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Atty. General Robert Jackson and Vice Pres. Garner

Attorney General arrives for Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Washington, D.C., March 10. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings with Mrs. Cummings arriving at the Capitol today where the Attorney General appeared as the first witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the President's plan for reorganizing the Supreme Court. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo (center) of California, greeted the couple on their arrival, 3101937

Attorney General arrives for Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Washington, D.C., March 10. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings with Mrs. Cummings arriving at the Capitol today where the Attorney General appeared as the first witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the President's plan for reorganizing the Supreme Court. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo (center) of California, greeted the couple on their arrival, 3/10/1937

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BLERIOT AIRPLANE. LT., U.S.A. AVIATOR. LEFT, SHAKING HANDS WITH C. MURVIN WOOD

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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

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

[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]

[Severe Storms and Tornadoes] Atlanta, GA, March 20, 2008 -- Members of a Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) Technical Assistance Contract (TAC) team surveying a transit station. TAC teams are made up of FEMA staff and skilled engineers, architects, and other specialists to evaluate damage to urban structures. Atlanta is recovering from the affects of a severe tornado which swept through the city center. FEMA aid will assist the municipality in rebuilding through Public Assistance grants. Leif Skoogfors/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Tylertown, Miss., March 21, 2006 -- Walthall County Emergency Manager Roland Vandenweghe (left) and Enon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Al "Sonny" Boyd (right), discuss plans for the proposed, alternative evacuation route for New Orleans residents that will eventually go directly through Tylertown. Walthall County, population 15,000, mounted a model response to Katrina: cooperative, resourceful and effective. Sally Mendzela/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] September 22, 2004 Gulfport, Ms. Under Secretary Tom Dorr visits Gulfport DRC. Rural Development Under Secretary Tom Dorr, of the United States Department of Agriculture and DRC State Manager Dorothy Montgomery, visits with disaster victims at the Gulfport DRC. USDA Field offices sent representatives to various DRC in the affected areas to provide Katrina disaster victiims information about USDA assistance programs. Residents living in USDA Rural Development-financed apartments are receiving priority admission to any vacant USDA supported housing units in the US. John Fleck/FEMA

Oklahoma City, Okla., June 14, 2013 -- Oklahoma Emergency Management Agency Public Information Officer Tom Erickson speaks with KOKC News Director Ken Johnson in a radio interview at Tyler Communications which represents four different stations. The state, FEMA and Small Business Administration (SBA PIO Mark Randle, left) are here to provide information helpful to survivors of the May 20 and 30-31 tornadoes and flooding. George Armstrong/FEMA

[Severe Storms and Tornadoes] Cedartown, GA, March 27, 2008 -- FEMA representatives Patrick Knotts and Tony Hathcock at the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) serving Polk and Floyd Counties in Georgia discuss with applicants Cheryl & Dennis Waits mitigation ideas for the future in case of another disaster . Several organizations present information here and offer assistance in the recovery process to residents that visit a DRC. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Severe Storms and Tornadoes] Atlanta, GA, March 6, 2007 -- FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Mike Bolch (right) speaks with Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue after a briefing on the tornadoes that recently stuck Americus at the Georgia EOC with GEMA Director Charley English (left). Several Counties in Georgia have been declared federal disaster areas. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

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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Star witness before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., May 22. Dudley P. Gilbert, New York socialite, who has been financial angel for an undercover nationwide anti-Semitic and anti-communist movement, today told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that the American people will 'have to rise under some American officer of the Franco type' if a 'red revolution' is to be averted

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

An interesting scene in the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes, Akron, Ohio.

Gentlemen, I am here [...]' began General Moseley. Washington, D.C., May 31. Major General George Van Horn Moseley, U.S.A. retired, provided members of the Dies Committee with testimony today following a brief argument over a statement which he wished the read. With the opening statement, 'Gentlemen, I am here...' he was cut short by acting Chairman Arthur Healy. 'You can answer that question. You're not here to make a speech.' He said that if he were president, he would enforce a 1929 statute which empowers the president to use the army to fight subversive activities within the country. Behind the General is Rep. J. Thorkelson of Montana, whom Moseley said would 'bring it all out on the floor of the House'

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

Hellebaardier (Cent Suisse) onder Willem V. 1785

Testimony of Frederick Tombar, Senior Advisor for Disaster Recovery, [at hearing of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (and Related Agencies) of the House Committee on Appropriations, concerning Hurricane Sandy damage, HUD participation in recovery efforts, and long-term rebuilding planning]

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factory producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These girls are stitching inner ply to a building form used in the manufacture of self-sealing tanks. Goodrich

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Honor roll in the hall of the Lititz Borough Public School, showing which classes have 100 percent record for buying war stamps and bonds for the week. During the week of November 12th, out of the 845 children in the school, 780 children bought four hundred seventy-three dollars and ninety-five cents worth of stamps and bonds; two thousand seven hundred twenty-seven dollars and thirty cents worth this year

Government workers union sponsors school in capital. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. A school for government workers sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, affiliate of the CIO, was inaugurated only two weeks ago but already the registration has increased 200 percent. A variety of courses are offered for which a tuition fee of $2.00 a course is charged to members in good standing of C.I.O. Unions. Non-members will be $2.50. Naturally, a class in Union Organization will be one of the principal courses. Miss Olivia Israli, instructor at the Federal Workers School, registering new students.

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Washington, D. C. , June 9, 2009 -- FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate speaks with committee members before the start of a Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery hearing: "Are We Ready? A Status Report on Emergency Preparedness for the 2009 Hurricane Season. " FEMA/Bill Koplitz

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