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"Hizzonors" from all sections attend mayors conference. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. From all sections of the country Mayors of 150 cities gathered in the Capital today to attend the Third Annual Mayors Conference. Problems of crime, unemployment relief, slum clearance and industrial disputes were to be discussed at the meeting which lasts three days. Here we see, left to right: Mayor W.B. Hartsfield, Atlanta, Ga.; Mayor J.M. Jones, Birmingham, Ala.; Mayor Angelo J. Rossi, San Francisco, Cal.; and Mayor E.B. Erwin, Salt Lake City. 111537

In spotlight at Mayors Conference Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Mayor of Havana, Cuba, Antonio Beruff Mendieta (left) was welcomed to the Mayors Conference in the Capitol today be Fiorello La Guardia, (right) mayor of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Mayor Angelo J. Rossi of San Francisco, Cal. Mayor Mandieta later addressed the conference on "the first Pan-American Congress of Municipalities," 11/15/37

Mayors meet at senate hearing. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Mayors of two of the country's largest cities, New York, Fiorello La Guardia (left) and Mayor Harold H. Burton of Cleveland met today at the Capitol where both appeared to testify before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee on possible need for additional relief funds, 11738

Members of the NLRB Committee who listened to opening session today. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Republican members of the Smith Committee Investigating the National Labor Relations Board today held a majority. Photo shows left to right: Rep. Charles Halleck, R., of Indiana, Chairman Howard Smith, of Virginia, and Rep. Harry N. Routzohn, R., of Ohio. Absent were Democratic members Arthur D. Healy of Massachusetts and Abe [...] of Utah

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee members, Scranton, July 29th. Left to right: Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, Coordinator for Anthracite, Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Department of Interior; Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania; Michael J. Kosik, District President of United Mine Workers of America; Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters; Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, UMWA and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite; Frank W. Earnest, Jr., President, Anthracite Industries Incorporated; Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry

World industrialists meeting in Capitol. Washington, D.C., Sept. 19. Men who manage industry in all parts of the world gathered in the Capitol today as delegates to the Seventh International Management Congress. Pictured just before the opening session are, left to right: William L. Batt, President, SKF Industries of Philadelphia, PA.; George S. Messershith; Assistant Secretary of State who delivered the address of welcome for Secretary Hull; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Viscount Leverhulme, President of the International Committee of Scientific Management who responded to Secretary Hull's greetings on behalf of the delegates; and Willis H. Booth, Honorary Chairman of the Congress, 9/19/38

Railway executives meet with Hoover. President Hoover began today his series of conferences to help bring about normalcy in the financial world. The first conference was held in the cabinet room at 11a.m. today with eleven of the chiefs of important railroads. This group was made at the White House immediately following the conference. Front row, left to right: Agnew T. Dice, Pres. Philadelphia. and Reading R.R.; Richard Aishton, President American Railway Association; Secretary of Commerce Lamont; Secretary of the Treasury Hellen, Hale Holden, Chairman Southern Pacific R.R. and L.F. Loree, President of the Delaware and Hudson. Back row, left to right: Jeremiah Milbank, Southern Railway, J.J. Bernet, President Chesapeke and Ohio; P.E. Crowley, President New York Central Lines, J.J. Pelley (hiding face) New York, New Haven and Hartford, Fairfax Harrison, President Southern Railway.

Members of the NLRB Committee who listened to opening session today. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Republican members of the Smith Committee Investigating the National Labor Relations Board today held a majority. Photo shows left to right: Rep. Charles Halleck, R., of Indiana, Chairman Howard Smith, of Virginia, and Rep. Harry N. Routzohn, R., of Ohio. Absent were Democratic members Arthur D. Healy of Massachusetts and Abe ... of Utah

World industrialists meeting in Capitol. Washington, D.C., Sept. 19. Men who manage industry in all parts of the world gathered in the Capitol today as delegates to the Seventh International Management Congress. Pictured just before the opening session are, left to right: William L. Batt, President, SKF Industries of Philadelphia, PA.; George S. Messershith; Assistant Secretary of State who delivered the address of welcome for Secretary Hull; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Viscount Leverhulme, President of the International Committee of Scientific Management who responded to Secretary Hull's greetings on behalf of the delegates; and Willis H. Booth, Honorary Chairman of the Congress, 91938

"Hizzonors" from all sections attend mayors conference. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. From all sections of the country Mayors of 150 cities gathered in the Capital today to attend the Third Annual Mayors Conference. Problems of crime, unemployment relief, slum clearance and industrial disputes were to be discussed at the meeting which lasts three days. Here we see, left to right: Mayor W.B. Hartsfield, Atlanta, Ga.; Mayor J.M. Jones, Birmingham, Ala.; Mayor Angelo J. Rossi, San Francisco, Cal.; and Mayor E.B. Erwin, Salt Lake City. 11/15/37

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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

$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

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.

New York, New York. Demolition for slum clearance. Whole blocks of a slum area are torn down to make room for a housing project

Storekeeper in the slum district of St. Louis, Mo. 1936.

Suggests unemployment insurance be modified to include dependants. Washington, D.C., March 19. Appearing before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today, William Hodson, New York City Commissioner of Welfare, suggested modification of the Unemployment Insurance Act so that the basic payment to an unemployed person will provide an allowance for his dependents. Hodson pointed out that in New York the maximum unemployed benefit averages between $10 and $12 a week, with no regard as to whether the family contains two or five persons, 3/19/38

Gerald Truty interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-10-19

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

Baruch quizzed by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator James F. Byrnes, (left) Chairman of the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee, questioning Bernard Baruch, voted Financier today. Baruch declared America must make a choice between the "proof of its system and the hope of gain" and the "the new European ideas of state regulation and fear of punishment"

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