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Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of the state of Kentucky

Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of ...

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Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman

Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman

A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More

Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.

A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More

Disturbing a martin's nest - Public domain portrait painting

Disturbing a martin's nest - Public domain portrait painting

A satire on the Van Buren administration's involvement in New York State politics. Although the precise context of the cartoon is unclear, specific reference is made to Van Buren's alliance with postmaster gene... More

Full tilt for the Capitol - Public domain book illustration

Full tilt for the Capitol - Public domain book illustration

The artist envisions public repudiation of Democratic hard-money policies, and the triumph of administration opponent Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, a conservative Democrat. Tallmadge, on horseback and armed with a l... More

The death of locofocoism - Political cartoon, public domain image

The death of locofocoism - Political cartoon, public domain image

In his satire Johnston celebrates the defeat of "Loco Foco," i.e., radical Democratic interests, in the presidential election of 1840. The "Loco Focos" were the largely working-class constituency who supported... More

North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image

North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image

A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More

American sympathy and Irish backguardism, Political Cartoon

American sympathy and Irish backguardism, Political Cartoon

A critical look at Irish Repeal movement leader Daniel O'Connell's condemnation of slavery in the United States. Clay portrays O'Connell's agitation against slavery as an affront to American friends of repeal, ... More

Matty meeting the Texas question, Political Cartoon

Matty meeting the Texas question, Political Cartoon

A satire on the Democrats' approach to the delicate question of the annexation of Texas. In marked contrast to his portrayal of the issue as a beautiful woman in "Virtuous Harry" (no. 1844-27), the artist here ... More

Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle

Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle

A virulent attack on Vice-President George M. Dallas, charging the former Pennsylvania attorney and senator with duplicity in his stand on the tariff of 1846. "Jesuitism" was a strong contemporary term for dece... More

Cass & his cabinet in 1849 - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cass & his cabinet in 1849 - Political cartoon, public domain image

The satire imputes to the Democrats of 1848, led by candidate Lewis Cass, the corrupt practices of the Van Buren-era party. The artist also criticizes Whig repudiation of stalwart party leader Henry Clay in fav... More

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain image

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More

Whig harmony - Political cartoon, public domain image

Whig harmony - Political cartoon, public domain image

A severe split within the Whig ranks, between partisans of Henry Clay and those of Zachary Taylor, preceded the party's convention in June 1848. Here Horace Greeley, one of Clay's most influential northern supp... More

A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration

A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration

"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... More

Worrying the bull - Political cartoon, public domain image

Worrying the bull - Political cartoon, public domain image

In a ring a large bull, wearing a ribbon marked "The Rough & Ready" between its horns, faces five matadors. The bull represents Zachary Taylor, nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready." The matadors are prominent Whigs,... More

The sad parting between two old friends

The sad parting between two old friends

Senators Thomas Hart Benton and Henry S. Foote are paired here in a facetious farewell scene, as Benton departs the "Shop of the Senate." In reality Benton lost his Senate seat in a January 1851 election, large... More

A magnificent offer to a magnificent officer

A magnificent offer to a magnificent officer

A cartoon ridiculing Whig nominee Winfield Scott as the pawn of New York antislavery senator William Seward. A member of the "Whig Committee" kneels before Scott and offers him a crown and a bag of money marked... More

Soliciting a vote - Political cartoon, public domain image

Soliciting a vote - Political cartoon, public domain image

A cynical view of party competition for the working man's vote in the presidential campaign of 1852. In a polling place, four candidates struggle to force their own election ticket on a short, uncouth-looking c... More

Experiments on the tight rope - Political cartoon, public domain image

Experiments on the tight rope - Political cartoon, public domain image

A figurative portrayal of Whig candidate Winfield Scott's failure in the 1852 presidential contest, attributed by the artist to his alliance with abolitionist interests. Scott is hoisted aloft via a pulley sys... More

Capability and availability - Political cartoon, public domain image

Capability and availability - Political cartoon, public domain image

Sharply critical of both the Democratic and Whig choice of presidential candidates in 1852, the artist laments the nomination of two soldiers, Winfield Scott (center) and Franklin Pierce (far right), in prefere... More

Pilgrims of the Rhine-O! - Political cartoon, public domain image

Pilgrims of the Rhine-O! - Political cartoon, public domain image

Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott and his party pursue an abolitionist course leading toward Salt River and political doom. New York senator and antislavery advocate William Seward appears as a poodle ... More

