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Capital and Labor at White House conference. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. A group comprising representatives of Capital, Labor and the Erstwhile Brain Trust of the New Deal converged upon the White House today to put before the President some recommendations for pulling business out of present slump. Left to right; John L. Lewis C.I.O. leader, Charles Taussig, former Brain truster, Owen D. Young, head of the General Electric Co. A.A. Berle, former Brain truster, Thomas W. Lamont, partner of J.P. Morgan, and Philip Murray, C.I.O. leader, 11438

LAFOLLETTE, ROBERT M. SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN

Maskindirektör Karl Otto Sundkuist uppvaktas vid sin avgång. Statens Järnvägar, SJ.

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Honorable J. Burl Snyder & luncheon party at Capitol

Skeppsredare Eruths 86orna 1943, Eruths till vänster i ljus hatt, 16819.

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President confers with advisory business council. Washington D.C. Members of the Advisory Business Council operating in cooperation with Secretary of Commerce Roper met with President Roosevelt at the White House today. Matters discussed at the meeting were not made public but It is believed that pending Congressional legislation was one of the topics. In the photograph, left to right: Laverill Harriman, Clay Williams, General R.E. Wood, George Meade, Chairman of the Council; and Delancey Kounyze

Arrive for special cabinet session. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. With the exception of Attorney General Cummings, the entire cabinet met in special session with President Roosevelt today to consider the tense foreign situation and discuss domestic monetary and credit matters. Solicitor General Stanley Reed sat in the session for Attorney General Cummings. Among the first to arrive were, left to right: Secretary of Commerce Rober, Solicitor General Stanley Reed, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of War Woodring, and Secretary of State Hull. 9/14/37

Arrive for special cabinet session. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. With the exception of Attorney General Cummings, the entire cabinet met in special session with President Roosevelt today to consider the tense foreign situation and discuss domestic monetary and credit matters. Solicitor General Stanley Reed sat in the session for Attorney General Cummings. Among the first to arrive were, left to right: Secretary of Commerce Rober, Solicitor General Stanley Reed, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of War Woodring, and Secretary of State Hull. 91437

Confer with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 17. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Dr. John R. Steelman, Chief of the mediation service, leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt. Secretary Perkins insisted that the Harlan, Kentucky, situation was not discussed at the meeting. She did announce at the same time, however, that John L. Connor of the Department of Labor Conciliation Service, had been ordered to Harlan County in an effort to assist settlement of the struggle between the United Mine Workers and Harlan operators

Hopkins meets with members of president business advisory council for the first time. Washington, D.C., Jan. 26. The New Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins met today for the first time with members of the President's Business Advisory Council. The meeting was designed to be an era of amicable relations between business and the administration. Under Secretary Roper, who founded the council, its advice was frequently given but seldom heeded. Hopkins indicates he will change this. In the photo, front row; left to right: William L. Batt, President of S.K.F. Industries, W. Averill Harriman, Union Pacific Board Chairman and Chairman of the Business Advisory Council, and Secretary Hopkins. Back row; left to right: Juan Trippe President of Pan American Airways, John H. Fahey, Chairman of Federal Home Loan Bank Board. John D. Biggers, President of Libbey-Owens Glass Co., and S. Clay Williams, Chairman of Board, Reynold Tobacco Co., 1-26-39

Big business men talk with Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Five of the nation's outstanding business men conferred today with the president at the White House, they are shown just before entering the White House, they are, left to right: Colby Chester, Chairman of the Board of the National Manufacturers Assoc.; Ernest P. Weir, President of the National Steel Corp.; Lewis Brown, President of the Johns-Manville Co.; Alfred P. Sloan, Chairman of the Board of General Motors; and M.W. Clement, Pres. of the Pennsylvania R.R., 1/11/38

Roosevelt calls cabinet meeting. Washington, D.C., Sept. 16. Apparently not perturbed by President's Roosevelt's special cabinet meeting, were these four members of the cabinet who attended the meeting, left to right, Daniel Roper, Sec. of Commerce; Henry Wallace, Sec. of Agriculture; Charles Edison, acting Sec. of the Navy; and Robert Jackson, acting Attorney General. They are shown leaving the White House and the conference, 9/16/38

Roosevelt calls cabinet meeting. Washington, D.C., Sept. 16. Apparently not perturbed by President's Roosevelt's special cabinet meeting, were these four members of the cabinet who attended the meeting, left to right, Daniel Roper, Sec. of Commerce; Henry Wallace, Sec. of Agriculture; Charles Edison, acting Sec. of the Navy; and Robert Jackson, acting Attorney General. They are shown leaving the White House and the conference, 91638

