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Edwin S. Smith, member of the National Labor Relations Board photographed as he testified before the Smith Committee investigating the NLRB

NLRB Invesitgating Committee quizzes Edwin Smith?, NLRB Board member. ...

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Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. President Roosevelt today called a special meeting of the Government's tax experts at the White House. Leaving the meeting Rep. Robert L. Doughton, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters that tax revision and proposed farm levies were discussed with the President. Left to right: Daniel Bell, Director of the Budget; Rep. Fred Vinson of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee now studying tax revision; Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau; Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; and Rep. Robert L. Doughton.

Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. Preside...

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Senate and House Judiciary leaders in huddle with president. Washington D.C. Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, (left) Democrat of Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, with Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Democrat of Arizona, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt. Although they refused to make a statement it was presumed they discussed the President's request for increase in the membership of the Supreme Court

Senate and House Judiciary leaders in huddle with president. Washingto...

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Former NLRB member listens to successor testify before Smith Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Listening intently to proceedings of the Smith Committee Investigating the National Labor Relations Board was Donald Wakefield Smith and his wife during the morning session. He is a former member of the Board, and was replaced by William Leiserson, witness before the Committee

Former NLRB member listens to successor testify before Smith Committee...

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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

Assistant Attorney General appears before Senate and House Labor Commi...

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In spotlight as A.A.U. opens Golden Jubilee Convention. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Marking its Golden Jubilee, the Amateur Athletic Union today convened for the 50th Anniversary Convention at the Willard Hotel. Sending John J. MaGee, coach of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME., off to an imaginary race, are, left to right. Avery Brudage, president of American Olympic Committee - Lawson Robertson, track and field coach at Univ. of Penna. - Judge Samuel E. Hoyt, president of A.A.U. - and Charles Gevecker, member of A.A.U. Boxing Committee

In spotlight as A.A.U. opens Golden Jubilee Convention. Washington, D....

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French Deputies pay tribute to America's unknown soldier. Washington, D.C., May 2. Deputies from the French Parliament, in this country to visit the New York World Fair, today paid tribute to America's unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Here we see M.M. Eduard Jonas, left, President of the Public Works and Transportation Committee, and Fourcault Pavant, as they place the wreath for the delegation

French Deputies pay tribute to America's unknown soldier. Washington, ...

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Ohio Solon presides at Dies committee hearing. Washington, D.C., Nov. 18. In the absence of Chairman Died, Rep. Harold G. Moiser of Ohio, presided at the hearing today of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities

Ohio Solon presides at Dies committee hearing. Washington, D.C., Nov. ...

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UAWU head quizzed by Rep. Dies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Homer Martin, left, President of the Automobile Workers Union, as he was quizzed today by Rep. Martin Dies, Chairman of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities. Martin told the Committee that communists are active in both the CIO and A.F. of L.

UAWU head quizzed by Rep. Dies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Homer Martin...

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$119,000,000,000 lost to American wage earners during nine years of unemployment. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Questioned by Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, right, Co-chairman of the Joint Monopoly Committee, Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Depart. Of Labor, explains with a special chart how American wage and salary earners have lost $119,000,000,000 during nine years of unemployment. Lubin was the first witness before the Committee, Joint Legislative-Executive Body Created to Study Economic Ills and Recommend Remedial Legislation

$119,000,000,000 lost to American wage earners during nine years of un...

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TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, Republican of New Jersey and member of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating TVA, is proving to be an adroit questioner of witnesses appearing now before the Committee at the Capitol

TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, R...

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Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried by the incoming elections, Senators James J. Davis, R. of Penna., seated, jokes with Joseph Guefey, D. of Penna. while attending the first executive meeting of the Senate Finance Committee today

Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried...

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Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of the press conferences at the Capitol these days are the ones held by Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Pittman can be seen at the head of the table

Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of t...

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TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, Republican of New Jersey and member of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating TVA, is proving to be an adroit questioner of witnesses appearing now before the Committee at the Capitol

TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, R...

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Morgan partner testifies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Appearing at the Senate Railroad Financing Inquiry today, Arthur M. Anderson, Partner in J.P. Morgan & Co., told the Committee that his firm and other New York banks "lost money" through financing the terminal deal between Missouri Pacific Railroad and Terminal Share Inc. Anderson admitted that Morgan handled a $61,000,000 Missouri Pacific bond issue in 1931

Morgan partner testifies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. Appearing at the ...

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NLRB member and Chairman of House NLRB Investigating Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Before taking the stand as the first witness before the House NLRB Investigating Committee today, William M. Leiserson, right, member of the National Labor Relations Board, talked 'off-the-record with Rep. Howard W. Smith, Chairman of the Committee'

NLRB member and Chairman of House NLRB Investigating Committee. Washin...

