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Manhattan Mayor praises relief program. Washington, D.C., May 8. Mayor Fiorella La Guardia, Mayor of New York, testified before the House WPA Investigating Committee with gestures. He praised the federal relief program as 'the American way' dealing with unemployment and termed its discontinuance as tragic. He appeared as a representative of the U.S. Conference of Mayors of which he is airman

New York Mayor confers with new WPA Administrator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City conferred today with Col. F.C. Harrington, new Works Progress Administrator. Following the meeting, Mayor Laguardia sharply criticized the plan for establishing bi-partisan boards to handle works progress complaints, 122938

N.Y. Mayor pleads for more relief money. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee today, proposed that Congress provide $915,000,000 to finance relief until July 1 instead of the $875,000,000 recommended by President Roosevelt. La Guardia, representing the conference of United States Mayors, said Mr. Roosevelt's recommendation is 'not enough' to meet the needs of the WPA until the end of the fiscal year. Left to right, can be seen: Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of the committee; Mayor La Guardia; and Rep. J. Buell Snyder of Pennsylvania, a member of the committee, 1/9/39

Mayor LaGuardia relaxing. Washington D.C. In the Cocktail Room of the Mayflower Hotel the New York Mayor is shown in a moment of relaxation with two of his aides. Left to right: Paul V. Betters, Secretary of the Mayor's conference held here in Washington and Mayor Fiorello Laguardia of New York City and Clandenin Ryan, Secretary to the Mayor

N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washington, D.C., June 22. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York today asked the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to remove restrictions placed on the $1,735,000,000 relief bill by the House. LaGuardia also gave his support to an amendment restoring federal theater projects. Mayor LaGuardia, left, is shown Lowell Mellett, Executive Director of the National Emergency Council

N.Y. Mayor pleads for more relief money. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee today, proposed that Congress provide $915,000,000 to finance relief until July 1 instead of the $875,000,000 recommended by President Roosevelt. La Guardia, representing the conference of United States Mayors, said Mr. Roosevelt's recommendation is 'not enough' to meet the needs of the WPA until the end of the fiscal year. Left to right, can be seen: Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of the committee; Mayor La Guardia; and Rep. J. Buell Snyder of Pennsylvania, a member of the committee, 1939

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

Mayor LaGuardia relaxing. Washington D.C. In the Cocktail Room of the Mayflower Hotel the New York Mayor is shown in a moment of relaxation with two of his aides. Left to right: Paul V. Betters, Secretary of the Mayor's conference held here in Washington and Mayor Florello Laguardia of New York City and Clandenin Ryan, Secretary to the Mayor

WPA works O.K. in Louisiana, House committee told by Lousiana Washington, D.C. May 18. Governor Richard W. Leche of Lousiana, today told the Special House Committee Investigating the WPA that the WPA 'works satisfactorily in Lousiana' and helps take care of unemployed brought to his state 'by the humanitarian laws

Manhattan Mayor praises relief program. Washington, D.C., May 8. Mayor Fiorella La Guardia, Mayor of New York, testified before the House WPA Investigating Committee with gestures. He praised the federal relief program as 'the American way' dealing with unemployment and termed its discontinuance as tragic. He appeared as a representative of the U.S. Conference of Mayors of which he is airman

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Tornado - Smithville, Miss. , June 14, 2011 -- A distraught Patti Parker (United Way, Monroe County) tells NFL Football Player, Reggie Kelly about how she was affected during the tornado. FEMA works with state emergency management organizations to provide a coordinated effort with local and state officials to distribute supplies. Chris Ragazzo/FEMA

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President Ronald Reagan, surrounded by aids and foreign dignitaries, gestures to members of the press as he walks from a meeting during the seven-nation economic summit

Correct way to bake turkey. Mrs. Fannie Walker Yeatman, one of the two women judges, takes part in the judging every week

Retired Admiral (ADM) Arleigh A. Burke, a former chief of naval operations, gestures with his cane at a wall display detailing his career. ADM Burke is at the Naval War College for the dedication of a new hall named in his honor

GEN. H. Norman Schwarzkopf gestures as he addresses the crowd during the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) change of command ceremony. Marine GEN. Joseph P. Hoar will be relieving Army GEN. H. Norman Schwarzkopf as commander-in-chief, USCENTCOM

PWA Administrator. Washington D.C., July 14. Harry Hopkins, WPA Administrator, arriving at the White House for a conference with President Roosevelt on housing, 7/14/37

Bristol Townplace, Pa., Nov. 7, 2012 -- This joint county, state, and federal Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) team is meeting with local officials to determine extent of damage to public infrastructure (left-right) FEMA Public Information Officer Rene Bafalis; FEMA Public Assistance Specialist Jim Teats; Township Director of Public Works Jason Lawson; Administrative Assistant Lisa Strong; and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency representative Rick Weiberg. PDA's are a required component of the state's request for Hurricane Sandy federal disaster assistance. George Armstrong/FEMA

Detroit, Michigan. Audience at an entertainment at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

A Man Armed with a Saber Gestures Toward a Fleeing Woman

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

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