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Sen. Taft returns for Congressional opening. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Back from a swing around the country on which he said he learned that 'sentiment against the New Deal is constantly rising,' Senator Robert A. Taft, Republican of Ohio, today told reporters the neutrality zone policy 'tends to involve us in disputes with other nations that might conceivably lead to war.' He added that attempts by the U.S. and other American countries to enforce a security zone around North and South American are perfectly indefensible and ridiculous

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Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

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Sen. Taft returns for Congressional opening. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Back from a swing around the country on which he said he learned that 'sentiment against the New Deal is constantly rising,' Senator Robert A. Taft, Republican of Ohio, today told reporters the neutrality zone policy 'tends to involve us in disputes with other nations that might conceivably lead to war.' He added that attempts by the U.S. and other American countries to enforce a security zone around North and South American are perfectly indefensible and ridiculous

Senate to inaugurate hearings on Neutrality Act. Washington, D.C., March 29. Senator Key Pittman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as he told reporters today that open hearings will begin on April 5 on proposals to repeal, modify, or strengthen the Neutrality Act. At the same time he announced that the appointment of himself, Senator William E. Borah and Senator Walter F. George to handle the schedule of witnesses and "Do everything that can be done to expedite the hearings." 3-29- 39

Discuss America's foreign policy. Washington, D.C., April 15. In an effort to give impetus to the movement for revision of the Neutrality Act, an emergency conference of one hundred today assembled in Washington for a two-day discussion of American Foreign Policy. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the American Union for Concerted Pace Efforts. In the picture, left to right. James T. Shotwell, President, League of Nations Association - Reverend Roy M. Houghton, Congregational Church of New Haven, Conn., and Ernest Wilkins, President of Oberlin College, 4-15-39

No legislation will keep us out of war Rep. Fish tells House committee. Washington, D.C., April 11. The senior republican member of the House Foreign affairs Committee, Rep. J. Hamilton Fish, appearing at the hearing on neutrality legislation today declared "No legislation will keep us out of war, but we can write legislation that can have a tendency to keep us out of it" he said he felt that behind all the neutrality laws was the desire of the administration to determine the aggressor nation. Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of the Committee, is seated.

Head of nations make-believe government. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Gore Hinzie, secretary to Rep. Nat Patton of Texas, has recently been elected speaker of the little congress of the United States. One thousand Congressional employees from his organization which meets every Tuesday night while Congress is in session and goes through the motions of running the government without really doing. Hot debates on issues pending before Congress, such as the Farm and Neutrality bills take place every session along with fiery orations. Hinzie is a native of the panhandle and graduated from the University of Texas, he is 34 years old, 112737

Daughter of late Chief Justice urges isolation of U.S. from foreign conflicts. Washington, D.C., April 21. Mrs. Helen Taft Manning, daughter of the late Chief Justice Taft, today urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to isolate the United States from foreign conflicts. She said she felt that provisions of the present Neutrality Act should be made mandatory, and that Congress should share with the president the responsibility of deciding whether there is or is not a state of war in any part of the world

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

Discuss far east war threat with President. Washington D.C. July 15. Worried over the threat of a war between China and Japan, President Roosevelt called several American Diplomatic expert on Far East affairs to the White House today to hear their views on the effect the impending struggle might have on world peace. Norman Davis, (left) American Ambassador-at-large to Europe, and John Van A. MacMurray, new Ambassador to Turkey, are shown as they arrived at the White House. 71537

President George W. Bush (left), receives a Pentagon briefing on national policy issues from Vice President Richard B. Cheney (front), The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, (center) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF GEN. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, on Sept. 22, 2005. President Bush spoke to reporters after receiving a briefing at the Pentagon, about the U.S. war effort and also urged people to follow evacuation instructions as Hurricane Rita barrels toward the Gulf Coast of Texas. (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Kevin J. Gruenwald) (Released)

Sen. Taft returns for Congressional opening. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Back from a swing around the country on which he said he learned that 'sentiment against the New Deal is constantly rising,' Senator Robert A. Taft, Republican of Ohio, today told reporters the neutrality zone policy 'tends to involve us in disputes with other nations that might conceivably lead to war.' He added that attempts by the U.S. and other American countries to enforce a security zone around North and South American are perfectly indefensible and ridiculous

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Pope County, AR, February 8, 2008 -- R. David Paulison, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) speaking with reporters at one of the scenes of destruction in Arkansas. The state was hit by tornadoes, high wind storms, and flooding. FEMA works with state and county organizations to help local governments and individuals start the process of recovery after a Federal Disaster Declaration. Leif Skoogfors/FEMA

After accepting the first shipment of U.S.-provided supplies, Jamaican prime minister Edward Seaga, left, speaks to reporters about his nation's response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Gilbert, a powerful storm that hit the island on September 12

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Réponse aux plaintes des protestans touchant la prétendüe persecution de France. : Où l'on expose le sentiment de Calvin, & de tous les plus célebres ministres, sur les peines dûës aux hérétiques. On découves aussi plusieurs particularitez dignes d'être sçûës, touchant la Réformation & les réformateurs

Cotton state Solons present demands for enactment of farm program to president. Washington, D.C., Aug 5. Led by Senator Ellison D. "Cotton Ed" Smith, of South Carolina, a delegation of congressmen from the cotton states called on President Roosevelt today and presented their demands for enactment of a farm program before congressional adjournment. After the conference a spokesman for the group told reporters he felt the president would make stabilization loans under existing discretionary powers, probably through the Commodity Credit Corporation, on all basic commodities if given "definite assurances" that a farm production control program would be enacted early next session. In the picture, left to right: Rep. William R. Poage, Texas; Rep. John J. Sparkman, Ala.; Senator Ellison D. Smith, S.C.; Rep. Rene L. De Rouen, LA.; Rep. Lyndon Johnson, Tex.; Rep. Aaron Lane Ford, Miss. and Rep. Clyde Garrett, Texas, 8/5/37

Shane Brennan, left, attempts to gauge the thickness of the Kevlar blast suit as worn by R. Scott Gemmill, both of whom work on the writing staff for

Sage advice. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Senator Key Pittman, Veteran from Nevada and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discusses with the youthful Republican Senator Henry Cabor Lodge, of Massachusetts, the amendment he (lodge) has proposed to the Neutrality Act which would make the U.S. Neutral in fact as well in theory. Senator Lodge is also a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2/2/38

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Hiking_Sign] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne signing papers, [at Main Interior ceremony with Western reporters, designating 36 trails in 24 states as new] National Recreation Trails [--adding more than 800 miles of trails to the National Trails System] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Hiking_Sign_DOI_6371.JPG]

House Majority Leader gets ready for the opening of Congress. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. Sam Rayburn, Majority Leader of the House, holds an informal press conference outdoors, Rayburn, one of the few congressional leaders to return to Washington before the sessions begin, gets to work at once on putting New Deal legislation thru the House. He is shown talking to reporters on the steps of the Capitol, 10/19/38

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