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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

House Appropriations Committee hears Secretary of Treasury and Budget ...

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Backs plan for Federal Department of Art, Science, and Literature. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Declaring that no form of subsidy would bring more immediate cultural returns, Blanche Yurka, blonde stage star, today testified before the House Committee on Patents in behalf of the proposed Federal Department of sciences, Art, and Literature. Miss Yurka was one of a group of stage starts, musicians and writers who will come before the committee this week. With Miss Yurka is Frank Gilmore, Director of the Associated Artists and Actors of America

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Discuss Repubican Party problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Snapped in a huddle just before the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee convened today were, left to right: John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee; Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr., House Republican Leader; Henry P. Fletcher, General Counsel; and Mrs. Paul Fitzsimons, member of the Executive Committee from Rhode Island. Presidential campaign problems and an embarrassing deficit were discussed at the meeting

Discuss Repubican Party problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Snapped in...

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Testimony at NLRB hearings reveal memos which label them 'amateur detectives.' Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. During the rummaging about in the stack of board correspondence which Committee Counsel Edmund Toland had before him, inter-office communications were produced which revealed that Leiserson had repeatedly demanded the discharge of Nathan Witt, Board Secretary and 'other amateur detectives.' Fred Krivonos, left in photo, was later named as one of the 'detectives' referred to. He is an Investigator for the Board. Left to right: Krivonos and Witt

Testimony at NLRB hearings reveal memos which label them 'amateur dete...

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Nebraska Senator studies. Washington, D.C., May 15. Senator Edward R. Burke, from Nebraska, photographed as he listened to testimony given by William Leiserson this morning at the meeting of the Senate Education and Labor Committee

Nebraska Senator studies. Washington, D.C., May 15. Senator Edward R. ...

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Knudson and Kettering after. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S. Knudsen, right, President, and Charles F. Kettering, Vice President of the General Motors Corporation, compare notes as they arrived to appear before the Monopoly Committee today. Both testified that it would be 'bad for the industry generally' if the present patent system were abolished

Knudson and Kettering after. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S. Knud...

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Monopoly Committee told U.S. errs in sponsoring large scale rental housing projects. Washington, D.C., July 6. Morton Bodfish, Executive Vice President of the United States Building and Loan League, said today that the government was making an error in sponsoring large scale rental housing projects. He further declared that as a national policy the government should encourage home ownership

Monopoly Committee told U.S. errs in sponsoring large scale rental hou...

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Labor Leader before La Follette. Washington D.C. Homer D. Sayee, Executive Officer of the National Trades Association told the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties that on all strikes where they moved in the association took complete control even to the settling of the strikes, furnishing protection, guards, strike breakers, and under- cover agents during the disputes

Labor Leader before La Follette. Washington D.C. Homer D. Sayee, Execu...

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Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for term. Washington, D.C., July 11. By a vote of 11-12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today shelved the consideration of neutrality legislation until next term of Congress. By defeating the Pittman Resolution, they dashed the administration's hopes for repealing the arms embargo. Gillette vigorously denied that he voted as he did simply to take revenge for the president's attempt to defeat him at the last election. Both Senator Walter George, left, and Guy Gillette, right, have been in the center of a question mark since it became known that the committee would vote on neutrality legislation today. Both were intended victims of the 1938 [...], and today held controlling votes in the meeting

Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for ...

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President of American Can Co. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. H.A. Baker, President of American Can Co., was an interested spectator at today's session of the National Monopoly Committee which is making a study of the steel industry

President of American Can Co. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. H.A. Baker, Pr...

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As special presidential committee began public hearings on possible civil service reforms. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Rep. Robert Ramspeck, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee, was the first witness today as open hearings began before the special presidential committee established to study possible reforms in recruiting governmental legal help. In differing with Justice Felix Frankfurter, a member of the committee, Ramspeck said 'that he did not think the fact that a man graduates from Harvard, Yale, or Columbia or some other school should control his appointment.' In the photograph, left to right: Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Rep. Ramspeck, Justice Stanley F. Reed, chairman of the committee, and Attorney General Frank Murphy, also a member of the committee

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Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization

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N.C. Williamson, Chas. P. Henry at meeting of the Agriculture Committee

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As monopoly investigation opened. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. First witness before the Joint Committee Investigating Monopolies today was Isador Lubin, left, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, who is pictured with Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Co-chairman of the Committee. Lubin told the Committee that American wage earners have lost $119,000,000,000 during nine years of unemployment

As monopoly investigation opened. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. First witn...

