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1. Harris & Ewing Chief of Staff accepts medals for awards to outstanding C.M.T.C. students. Washington, D.C., June 14. U.S. Chief of staff Malin Craig today received from the Veterans of Foreign Wars 46 medals which will be awarded in 1938 to the outstanding basic students of the citizens' millitary training camps throughout the country. In the photograph, left to right: Lieut. Col. Harry Coope, USA retired; Chairman of the Veterans of Foriegn Wars; maj. Gen. Malin Craig and lieut. Charles Weickhardt, U.S.N. retired, 6/14/38 1938 June 14

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2. Harris & Ewing Chesapeake and Ohio to get control of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. Washington, D.C., May 14. Carroll M. Shanks, Chairman of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Mortgage Bondholders Protective Committee, told the Senate Railroad Financing Committee today that the proposed reorganization plan for the C.&E.I now pending on federal courts would give the control to the Chesapeake and Ohio. The Senate Committee has been investigating the $700,000 load procured by the C.&E.I from the Midland Bank of Cleveland. Later testimony brought out at the hearing proved that the Chesapeake and Ohio actually made the loan with the bank acting as the road's agent, 5/14/1937 1937 May 14

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3. Harris & Ewing Freshman Senator learns from old timer. Washington, D.C., April 14. During a lull at the meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, California's Hiram Johnson took time to answer a few Questions on Senatorial procedure put to him by Florida's new Senator, Claude Pepper. Or maybe they are patching up the long standing Florida-California feud over weather and climate, 4-14-39 [19]39 April 14

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4. Harris & Ewing Secretary of War. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Among the early arrivals for today's special session of the cabinet was Secretary of War Woodring. 9/14/37 [19]37 September 14

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5. Harris & Ewing British statesman tours Capitol. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Anthony Eden, Col. Ed Halsy, Secretary to the Senate and Joseph J. Sinnott, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Sinnott is explaining the seating arrangements of the House to Eden during the former Breign Secretary's tour of the Capitol which kept photographers on the run to keep up with his rapid strides, 12/14/38 [19]38 December 14

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6. Harris & Ewing Sits in on special cabinet for Attorney General. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Stanley Reed, U.S. Solicitor General who sat in today's special cabinet session for Attorney General Cummings, was an early arrival at the White House. 9/14/37 [19]37 September 14

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7. Harris & Ewing Eden renews friendship with Senator Pittman. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Anthony Eden today called upon Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, at his office in the Capitol. Both men declined to discuss their talk, saying that the 45-minute period was 'friendly talk' and that they were going over their last meeting in London during the economic conference in 1933, 12/14/38 [19]38 December 14

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8. Harris & Ewing TVA foes join in attempt to force inquiry. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Foes of the Tennessee Valley Authority pooled forces today in an attempt to override administration opposition and obtain a Congressional investigation of the power agency. Senators William H. King (D.) of Utah, right, and H. Style Bridges, (R) of New Hampshire, said that President's Roosevelt's intervention Friday in the feud between TVA Chairman Morgan and his codiretors, Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan had settled nothing, despite the fact that the President told the Directors to settle their dispute or resign, 3/14/38 [19]38 March 14

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9. Harris & Ewing Cabinet member brave rain to greet chief. Washington, D.C., May 14. A heavy downpour didn't prevent members of the cabinet from greeting President Roosevelt on his return to the capital today. Here we see Secretary of State Cordell Hull (left) and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace as they arrived at Union Station to greet the Chief, 5/14/1937 1937 May 14

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10. Harris & Ewing Green o.k.'s Wagner Housing Bill before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., April 14. Appearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor today, A.F. of L. President William Green endorsed the Wagner $1,040,000,000 [?] Housing Bill and called it "a modest beginning toward the solution of one of our greatest social and economic problems." Green, added, the bill is needed to provide low-rent housing for the workers of the country in order that their purchasing power may not be curtailed as rents rise under an "acute" housing shortage, 4/14/1937 1937 April 14

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11. Harris & Ewing At White House. Washington, D.C., April 14. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, and Senator Joseph Guffey, both ardent supporters of the Guffey-Vinson Coal Control Bill of which Guffey is the author, leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt. The measure is now on the president's desk for approval, 4/14/1937 1937 April 14

