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Believes in high wages. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Admitting his belief in high wages and the increased buying power therefrom, Lammot Du Pont, President of Du Pont De Nemours & Co., told the Senate Unemployment Committee today that America can be prosperous only by serving better and diversified industries which use our products, 1/10/38

Believes in high wages. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Admitting his belief in high wages and the increased buying power therefrom, Lammot Du Pont, President of Du Pont De Nemours & Co., told the Senate Unemployment Committee today that America can be prosperous only by serving better and diversified industries which use our products, 11038

Believes in high wages. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Admitting his belief in high wages and the increased buying power therefrom, Lammot Du Pont, President of Du Pont De Nemours & Co., told the Senate Unemployment Committee today that America can be prosperous only by serving better and diversified industries which use our products, 11038

Employment increased by 7,000,000, Washington, D.C. Oct. 3. John W. O'Leary, chairman of a special committee on employment of the United States Chamber of Commerce, reported to the directors of the chamber, now meeting in Washington today, that employment of worker in industry and private business has increased 7,000,000 from the low point of the depression. O'Leary is shown with Harper Sibley, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as he made his report today

Unemployment compensation a protection against business recessions. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board, appearing before the Special Senate Committee investigating unemployment, declared today that the unemployment compensation was the nation's "first line of defense" against business recessions. At the same time he warned the committee that out-of-work remuneration will never prove more than this slight barrier, 1/5/37

Biggers before unemployment committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 21. John D. Biggers, Director of the recent unemployment census, recommended to the Senate unemployment committee today that there be created a National Re-employment Committee to direct itself to finding suitable jobs in industry and agriculture for all willing workers, 1/21/38

Small purchasing power of workers cause of business recession. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Testifying before the Senate Committee studying unemployment, Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers, today said it was his impression that the present business situation has resulted from the inadequate purchasing power of workers. He added, this was caused by business taking so much out of the profits that the distribution among workers is affected, 1738

$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

Small purchasing power of workers cause of business recession. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Testifying before the Senate Committee studying unemployment, Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers, today said it was his impression that the present business situation has resulted from the inadequate purchasing power of workers. He added, this was caused by business taking so much out of the profits that the distribution among workers is affected, 1/7/38

Believes in high wages. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Admitting his belief in high wages and the increased buying power therefrom, Lammot Du Pont, President of Du Pont De Nemours & Co., told the Senate Unemployment Committee today that America can be prosperous only by serving better and diversified industries which use our products, 1/10/38

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[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-31543-06] Commemoration, in Loy Henderson Auditorium, of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, [featuring appearances by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford III, and United Nations Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, among others] [Photographer: Ann Thomas--State] [59-CF-DS-31543-06_LX-2008-01-09-000-0017.JPG]

Maj. James Gallagher, deputy G4, 7th Infantry Division,

Pessimistic report. Washington, D.C., May 4. Governor John Moses of North Dakota, in a conference with President Roosevelt, presented a pessimistic report on unemployment and relief problems in North Dakota. Moses said his state was in a bad financial condition as a result of 10 years of crop failures and that county and state budgets were unbalanced

10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there? They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

$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

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Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware. Courtyard at dusk

White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Holding his first press conference today, John D. Biggers, Administrator of the Unemployment Census, announced that he had called a conference at the White House on Monday to formulate plans for the first unemployment census ever conducted in the United States. Included among those invited to the meeting were John L. Lewis, CIO head; William Green, A.F. of L. President; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council; and Leaders of Farm and Cooperative Groups.

Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware. Pennsylvania Dutch room

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Travaux sur les berges de la Seine, vue du Pont de Sully, quai Henri IV, 4ème arrondissement, Paris.

[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-31543-06] Commemoration, in Loy Henderson Auditorium, of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, [featuring appearances by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford III, and United Nations Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, among others] [Photographer: Ann Thomas--State] [59-CF-DS-31543-06_LX-2008-01-09-000-0052.JPG]

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