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Will fire Republican answer to President Roosevelt's defense of new deal farm policies. Washington, D.C., March 11. Over a nationwide radio hookup tomorrow night, Rep. Clifford R. Hope, chairman of the G.O.P.'s congressional committee studying farm issues, will answer President Roosevelt's defense of new deal farm policies which he made last week in a bid for the farm vote in the November elections

Will fire Republican answer to President Roosevelt's defense of new de...

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Steel head tells monopoly group his firm has quoted government one price and sold below it to private industry. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. Eugene G. Grace, President of the Bethlehem Steel Co. today told the Monopoly Committee that his firm has at times quoted base prices to the government but frequently sold privately below tht figure. 'I think we lost a lot of government business,' he said, 'because our prices were too high.' He is shown as he took the oath before testifying this morning

Steel head tells monopoly group his firm has quoted government one pri...

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Says TVA inadequate for power needs in Tennessee Valley. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. J.A. Krug, Chief Power Planning Engineer of the TVA, testifying before the Committee Investigating TVA, asserted that within eight y ears, either TVA or private utilities will have to expand power facilities in order to meet power demands in the 40,000 square mile area, and that practical and legal price settlements plans are under way for acquisition of integrated systems in the Tennessee Valley

Says TVA inadequate for power needs in Tennessee Valley. Washington, D...

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Admits fraud to Senate committee. Washington, D.C., May 13. Kenneth D. Sture, chairman of the board of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, conceded before the Senate Railroad Financing today there was fraud in connection with a 1932 RFC loan to his road. The loan in question was made in March 1932, and totaled approximately $3,600,000. The alleged fraud was in the road's application when it stated it had exhausted unsuccessfully all sources for borrowing privately

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Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The Dies Committee Investigating un-American activities today questioned Joseph P. Lash, Executive Secretary of the American Students' Union, and Miss Agnes Reynolds, College Secretary of the Union. Lash testified that he was a member of the Socialist Party from 1929 to 1937. He said he resigned because he believed that the Socialist Party was subordinating the interests of the people of a whole to the interests of factional strife

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Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton Cowherd, of Birmingham, Ala. testified today before La Follette's Committee on Civil Liberties that he was retained as Chairman of a "Special Americanization Committee" of the American Legion. He also testified that Walter J. Hanna was seen on the day of the flogging of Joseph Gelders in the reign of terror in Alabama. Photo shows Cowheard on the stand. Left to right are: Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah; Sen. Robert M. La Follette, Jr., or Wis. Chairman of [the] Committee; and Yelverton Cowherd

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Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8. Dr. James T. Shotwell, Columbia University Professor, witness before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, today endorsed the Thomas Amendment of the Neutrality Act which would permit designation of the aggressor nations and application of economic pressure. He said, 'the time for the determination of policy is now; it should not be left for emergency legislation in the hour of crisis'

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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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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Harold Stanley, President of Morgan, Stanley, & Co., today told the National Monopoly Committee that private bidding on securities underwriting is more to the public interest than public offerings. He said 'public bidding in corporate issues tends to over-price a poorer character of securities and eliminate the small dealer'

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Harold Stanley, ...

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S.R.O. sign out as Monopoly Committee opens hearings. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Standing room only was the order today as the Temporary Economic Committee, Joint Legislative-Executive Body Created to Study Economic Ills and Recommend Legislation, opened public hearings at the Capitol today. Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, was the first witness. In left center of picture can be seen Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney and Rep. Hatton Sumners, CO- Chairman

S.R.O. sign out as Monopoly Committee opens hearings. Washington, D.C....

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No rift here. Washington, D.C., July 6. It was Jack and Kim today as Vice President Garner and PMG James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, got together at the Capitol. The pair were as chummy as turtle doves despite the fact that the V.P. is said to be on the outside as far as President Roosevelt's affections are concerned

No rift here. Washington, D.C., July 6. It was Jack and Kim today as V...