President calls conference of Senate and State Department on neutrality. Washington, D.C., July 18. It was almost midnight tonight when Senators began emerging from the White House after their conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull at which an agreement was reached to allow neutrality legislation to lie dormant until next session, thus, apparently ending a flare-up between congress and the president on the neutrality issue which began when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee refused to take up the question this session. Left to right: Senator Charles L. McNary, Minority leader; Sen. Warren Austin of Vermont; Sen. Key Pittman, Chairman of the Foregin Relations Committee; Sen. William E. Borah of Idaho, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Senator Alben Barkley, Majority Leader and Vice President Garner remained inside to talk further with the president

President confers with advisory business council. Washington D.C. Members of the Advisory Business Council operating in cooperation with Secretary of Commerce Roper met with President Roosevelt at the White House today. Matters discussed at the meeting were not made public but It is believed that pending Congressional legislation was one of the topics. In the photograph, left to right: Laverill Harriman, Clay Williams, General R.E. Wood, George Meade, Chairman of the Council; and Delancey Kounyze

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America’s Richest Families, 1900-1940

The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made is a 1986 book by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas about a group of U.S. government officials and members of the East Coast Establishment. The book starts with post - World War I period and continues in the immediate post-World War II international development, describing how the group of six men of quite different political affiliations developed the containment policy of dealing with the Communist bloc during the Cold War and crafted institutions such as NATO, the World Bank, and the policies of the Marshall Plan. Six people who were influential in the development of Cold War: 1. Dean Acheson, Secretary of State under President Harry Truman 2. Charles E. Bohlen, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, the Philippines, and France 3. W. Averell Harriman, Special Envoy for President Franklin Roosevelt 4. George F. Kennan, Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia 5. Robert A. Lovett, Truman's Secretary of Defense 6. John J. McCloy, a War Department official and later U.S. High Commissioner for Germany.

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D.C. Commissioner. Washington, D.C., July 7. District of Columbia Commissioner George E. Allen leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt. Allen, who resigned as Commissioner during 1938, was recently drafted by President Roosevelt to serve a second time

Discuss government reorganization with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. Charles E. Merriam, (left) and Louis Brownlow, members of the President's Reorganization Committee, leaving the White House today after discussing government reorganization with President Roosevelt, 9/23/38

Informs President SEC ready to proceed with investigation of insurance companies. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. William O. Douglas, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, leaving the White House today after reporting to President Roosevelt that the commission was ready to proceed with its investigation of insurance companies in connection with the present monopoly inquiry. He indicated the SEC would be concerned primarily with the investment and managerial phases of insurance company operation and said approximately $300,000 would be required to carry out the work in this calendar year, 1/24/38

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-31-07_SOI_K_1st_Lady_Pres] Announcement, [at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the] Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, [New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers] [48-DPA-10-31-07_SOI_K_1st_Lady_Pres_DOI_4088.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-31-07_SOI_K_1st_Lady_Pres] Announcement, [at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the] Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, [New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers] [48-DPA-10-31-07_SOI_K_1st_Lady_Pres_IOD_6181.JPG]

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Idaho Senator luncheon guest of president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, arriving at the White House today for a luncheon engagement with President Roosevelt. Borah, long an ardent "Trust Buster", was expected to discuss the Anti-Monopoly Bill, now before the Senate, with the president, 1/28/38

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-31-07_SOI_K_1st_Lady_Pres] Announcement, [at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the] Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, [New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers] [48-DPA-10-31-07_SOI_K_1st_Lady_Pres_DOI_4006.JPG]

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.

Philip J. McCook, Julia Arthur, Mrs. O. Harriman, General Graves, E.F. Albee, Sgt. Woodfill, (and wife), and Adm. Glennon

Named to new Treasury post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Huntington Cairns, who has been in the Legal Division, U.S. Treasury, handling special problems in connection with customs, has been promoted to the position of Assistant General Counsel in charge of the opinion section and all legal matters arising in the Bureau of Customs. He is a native of Baltimore and graduate of the University of Maryland Law School, 1925. He entered the Government Service in 1934. 9/21/37

Delegates of N.Y. Youth Congress present petition at White House opposing compulsory conscription. Washington, D.C., June 20. A delegation from the New York Youth Congress called at the White House today with a petition opposing President Roosevelt's proposed plan to regiment the young men and women of American in compulsory military training and forced labor. The delegation shown on the steps of the White House are, left to right - Wesley Nelson, Church of the Master; Tom Jones, Brooklyn Negro Youth Federation; Jean Horie, Executive Secretary of the New York Youth Congress; and David Livingstone, United Wholesale and Warehouse Employees Union, N.Y. Local 65

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