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A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Bouwvakkers demonstreren in Den Haag . Kloos (voorzitter

Laura Del Valle - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Northside United Pentecostal Church sidewalk witnessing, Chicago, Illinois

Music. Ethel Stark BAnQ P48S1P07025

Newsreel cameraman describes Chicago strike riots to Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., July 2. Orlando Lippert, cameraman for Paramount News, describing to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today the scenes he photographed for his reel at the Memorial Day strike riots at the south Chicago plant of the Republic Steel Corp. The pictures which suppressed by Paramount were screened for members of the committee today, 7237

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Former Van Swerigen counsel appears before senate railroad financing committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. John P. Murphy, General Counsel for the Van Swerigan Brothers during the years in which they expanded modest real estate holdings into a vast railroad empire, was the first witness today as the senate railroad financing committee resumed hearings. Murphy denied the committee's accusation that acquisition of the Missouri Pacific railroad by the Van Swerigans in 1929 was counter to ICC policy

Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After hearing Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Inquiry charge the Pennsylvania Railroad with violating ICC decisions and concealing facts from stockholders in purchasing railroad stocks from 1925 to 1928, [...]County Financial Vice President of the Road, testified the purchases were made to protect the interests of the stockholders. He added this was in line with a program then being considered to divide the Railroads of the East into four great systems. 12/21/37

Denounces rail inquiry. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. Treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, William Wyer today denounced the Senate Rail Inquiry and accused acting Chairman Truman of "innuendo, misrepresentation and libel." Wyer described the investigation as an attack upon his personal integrity, rather than an attempt to lay before the Congress complete information of the activity of the Van Swerigan Rail Empire. Wyer is shown reading the statement to Committee after which it was put in the record, 10/28/37

Denounced by rail executive. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. Senator Harry Truman of Missouri, acting Chairman of the Senate Rail Inquiry in the absence of Senator Burton K. Wheeler, was bitterly denounced today by William Wyer, Treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, who was been appearing before the Committee. Wyer described the investigation as an attack upon his personal integrity, rather an attempt to lay before Congress complete information of the activity of the Van Swerigan Rail Empire. The statement was allowed to be inserted into the record. 10/28/37

At Senate Railroad Financing Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Willaim W. Wyer, Treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, appeared before the Senate Railroad Financing Investigation Committee today

Denounced by rail executive. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. Senator Harry Truman of Missouri, acting Chairman of the Senate Rail Inquiry in the absence of Senator Burton K. Wheeler, was bitterly denounced today by William Wyer, Treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, who was been appearing before the Committee. Wyer described the investigation as an attack upon his personal integrity, rather an attempt to lay before Congress complete information of the activity of the Van Swerigan Rail Empire. The statement was allowed to be inserted into the record. 102837

Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After hearing Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Inquiry charge the Pennsylvania Railroad with violating ICC decisions and concealing facts from stockholders in purchasing railroad stocks from 1925 to 1928, ...County Financial Vice President of the Road, testified the purchases were made to protect the interests of the stockholders. He added this was in line with a program then being considered to divide the Railroads of the East into four great systems. 122137

Senate quizzes Wabash R.R. head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Before the Senate Rail Inquiry today, A.K. Atkinson, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Wabash Railroad, testified that from January 1926 through January 1927, the road secretly purchased 231,319 shares of Lehigh Valley stock at a cost of $23,263,571. These purchases were made, Atkinson said, without authority of the Board of Directors. Chairman Wheeler indicated the transactions a "shocking revelation" and urged immediate legislative action to curtail the "juggling of books," 122037

In spotlight at Senate Railroad Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. J.J. Anzalone, President of the Mid-America Corp., and Comptroller for many Van Swerigan companies, was questioned today by Chairman Burton K. Wheeler at the Senate Railroad financing inquiry. Anzalone told the committee of an option agreement between the Allegheny Corp., former Van Swerigan top holding Co., and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Feb. 1, 1932 under which C&O agreed to buy 382,000 shares of Erie and Nickel Plate Railroad stock for $5,062,000. Chairman Wheeler attempted to show that this deal was a violation of the Sherman [Anti]-trust law

Former Van Swerigen counsel appears before senate railroad financing committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. John P. Murphy, General Counsel for the Van Swerigan Brothers during the years in which they expanded modest real estate holdings into a vast railroad empire, was the first witness today as the senate railroad financing committee resumed hearings. Murphy denied the committee's accusation that acquisition of the Missouri Pacific railroad by the Van Swerigans in 1929 was counter to ICC policy.

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Autogino hearings at Capitol. Prof. Alexander Klemin Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, Autogino hearings at Capitol, 4/30/38

A. Bryant Applegate, Official Portrait - Official portrait of A. Bryant Applegate, Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

Office of the General Counsel meeting, [led by Secretary Shaun Donovan and General Counsel Helen Konovsky]

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention - Stephen Owens and Peter Silva Confirmation Hearings [412-APD-738-JPEG-2009_105_112_1OwensSilvaConfirmation_1033.jpg]

A black and white photo of a man picking apples. Office of War Information Photograph

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

Office of General Counsel Interns with Secretary Alphonso Jackson - Office of General Counsel legal honors interns meeting with Secretary Alphonso Jackson, HUD Headquarters

Robert E. Wilson was witness before the Monopoly Investigating Committee, Oct. 1939

La dedvction de l'innocence de messire Philippe Baron de Montmorency, Conte de Hornes, franc seigneur de Vveert, admiral & capitaine general de la Mer du pais bas ... contre la malicievse apprehension, indeüe detention, injuste procedure, fausse accusation, iniques sentences et tyrannicque exécution en sa personne à grand tort, par voye de faict perpetrees

Radio conference, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. The Federal Communications Commission inaugurated a series of hearings today for the benefit of the broadcasting industry who will meet with federal government officials to consider rearranging the commercial broadcasting band. Here we see Anning S. Prall, chairman of the FCC., and Judge Eugene S. Sykes, member of the commission, as they opened the hearing today

Captiol Hill Confirmation Hearings for Judith Ayres, Tracy Mehan, and Robert Fabricant [412-APD-A24-ROLL19FD_023_23.JPG]

FY 2007 Notice of Funding Availability Kickoff Meeting - Fiscal Year 2007 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Kickoff Meeting at HUD Headquarters, [focusing on the transformation of HUD's grants business process and featuring remarks by: Deputy Secretary Roy Bernardi; Deputy Chief of Staff Scott Keller; Assistant Secretary for Administration Keith Nelson; Director of the Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, Barbara Dorf, and Attorney Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel's Ethics Law Division, Timothy Wray]

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