Honorable Samuel C. Pomeroy. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Honorable Samuel C. Pomeroy. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Kansas; Sen. from Kansas; B. in Mass. 1816; D. in Mass. 1891; Mayor of Atchison, Kansas in 1859; Elected to U.S. Senate, served from 1861-73; resided in Was... More

Honorable Jas. Wilson Grimes. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Honorable Jas. Wilson Grimes. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civi...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: E C. Iowa); Sen. from Iowa- B. in Deering, N.H. Oct. 1816; graduated from Hampton Academy, attended Dartm... More

Honorable Jas Harlan. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Honorable Jas Harlan. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War pe...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. Iowa. Presented credentials as a Whig Senator elect to U.S. Senate and took seat Dec. 31, 1855, owing to irregularities in the legislative proceedings ... More

Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians"

Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...

A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... More

Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler

Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler

The artist lays on the Democrats the major blame for violence perpetrated against antislavery settlers in Kansas in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Here a bearded "freesoiler" has been bound to the "Democr... More

Brady's political photography, Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Brady's political photography, Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Photograph shows a composite photograph of the members of the thirty-sixth Senate; Jefferson Davis (first figure, second row), Southern secessionists Judah P. Benjamin, (third from the left, fifth row from the ... More

United States Senate / M. B. Brady.

United States Senate / M. B. Brady.

Composite photograph showing 68 Senators of the 36th Congress. Key to portraits is available in LOT 11507. Handwritten on front of mount: Deposited in Clerk's office Southern Dist. New York, Sept. 20, 1859. Cop... More

Honorable Austin Franklin Pike of N.H

Honorable Austin Franklin Pike of N.H

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Sen. Austin F. Pike, N.H. B. Hebron, N.H. 1819; d. Franklin, N.H., 1886; admitted to Bar in 1845; member ... More

The Radical Convention in Philadelphia, September 3d, 1866

The Radical Convention in Philadelphia, September 3d, 1866

A racist poster attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate John White Geary for his support of black suffrage. (See also "The Constitutional Amendment!," no. 1866-5.) The artist purports to show the conventi... More

The Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson

The Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson

Wood engraving after T.R. Davis. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 12, 1868, p. 232-3. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Committee, Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham, at the bar of the Senate, Washington, D.C., on the 25th Feb.

Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Commi...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 March 1868. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Congress ; Pres.; B.I. (2); U.S. Hist. 1868.

What I know about raising the devil

What I know about raising the devil

Horace Greeley's famous and widely ridiculed 1871 pamphlet "What I Know of Farming" provided the pretext for the title here. With the tail and cloven hoof of a devil Greeley (center) leads a small band of Liber... More

U.S. Senators, 43d Congress / Redington & Shaffer, Landscape Photographers, P.O. Box 258, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Senators, 43d Congress / Redington & Shaffer, Landscape Photograp...

Photograph showing members of the 43rd Congress, U.S. Capitol building. 2417 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption below title reads: Taken Thursday, February 12th, 1874, at East Senate Portico of the Capitol. Additio... More

15--14--13.  The great presidential puzzle / J.A. Wales.

15--14--13. The great presidential puzzle / J.A. Wales.

Illustration shows Senator Roscoe Conkling, leader of the Stalwarts group of the Republican Party, playing a puzzle game. All blocks in the puzzle are the heads of the potential Republican presidential candidat... More

Nursing our infant industries / F. Graetz.

Nursing our infant industries / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows several congressmen and senators dressed as women nursing symbols of American industry; Sherman and Blaine feeding "American Swine" as it sits on a rocking horse, William D. Kelley, known as ... More

A dreadful attack of "presidential fever" in the U.S. Senate / F. Opper.

A dreadful attack of "presidential fever" in the U.S. Senate / F. Oppe...

Illustration shows Puck in the Senate chamber, among many senators sick with "Presidential Fever"; Puck is offering a spoonful of "Anti-Presidential Quinine" to John Sherman. Among the senators present are Wade... More

50th Congress Ohio delegation / Brady & Handy Photo Wash D.C.

50th Congress Ohio delegation / Brady & Handy Photo Wash D.C.

Composite photograph of the two senators and twenty-one members of the house of representatives comprising the Ohio delegation of the 50th Congress.

The Crown covers a multitude of shortcomings Sir James (G.B.) "No one will miss it now, you know" Th. Nast 1888

The Crown covers a multitude of shortcomings Sir James (G.B.) "No one ...

