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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. Left to right: A.C. Dodson, secretary-treasurer of the Bach choir, president of the Weston Dodson company; Dr. W.L. Bates Jr., president of the Bach choir, chief surgeon at the Saint Lukes hospital; Mr. R.K. Laras, vice president of the Bach choir, president and owner of the R.L. Laras silk company

A black and white photo of three men in suits. Office of War Information Photograph

Bezoek van fractieleden van Tweede Kamer aan generaal Spoor

Testing telephone meter, 1938 (2877535692)

Jesse H. Jones, right - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oil executive predicts suffocated marketing competition if Gillette bill is passed. Washington, D.C., April 21. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, J. Howard Pew, President of the Sun Oil Co., declared that passage of the Gillette Bill prohibiting marketing of petroleum products by producers or refiners would suffocate marketing competition, 42138

Dr. C.H. Mayo, George Grantham Bain Collection

[Warren and Florence Harding] - Public domain portrait photograph

Former TVA Chairman challenges fairness of TVA yardstick for power rates. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Former TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan today challenged the fairness of the TVA yardstick for power rates before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Government's Power Program. Since he was 'fired' Morgan has conducted a personal study of TVA rates and allocations of costs of constructing the dams, on which the rates are based

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Former TVA Chairman challenges fairness of TVA yardstick for power rates. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Former TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan today challenged the fairness of the TVA yardstick for power rates before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Government's Power Program. Since he was 'fired' Morgan has conducted a personal study of TVA rates and allocations of costs of constructing the dams, on which the rates are based

Declares TVA yardstick is sound. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Appearing before the Joint Congressional TVA Committee today, Leland Olds, Executive Secretary of the New York Power Authority and nationally recognize authority on utilities, declared the TVA yardstick is sound and worth '50 to 100 times a loss of $2,000,000 a year.' He condemned as a 'high cost' producer of electricity the commonwealth and southern corp., 121538

Declares TVA yardstick is sound. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Appearing before the Joint Congressional TVA Committee today, Leland Olds, Executive Secretary of the New York Power Authority and nationally recognize authority on utilities, declared the TVA yardstick is sound and worth '50 to 100 times a loss of $2,000,000 a year.' He condemned as a 'high cost' producer of electricity the commonwealth and southern corp., 12/15/38

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

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.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

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, 31438

Proposes to Senate that S.E.C. ...price for utility holdings TVA ...Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Appearing before the Congressional TVA Committee today, President ...Wilkie of Commonwealth and Southern Corp., proposed that the S.E.C. determine a fair price for the utility holdings which the Tennessee Valley Authority seeks to purchase. He said if the TVA would agree to this, his company would abide by the valuation which the S.E.C. may finally set upon their properties

Hears charges of ousted TVA Chairman. Washington, D.C., May 25. Listeners may hear no good of themselves, but, David E. Lillienthal, Co-Director of the tennessee Valley Authority, certainly cupped his ear today to catch every word of Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, deposed TVA Chiarman, as he hurled charges at his foes before the Congressional TVA Investigating Committee. Morgan accused his Co-Directors of misrepresentations and hypocrisy, 52538

Former TVA Chairman challenges fairness of TVA yardstick for power rates. Washington, D.C., Dec. 3. Former TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan today challenged the fairness of the TVA yardstick for power rates before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Government's Power Program. Since he was 'fired' Morgan has conducted a personal study of TVA rates and allocations of costs of constructing the dams, on which the rates are based

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Left to right: Former Presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, President George H.W. Bush, former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter at opening of Ronald Reagan Presidential Liibrary, Simi Valley, California

Dominique Dawes at HUD - Visit by [former Olympic gymnast] Dominique Dawes to HUD Headquarters for tours, keynote address at the opening ceremony for new HUD interns

[Assignment: 48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, [where he opened, and announced high bid totals for,] the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases [in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.] [48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1_DOI_1668.JPG]

[Assignment: NOAA_2006_3137_48] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - US Coral Reef Task Force Congressional Reception [40_CFD_NOAA_2006_3137_48_DSC_3779.JPG]

Increased business volume key to recovery. Hopkins new Executive Assistant. Washington, D.C., April 13. In his first Press Conference today, Edward J. Noble, newly appointed Assistant to Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins, told newsmen that he thought the key to recovery was to increase business volume. He said that if volume could be increased to a sufficiently high level, tax rates could be lowered without disturbing the government's revenue. 4-13-39

Secretary Shaun Donovan in Detroit, Michigan, [where he met and held a press conference with Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and other city leaders, and spoke at the Detroit Economic Club on the challenges facing older industrial cities and the new, interagency approaches being applied to solve those problems: "Toward a New Economic Engine: Rebuilding the Cities That Built America with the Next Generation of Civic Leaders"]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, [where he opened, and announced high bid totals for,] the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases [in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.] [48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1_DOI_1457.JPG]

Dominique Dawes at HUD - Visit by [former Olympic gymnast] Dominique Dawes to HUD Headquarters for tours, keynote address at the opening ceremony for new HUD interns

Dominique Dawes at HUD - Visit by [former Olympic gymnast] Dominique Dawes to HUD Headquarters for tours, keynote address at the opening ceremony for new HUD interns

Gorgas Hospital, Shops & Boiler House, Behind Kitchen & Mess Building, Balboa Heights, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Briefing on HUD [funding, operations, programs, goals] for Congressional [visitors]

National League of Cities Congressional City Conference, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., with Deputy Secretary Ron Sims and First Lady Michelle Obama [among the dignitaries delivering addresses]

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