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In spotlight as monopoly investigating committee opens public hearings. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The Temporary Economic Committee, Joint Legislative-Executive Body Created to Study Economic Ills and Recommend Remedial Legislation, opened public hearings at the Capitol today. These members of the Committee got together for an informal conference just before the hearing opened. Left to right - Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, Co-Chairman - Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Co-chairman - Senator William E. Borah, and Senator William H. King

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President of Haiti a luncheon guest of President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. President Roosevelt entertained at luncheon today in honor of President Stenio Vincent of Haiti, who is shown leaving the White House with Rep. Sol Bloom, left, Acting Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Minister from Haiti, Elie[?] Lescot, center

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Former Secretary of State warns Senate against broad presidential discretion in foreign affairs. Washington, D.C., May 4. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State in President Wilson's cabinet, warned against broad presidential discretion in foreign affairs and advocated strict adherence to international law

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60 per cent of Akron, O. population now on relief, Dies Committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Testifying today before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, C. Nelson Sparks, Akron, O., former Mayor and Chairman of a Law and Order League during the 1936 rubber strike, declared that 60 percent of the town's population is now living on government or state relief checks since rubber companies decentralized their operations after a wave of strikes

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High school girls used to spread communist propaganda to soldiers, Jon. T. Pace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. John T. Pace of Detroit, who admitted he was a member of the communist party from 1931 to 1934 today told the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that the communist party assigned high school girls in Detroit to associate with National Guardsmen to help spread party doctrines in American Armed Forces. The young girls, all members of the young communist league, were instructed to visit beer gardens with Guardsmen , and when acquaintance was well established, start 'propagandizing'

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Senators hear women's protest on Roosevelt pump-priming program. Washington, D.C., May 13. Fifty women headed by Mrs. Hamilton Wright of New York today invaded the Senate Office Building to protest to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee against President Roosevelt's five billion dollar pump-priming program. The women, who are from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, said they were not an organization. They are shown as they cornered four senators in the office of Senator Burke of Nebraska. The senators in the photograph [...] Truman of Missouri, Adams of Colorado, Burke of Nebraska, and Bridges of New Hampshire

Senators hear women's protest on Roosevelt pump-priming program. Washi...

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Big three of House Judiciary. Washington D.C. The big guns of the House Judiciary Committee as they studied the President's request for increase in the membership of the Supreme Court, following the meeting of the Committee today. Left to right: Rep. U.S. Guyer of Kansas, ranking Republican Member of the Committee; Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, Democrat of Texas and Chairman of the Committee; and Rep. Emanuel Celler, of New York and ranking Democrat of the Committee

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And a Tommyhawk to you, Mr. Gurney.' Washington, D.C., May 13. Representing the Rosebud Tribe of the Sioux Indians of South Dakota, Chief Joe Thin Elk and Chief Steven Brave Bird were in Washington today to describe conditions at Rosebud So. Dakota, before the Senate Committee. Enroute, they dropped in on Senator Chan Gurney, So. Dakota. Left to right shows: Senator Chan Gurney, So. Dakota, Chief Joe Thin Elk, Rep. Francis H. Case, So. Dakota, and Chief Steven Brave Bird

And a Tommyhawk to you, Mr. Gurney.' Washington, D.C., May 13. Represe...

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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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Loans to railroads have my approval--Jesse Jones. Washington, D.C., July 14. Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that he approved as 'highly desirable' loans to railroads to permit refinancing of their securities with lower interest rates. The loans should be made, Jones said, only if the railroads give bondholders preferred stock equivalent to the difference between the par value of the bonds and the price at which the securities were purchased

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Senator Byrd tells press of governmental reorganization. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, Chairman of the Senate committee studying governmental reorganization, held a press conference shortly after President Roosevelt made public his plan for governmental reorganization. Senator Byrd told newsmen that he was endorsing the Chief Executive's plan but objected to many of its details

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Denies TVA flood control plan did not work. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Appearing before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating TVA, Theodore B. Parker, Chief TVA Engineer, denied charges of republican members of the Committee that the TVA flood control did not work. Frequent squabbles between House and Senate members of the Committee occurred as Parker was questioned

Denies TVA flood control plan did not work. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. ...

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Co-chairman of monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, democrat of Wyoming, Chairman of the Joint Monopoly Committee, snapped as he presided at today's hearing at the Capitol

Co-chairman of monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Senator J...

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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, arch-foe of the New Deal and Chairman of the National Steel Corporation, suggested before the National Monopoly Committee that it was 'easier for a company our size to operate and make a profit than a company with the size and ramifications of the U.S. Steel Corporation.' A.F. Feller, Counsel for the Committee and Special Assistant to the Attorney General, termed this statement by Weir the important yet made before the committee

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, ...