Cartoon shows former Senator James G. Blaine as a heavy-set man in a loud plaid suit with unkempt hair, a white beard, a monocle, and spats. Next to him can be seen the rear of a lion with a crown labeled "Jim... More

Caricature, Next!! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Next!! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a prisoner labeled "McKane" sitting on a bench labeled "Reserved for Bosses who Steal Elections" at Sing Sing prison; McKane is holding a large pair of scissors, a measuring tape, fabric and thread,... More

"The right man in the right place" / F.M.H.

"The right man in the right place" / F.M.H.

Print shows Stephen B. Elkins walking down an aisle in the "U.S. Senate", holding a "Certificate of Election to U.S. Senate - Stephen B. Elkins"; seated on the left are "Teller - Senator on Cash Basis" and "Smi... More

Shrunk to their proper size at last - an edifying sight in the United States Senate / Keppler.

Shrunk to their proper size at last - an edifying sight in the United ...

Print shows members of the U.S. Senate looking down on five diminutive members seated in the front, they are identified as "Hill Repudiated by New York", "Murphy Repudiated by New York", "Gorman Repudiated by M... More

Mutual sympathy / F.M. Hutchins., Political Cartoon

Mutual sympathy / F.M. Hutchins., Political Cartoon

Print shows John Bull and Uncle Sam, both bent under the weight of the governing bodies that they are carrying on their backs with papers labeled "Hereditary Right to Obstruct Legislation" and "Senatorial Rules... More

Puck magazine cover - Pennsylvania's disgrace / Dalrymple.

Puck magazine cover - Pennsylvania's disgrace / Dalrymple.

Print shows Matthew Quay, senator from Pennsylvania and political boss of dubious character, standing at a podium labeled "Keystone Auction Rooms Matt. Quay Auctioneer" auctioning off Pennsylvania's 32 electora... More

Last ghost-dance of the free silver tribe - just before being sent to the Salt River Reservation / Dalrymple.

Last ghost-dance of the free silver tribe - just before being sent to ...

Print shows a Native encampment of the Democrat/Populist presidential candidate and his followers dancing around a campfire labeled "Repudiation"; depicted are, from left, "Peffer, Jerry Simpson, Teller, Vest, ... More

Illinois Senate in session, 40 General Assembly, May 6, 1897

Illinois Senate in session, 40 General Assembly, May 6, 1897

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"He that entereth not by the door--" / Keppler.

"He that entereth not by the door--" / Keppler.

Print shows a man with a slip of paper in his pocket that states "Senator-Elect from--", stepping off a barrel labeled with a "$", and climbing through an open window to a building labeled "U.S. Senate"; the do... More

In the Senate, March 25, 1898--Reading the President's message on the destruction of the "Maine" / drawn by W.A. Rogers.

In the Senate, March 25, 1898--Reading the President's message on the ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 42 (1898 April 9), p. 344.

Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Leaders of the nation's steel business were on hand at the Capitol today as the National Monopoly Committee began a study of the $4,000,000,000 industry. Here we see, left to right: Senator William H. King, a member of the committee, Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel Corporation, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, co-chairman of the committee, Nathan L. Miller, General Counsel for U.S. Steel Corp., and Benjamin F. Fairless, President of U.S. Steel Corp.

Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., N...

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Scan president's message on Judiciary. Washington D.C. No President's message in years has created the interest the one President Roosevelt sent to Congress today, demanding an overhauling of the Judiciary. Vice President Garner (center) with Senator William H. Dietrich (left) of Illinois; and Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, studying the message shortly after It reached Congress. The only comment Senator Ashurst would make was "President Taft urged this same thing several years ago" he added he would make a full statement later

Scan president's message on Judiciary. Washington D.C. No President's ...

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Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs amendments. Washington, D.C., April 17. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of International Law at Bryn Mawr College, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Thomas Neutrality Act should be amended to allow either Congress or the president to select aggressor nations and apply sanctions. As the act now stands, he said, 'No distinction is made between nations that violate treaties they have made with us and those that observe them.' He urged that the United States 'let it be known' that the U.S. will be on the side of those who observe international laws

Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs am...

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Senate and House leaders. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Senate Majority Leader, and Speaker Bankhead met today to discuss legislation to be introduced at the new session of Congress

Senate and House leaders. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Joseph T. ...

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Senator from Delaware. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Senator James Hugh[...] photographed while attending a meeting of the Currency Committee of the Senate [...]

Senator from Delaware. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Senator James Hugh[....

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State Senator Frawley - Public domain portrait photograph

State Senator Frawley - Public domain portrait photograph

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Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried by the incoming elections, Senators James J. Davis, R. of Penna., seated, jokes with Joseph Guefey, D. of Penna. while attending the first executive meeting of the Senate Finance Committee today

Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried...

