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Battles a place for radio in press galleries of House and Senate. Washington, D.C., June 26. Fulton Lewis, Jr.--spelled with a small j-- who took up a challenge a few months ago to find a place for radio reporters in the press galleries of the Capitol. After being told that radio would never find a place there, he persuaded Rep. Dempsey of N.M. to sponsor a resolution to create galleries for radio press. The House and Senate Rules Committee soon passed the resolutions, and now radio has its own galleries in the two chambers

Battles a place for radio in press galleries of House and Senate. Wash...

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Radio news gatherers in new quarters at Capitol. Washington, D.C., June 26. A group of radio news reporters at work in their new quarters across the hall from the House Chamber in the Capitol. The room was made over for radio press after its leader, Fulton Lewis, Jr., had almost single-handedly carried on a fight to create a place for it. Not only have House and Senate press privileges been granted, but full news gathering status has been given the press at White House and cabinet press conferences

Radio news gatherers in new quarters at Capitol. Washington, D.C., Jun...

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Radio takes its place in press galleries. Washington, D.C., June 26. Radio, once regarded as a 'poor relative' of the press, now has its own section of the House and Senate galleries reserved for radio news gatherers. Through the efforts of its chairman, Fulton Lewis, Jr., the gallery was created through special legislation. Here are the radio men listening to deliberations in the House gallery, side by side with news and syndicate reporters

Radio takes its place in press galleries. Washington, D.C., June 26. R...

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Daughter of Chairman, Republican National Committee to wed Washington writer. Alice Huston, attractive daughter of Claudius Hurten, Chairman of the Republican national committee, is reported engaged to Fulton Lewis, Jr., with whom she is shown in this photograph. Lewis is a native of Washington and has been doing newspaper work here for a number of years

Daughter of Chairman, Republican National Committee to wed Washington ...

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Daughter of Chairman, Republican National Committee to wed Washington writer. Alice Huston, attractive daughter of Claudius Hurten, Chairman of the Republican national committee, is reported engaged to Fulton Lewis, Jr., with whom she is shown in this photograph. Lewis is a native of Washington and has been doing newspaper work here for a number of years

Daughter of Chairman, Republican National Committee to wed Washington ...

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Radio press gallery given official send-off by speaker of House. Washington, D.C., July 22. Although the radio press galleries have been functioning as a news-gathering agency at Capitol Hill for several weeks, formal dedication was withheld until tonight when the Speaker of the House turned over the keys to Fulton Lewis, President of the Gallery while Congressmen who sponsered the bills which created the section for radio men looked on. Left to right: Fulton Lewis, Speaker William Bankhead, Sen. W.Warren Barbour, N.J., who sponsored the Senate bill, and Rep. John J. Dempsey, N.M., who took up the cause of the radio press in the house, 72439

Radio press gallery given official send-off by speaker of House. Washi...

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Radio press gallery given official send-off by speaker of House. Washington, D.C., July 22. Although the radio press galleries have been functioning as a news-gathering agency at Capitol Hill for several weeks, formal dedication was withheld until tonight when the Speaker of the House turned over the keys to Fulton Lewis, President of the Gallery while Congressmen who sponsered the bills which created the section for radio men looked on. Left to right: Fulton Lewis, Speaker William Bankhead, Sen. W.Warren Barbour, N.J., who sponsored the Senate bill, and Rep. John J. Dempsey, N.M., who took up the cause of the radio press in the house, 7/24/39

Radio press gallery given official send-off by speaker of House. Washi...

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