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12. Harris & Ewing St. Louis educator opposes court plan. Washington, D.C., April 14. The president's court reorganization plan is "without precedent, without reason and without merit," Rev. Linus Lilly head of the St. Louis University Law School, told the Senate Judiciary Committee today, 4/14/1937 1937 April 14

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13. Harris & Ewing Missouri Senator opposes rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman, of Missouri, today joined Senator Burton K. Wheeler in opposing the proposed rail wage cut as both appeared before the President's fact finding board at the Capitol. He contended the cut will not save the present financial situation of the railroads, 10/14/38 [19]38 October 14

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14. Harris & Ewing Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman (right) of Missouri, who today opposed the proposed rail wage cut before the President's fact finding board, gets a bit of last minute information from Max Lowenthal, counsel for the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. In contending the cut will not save the situation, Truman told the board that railroad labor is the most efficient in the country and expressed the belief that the men are not overpaid, 10/14/38 [19]38 October 14

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15. Harris & Ewing $2,500,000 in rare books acquired for Folger Library. Washington, D.C., May 14. The Folger Shakespeare Library, here, will soon place on it's shelves 9,000 volumes, onced valued at $2,500,000 and containing 787 books by early English authors, only one copy of each of which is known to exist. The 9,000 books were printed in England up to the end of 1640, roughly from the reign of Henry the 8th to the Cromwell Revolt, a period preceding and following Shakespeare. They deal largely with historical and religious subjects. The books were purchased from Lady Harmsworth, widow of the collector by President Stanley King, of Amherst College, the trustees of which administer the Folger Library. Dr. Giles E. Dawson, reference librarian is checking over some of the columes, 5/14/38 [19]38 May 14

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16. Harris & Ewing Iowa Senator plays swan song. Washington, D.C., April 14. Perhaps not so accomplished musically as in matters of state is Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa, but he might here be described as symbolically playing Swan Song for he said that he doesn't intend to run for election again when the time comes. Rep. Fred Gilchrist, also from Iowa, bends a critical ear to the Senator's rendition, 4-14-39 [19]39 April 14

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17. Harris & Ewing It won't be long now! Washington, D.C., June 14. With congress due to adjourn this week, Senator Tom Connally of Texas, just couldn't resist the urge to check his guns in preparation for a hunting trip in his native state during the reccess. The cameramen snapped the solon as he was about to take a few potshots at an imaginary deer on the Capitol grounds, 6/14/38 [19]38 June 14

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18. Harris & Ewing "Man with the hoe," Rep. Newt Mills. Washington, D.C., Feb. 14. Rep. Newt V. Mills, of Louisiana, who was a cotton planter in his state before coming to Washington, obliged the photographer today by demonstrating how he looks at the end of a hard day of 'choppin cotton'. One must overlook the hat and business suit as the Congressman didn't bring his working clothes to Congress, 2-14-39 1939 February 14

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19. Harris & Ewing Wage-Hour Administrator and assistants. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Probably the busiest government agency in the Capitol these days is The Wage-Hour Administration. The Wage-Hour Administrator, Elmer F. Andrews, is pictured for the first time with the newly appointed assistant administrators, Col. Arthur L. Fletcher (left) Paul Sifton. Fletcher was formerly Administrator of Labor for North Carolina while Sifton served with Administrator Andrews when he administrated New York's Labor laws, 9/14/38 [19]38 September 14

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20. Harris & Ewing Treasury official gets anonymous payments from citizens with troubled minds. Washington, D.C., April 14. Robert W. Maxwell, Chief Accountant in the office of the Commissioner of Accounts & Deposits and acting Chief, Division of Bookkeeping & Warrants. In the capacity of the latter office, he has charge of the Treasury's "Conscience Fund." Contributors, almost always anonymous, have forwarded sums ranging from [$0.02] to $30,000 since the fund started in 1811. Only last week he received an anonymous contribution of $1,000. He is shown opening a crudely addressed envelope containing $2.00. Frequently the letters are addressed to President Roosevelt, 4-14-39 [19]39 April 14

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