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Testimony at NLRB hearings reveal memos which label them 'amateur detectives.' Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. During the rummaging about in the stack of board correspondence which Committee Counsel Edmund Toland had before him, inter-office communications were produced which revealed that Leiserson had repeatedly demanded the discharge of Nathan Witt, Board Secretary and 'other amateur detectives.' Fred Krivonos, left in photo, was later named as one of the 'detectives' referred to. He is an Investigator for the Board. Left to right: Krivonos and Witt

Surprise witness before NLRB investigation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Mary Moore, employed in the National Labor Relations Board Office in Boston, was a surprise witness today before the House Committee Investigating the NLRB. To determine whether the Board is 'conducting a company union,' the committee asked Miss Moore to identify letters she wrote when she was in Washington and was serving as Regional Correspondent of the NLRB Employees' Union. One of the letters Miss wrote was on Board stationary

Surprise witness before NLRB investigation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Mary Moore, employed in the National Labor Relations Board Office in Boston, was a surprise witness today before the House Committee Investigating the NLRB. To determine whether the Board is 'conducting a company union,' the committee asked Miss Moore to identify letters she wrote when she was in Washington and was serving as Regional Correspondent of the NLRB Employees' Union. One of the letters Miss wrote was on Board stationary

First witness before House NLRB Investigating Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Appearing as the first witness, William M. Leiserson, NLRB member, was sharply questioned by the House NLRB Investigating Committee as it opened public hearings today. Leiserson told the committee that the National Labor Relations Board was aware of 'many deficiencies in operations, of troublesome mistakes, doubtful policies, and weaknesses in organization and personnel'

At Senate Civil Liberties Investigation. Washington D.C. Appearing before the Senate Civil Librerties Committee today, Philip E. Ziegler, Secretary-Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, charged that Samuel X. Brady, Chief of the Cincinnati Office of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, had tempted to employ members of the brotherhood to act as labor spies and undercover men. In making contacts with the members, Brady posed as repre[...] "philanthropic movement", Ziegler further told the committee

In spotlight at Labor Espionage Investigation. Washington D.C. E.C. Davidson (left), Secretary of the International Association of Machinists and Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, who told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today that the Pinkerton Detective Agency sought to sell it's service to the Committee to Investigate Other Labor Espionage Agencies. Davidson also said that Samuel X. Brady, of Pinkerton Agency, had contacted him (Davidson) in regard to acting as a go between. In the center is William D. Whitney, Councel for the Pinkerton's, who informed the committee that his agency would refuse to disclose the requested names of undercover agents. On the right is Robert F. Pinkerton, President of the Detective Agency

First witness before House NLRB Investigating Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Appearing as the first witness, William M. Leiserson, NLRB member, was sharply questioned by the House NLRB Investigating Committee as it opened public hearings today. Leiserson told the committee that the National Labor Relations Board was aware of 'many deficiencies in operations, of troublesome mistakes, doubtful policies, and weaknesses in organization and personnel'

In spotlight at Labor Espionage Investigation. Washington D.C. E.C. Davidson (left), Secretary of the International Association of Machinists and Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, who told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today that the Pinkerton Detective Agency sought to sell it's service to the Committee to Investigate Other Labor Espionage Agencies. Davidson also said that Samuel X. Brady, of Pinkerton Agency, had contacted him (Davidson) in regard to acting as a go between. In the center is William D. Whitney, Councel for the Pinkerton's, who informed the committee that his agency would refuse to disclose the requested names of undercover agents. On the right is Robert F. Pinkerton, President of the Detective Agency

In spotlight before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C. Jan. 14. Testifying before the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee today, Ernest D. Lemay, Assistant to the President of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., recalled when prompted by Senator Lafollette that Pinkerton detectives had frequently called on the company but that their services were employed. Senator attempted to get from Lemay the information on Blaine Owens, a Communist who allegedly was driven out of Birmingham. The Senator then read a letter from E.B. Carleton (Pinkerton detective) to another detective that Lemay had told him privately that Owens had been taken on "fishing trip" and "worked on"

Testimony at NLRB hearings reveal memos which label them 'amateur detectives.' Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. During the rummaging about in the stack of board correspondence which Committee Counsel Edmund Toland had before him, inter-office communications were produced which revealed that Leiserson had repeatedly demanded the discharge of Nathan Witt, Board Secretary and 'other amateur detectives.' Fred Krivonos, left in photo, was later named as one of the 'detectives' referred to. He is an Investigator for the Board. Left to right: Krivonos and Witt

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Autogino hearings at Capitol. Prof. Alexander Klemin Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, Autogino hearings at Capitol, 4/30/38

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention - Stephen Owens and Peter Silva Confirmation Hearings [412-APD-738-JPEG-2009_105_112_1OwensSilvaConfirmation_1033.jpg]

Henry Toland et al. to William Berkeley Lewis, January 13, 1834

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Radio conference, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. The Federal Communications Commission inaugurated a series of hearings today for the benefit of the broadcasting industry who will meet with federal government officials to consider rearranging the commercial broadcasting band. Here we see Anning S. Prall, chairman of the FCC., and Judge Eugene S. Sykes, member of the commission, as they opened the hearing today

Captiol Hill Confirmation Hearings for Judith Ayres, Tracy Mehan, and Robert Fabricant [412-APD-A24-ROLL19FD_023_23.JPG]

Lend-lease hearings. The House Foreign Affairs Committee considers phases of the lend-lease act before an interested audience. The committee later recommended to the House that the act be continued in force as a valuable factor in the fighting of the war

Jerry White, center, an attorney representing the American

Wagner Labor Relations Act being frustrated by some municipal officials, NLRB chairman charges. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. Speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors today, NLRB Chairman Warren Madden charged that the Wagner Labor Relations Act was being frustrated in some communities by municipal officials. At the same time, Madden appealed to the mayors for their cooperation in establishing an industrial democracy, 11/16/37

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