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Called to testify before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Called to testify late this afternoon before the Monopoly Committee were George Bovenzier of Kuhn, Loeb, & Co.; Charles Glore, of Glore, Forgan, & Co.; Edward N. Jesup of Lee Higginson Corp.; and Henry S. Sturgis, of the First National Bank of New York. All firms are of New York City

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Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 5. Appearing before the Monopoly Committee today, Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford, President of the Ford Motor, described one of the earliest efforts at maintaining a patent monopoly, success of which would have destroyed the Ford Motor Co. in the initial year of its operation

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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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Labor Secretary and Michigan Governor get together with GMC officials in efforts to settle auto strike. Washington D.C. Shortly following their meeting with labor leaders this afternoon, Secretary of Labor Perkins and the Governor of Michigan Frank Murphy went into a conference with executives of General Motors in efforts to settle the strike of automobile workers. In the photograph, left to right (seated) Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; President General Motors; Secretary Perkins; Governor Frank Murphy; and William S. Knusdes. Back Row: John Thomas Smith; (left) Chairman Finance Committee, General Motors

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Chief Counsel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Francis Biddle, Chief Counsel for the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority, pictured as he questioned witnesses today when the public hearings were resumed

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Steel magnates take oath before testifying at monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 6. First witness before the National Monopoly Investigating Committee this afternoon were, left to right: H.L. Hughes, U.S. Steel Corp., Benjamin F. Fairless, President of U.S. Steel Corp., and Robert Gregg, President, Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Co., Birmingham, Ala.

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Praises work of TVA in combating disease. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Surgeon General Thomas Parran was the first witness today as the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority resumed it's public hearing at the Capitol. While praising the TVA for the work it has done in combating disease, Dr. Parran termed the south 'the nation's no. 1 health problem.' He said the south had the 'fewest physicians' per capita, the fewest hospitals, and the highest death rate

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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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In spotlight at Labor Espionage Investigation. Washington D.C. E.C. Davidson (left), Secretary of the International Association of Machinists and Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, who told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today that the Pinkerton Detective Agency sought to sell it's service to the Committee to Investigate Other Labor Espionage Agencies. Davidson also said that Samuel X. Brady, of Pinkerton Agency, had contacted him (Davidson) in regard to acting as a go between. In the center is William D. Whitney, Councel for the Pinkerton's, who informed the committee that his agency would refuse to disclose the requested names of undercover agents. On the right is Robert F. Pinkerton, President of the Detective Agency

In spotlight at Labor Espionage Investigation. Washington D.C. E.C. Da...

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Son of President Roosevelt before Tax Evasion Committee. Washington D.C., July 13. James Roosevelt, son and Secretary of President Roosevelt, who appeared before the Join Congressional Tax Evasion Committee today to deny "emphatically" assertions by Rep. Hamilton Fish, R. of New York that he has used tax law loopholes, Roosevelt is shown surrounded by newpapermen just before taking the witness stand

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In spotlight at Senate Railroad Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. J.J. Anzalone, President of the Mid-America Corp., and Comptroller for many Van Swerigan companies, was questioned today by Chairman Burton K. Wheeler at the Senate Railroad financing inquiry. Anzalone told the committee of an option agreement between the Allegheny Corp., former Van Swerigan top holding Co., and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Feb. 1, 1932 under which C&O agreed to buy 382,000 shares of Erie and Nickel Plate Railroad stock for $5,062,000. Chairman Wheeler attempted to show that this deal was a violation of the Sherman [Anti]-trust law

In spotlight at Senate Railroad Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. J....

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Witnesses before monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. These top-ranking steel business leaders seemed bored as they answered questions of the Monopoly Committee today. Left to right: Elton Hoyt, 11, Pickands, Mather Co., Crispin Oglebay, Oglebay, Norton & Co., Emmett Butler, Butler Bros., St. Paul, Minn., Patrick Butler, Butler Bros., St. Paul, Minn., E.B. Greene, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Ore Co., George M. Humphrey, M.A. Hanna Co.

Witnesses before monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. These t...

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UAWU President appears before Dies committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. After declaring he was only appearing because he was subpoenaed, Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Works Union, told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that communists are active in both the C.I.O. and the A.F. of L., and that they are 'relatively' as active in the AFL as in any other organization. He charged that Judge Paul V. Gadola of Flint, Mich., who issued an injunction requiring auto union members to vacate General Motors plants during the 1937 sit-down strikes, is a fascist

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Michigan Senator. Washington, D.C., Nov. 18. Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg Republican of Michigan, pictured as he listened to testimony today before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities

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Refugee Advisory Committee reports to President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. Members of the Advisory Committee on Refugees leaving the White House today and presenting a report to President Roosevelt. They said their visit was routine and declined to discuss the nature of the report. In the picture, left to right - Hamilton Fish Armstrong, New York City - Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles - George I. Warren, New York City - James G. McDonald of New York City, Chairman of the Committee

Refugee Advisory Committee reports to President Roosevelt. Washington,...

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