$7,300,000 sought for training civilian pilots. Washington, D.C., March 20. Robert Hinkley, left, a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, today declared before the House Ways and Means Committee that the aggressor nations had "Startled us into action" as he sought for the CAA an appropriation of $7,300,000 for the training of civilian air pilots. He is shown with Rep. Clarence F. Lea Chairman of the Committee, 3-20-39

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$7,300,000 sought for training civilian pilots. Washington, D.C., March 20. Robert Hinkley, left, a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, today declared before the House Ways and Means Committee that the aggressor nations had "Startled us into action" as he sought for the CAA an appropriation of $7,300,000 for the training of civilian air pilots. He is shown with Rep. Clarence F. Lea Chairman of the Committee, 3-20-39

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A black and white photo of two men at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch five.

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)

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01/01/1939
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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