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R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel of the Assoc. of the Amer. Railroads, before the Senate Finance Committee tax hearing

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

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

President of Railroad Association appears as witness before Interstate Committee. Washington, D.C., May 10. Judge R.V. Fletcher, President of the American Association of Railroads, who was the principal witness today before a Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee on a pending railroad bankruptcy bill

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.

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

Treasury Chief before Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury, as he appeared before the Senate Finance Committee today, and told them that the House approved tax bill will not meet the governments revenue needs, Sen. William H. King, of Utah, in the center and Sen. Pat Harrison, of Miss. and Chairman of the Committee on the right, 31438

Tax advice to Mrs. Roosevelt routine Treasury precedent, Congressional Committee told. Washington D.C. July 28. In ruling that a radio contract did not result in taxable income for Ms. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Treasury merely followed precedents, Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General told the Congressional Tax Committee today. Jackson is shown chatting with the Co-Chairmen, Rep. Robert L. Doughton, (left) and Senator Pat Harrison, following his appearance on the stand. 72837

Senate Committee told railroads should spend 3 billion in the next five years for habilitation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee today, R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel for the Association of American Railroads, asserted that railroads should spend approximately $3,000,000,000 during the next five or six years for plant and equipment rehabilitation. He urged that business and industry be given the benefit of incentive taxation in a drive to meet obsolescence, 12/12/38

R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel of the Assoc. of the Amer. Railroads, before the Senate Finance Committee tax hearing

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A corridor in the Amer. Military Hospital No. 1 at Neuilly, which is supported by the A.R.C. Member of A.R.C. Home Communication Service writing a letter for an Amer. Soldier

President organizes $4,000,000,000 pump priming campaign. Washington, D.C., April 11. President Roosevelt met with his Relief and Congressional Aides today to the personal command of a new administration fight to check business recession with a $4,000,000,000 pump priming campaign. The president subordinated all other White House business to efforts to hammer his lending and spending program into shape as a major New Deal offensive against recession and unemployment, left to right: Director of the Budget Daniel Bell, Sen. James F. Byrnes, SC. Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia, Majority Leader of the House Sen. Sam Rayburn of Tex., Sen Kenneth McKeller of Tenn., Sec. of Treasury Henry Morenthau, and in the rear, Rep. Edward Johnson, of Colo., April 11, 1938

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

Swearing-in Ceremony for General Counsel Keith Gottfried - Swearing-In ceremony at HUD Headquarters for General Counsel Keith Gottfried, [with Secretary Alphonso Jackson presiding, Deputy Secretary Roy Bernardi also offering remarks]

[Group in front of Office Finance Committee door]

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

Closed old court; will open in? Frank J. Wideman, Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Division, will represent the government in the first case to go before the Supreme Court in the new building, and he holds the honor of arguing the last case to be heard in the old Supreme Court quarters. He has won 10 out of his last 11 cases. He represented the government, and won, in the Sandy-Fox case last session, which involved the Five Civilized Indian Tribes vis the United States. He will defend the government in the Douglas-Willicutts case, in which Edward B. Douglas seeks a return of tax money from Levi M. Willicutts, Collector of Internal Revenue, 10/4/35

To the Friends of Union and reform. The undersigned would earnestly call your attention to the following note received from a prominent merchant of Boston, in regard to the publications and labors of the "Workingmen's Democratic Republican Assoc

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_ME_CoopC_9-20-06] Cooperative Conservation public "listening session" at [Jeff's Catering Banquet and Convention Center in Brewer], Maine, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joining Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Director Marvin Moriarty and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration General Counsel James Walpole among the federal officials on hand] [48-DPA-SOI_K_ME_CoopC_9-20-06_IOD_6304.JPG]

International Housing Finance Policy Roundtable - Office of Policy Development and Research-sponsored International Housing Finance Policy Roundtable, focusing on the subprime mortgage crisis, at HUD Headquarters. Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Deputy Secretary Roy Bernardi delivered remarks; panelists included moderator Britt Gwinner, Lead Housing Finance Specialist at the World Bank; Gregory Ingram of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Allen Frankel, consultant with the Bank for International Settlements; David Chow of Taiwan's China Development Financial Holding Corporation; and Alan Elizondo of Mexico's Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal.

Rail Labor-Management Committee Meets. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. The president's special Committee of Rail Labor and Management representatives met today to discuss proposed recommendations for legislative aid to the Rail Industry. A spokesman for the Committee said 'they hoped to have recommendations ready for the President before Congress meets in January' left to right. M.W. Clement, Pres. of the Penna. R.R., George Harrison, Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Assoc., Carl R. Gray, Vice Chairman of the Union Pacific., B.M. Jewell, Pres. of the Railway Employees Department of the A.F. of L., Ernest E. Norris, Pres. of the Southern, R.R., D.B. Robertson Head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive, Firemen, and Enginemen, 11/7/38

Swearing-in ceremony, with Secretary Shaun Donovan, [for group of senior officials, including: Melanie Roussell, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; Brent Colburn, Secretary's Chief of Staff; Edward Golding, Senior Advisor for Housing Finance, Policy Development and Research (PDR); Michael Berman, Senior Advisor for Housing Finance, Office of the Secretary; Gregory Bell, Senior Speechwriter, Office of Public Affairs; Biniam Gebre, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, Office of Housing; Angela Barranco, Secretary's Deputy Chief of Staff; Sarah Hunter, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary; and Gregory Schuelke, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary]

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