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Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of the press conferences at the Capitol these days are the ones held by Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Pittman can be seen at the head of the table

Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of t...

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William H. Stauffer. Commissioner of Public Welfare (Virginia), Sen. Robert W. Daniel, Gov. James H. Price, Sen. Charles Burke, Sen. L.M. Robinette. Mayflower Hotel, Council of State Governments

William H. Stauffer. Commissioner of Public Welfare (Virginia), Sen. R...

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Heads new Radio Correspondents Association. Washington, D.C., May 12. Fulton R. Lewis, Jr., was today elected president of the newly formed Radio Correspondents Association composed of radio news reporters, commentators, and correspondents. It was through the efforts of Lewis, a former Washington political writer, that radio news commentators recently gained the same recognition as accorded newspapermen by the White House, Senate, and House press galleries

Heads new Radio Correspondents Association. Washington, D.C., May 12. ...

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Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for term. Washington, D.C., July 11. By a vote of 11-12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today shelved the consideration of neutrality legislation until next term of Congress. By defeating the Pittman Resolution, they dashed the administration's hopes for repealing the arms embargo. Gillette vigorously denied that he voted as he did simply to take revenge for the president's attempt to defeat him at the last election. Both Senator Walter George, left, and Guy Gillette, right, have been in the center of a question mark since it became known that the committee would vote on neutrality legislation today. Both were intended victims of the 1938 [...], and today held controlling votes in the meeting

Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for ...

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Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton Cowherd, of Birmingham, Ala. testified today before La Follette's Committee on Civil Liberties that he was retained as Chairman of a "Special Americanization Committee" of the American Legion. He also testified that Walter J. Hanna was seen on the day of the flogging of Joseph Gelders in the reign of terror in Alabama. Photo shows Cowheard on the stand. Left to right are: Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah; Sen. Robert M. La Follette, Jr., or Wis. Chairman of [the] Committee; and Yelverton Cowherd

Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton C...

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Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8. Dr. James T. Shotwell, Columbia University Professor, witness before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, today endorsed the Thomas Amendment of the Neutrality Act which would permit designation of the aggressor nations and application of economic pressure. He said, 'the time for the determination of policy is now; it should not be left for emergency legislation in the hour of crisis'

Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8....

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S.R.O. sign out as Monopoly Committee opens hearings. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Standing room only was the order today as the Temporary Economic Committee, Joint Legislative-Executive Body Created to Study Economic Ills and Recommend Legislation, opened public hearings at the Capitol today. Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, was the first witness. In left center of picture can be seen Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney and Rep. Hatton Sumners, CO- Chairman

S.R.O. sign out as Monopoly Committee opens hearings. Washington, D.C....

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Former Secretary of State warns Senate against broad presidential discretion in foreign affairs. Washington, D.C., May 4. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State in President Wilson's cabinet, warned against broad presidential discretion in foreign affairs and advocated strict adherence to international law

Former Secretary of State warns Senate against broad presidential disc...

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Senate 'Beau Brummel' meets gentlemen of the press. Washington, D.C., Jan. 6. Senator J. Ham Lewis, Democrat of Illinois and the Beau Brummel of the Senate, is always a good source for the news for the boys who cover Capitol Hill. The Senator is shown here with the newsmen as he was on his way to the joint session today

Senate 'Beau Brummel' meets gentlemen of the press. Washington, D.C., ...

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In spotlight at Senate Railroad Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. J.J. Anzalone, President of the Mid-America Corp., and Comptroller for many Van Swerigan companies, was questioned today by Chairman Burton K. Wheeler at the Senate Railroad financing inquiry. Anzalone told the committee of an option agreement between the Allegheny Corp., former Van Swerigan top holding Co., and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Feb. 1, 1932 under which C&O agreed to buy 382,000 shares of Erie and Nickel Plate Railroad stock for $5,062,000. Chairman Wheeler attempted to show that this deal was a violation of the Sherman [Anti]-trust law

In spotlight at Senate Railroad Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. J....

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Kansas legislator congratulated on 75th birthday. Washington, D.C., July 14. Senator Arthur M. Capper, right, Republican of Kansas, is congratulated on his 75th birthday today [by?] Senator Hiram W. Johnson, veteran Republican from California

Kansas legislator congratulated on 75th birthday. Washington, D.C., Ju...

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Federal Reserve Board Committee before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., June 13. Appearing before the Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee today, Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, expressed his opposition to a bill liberalizing provisions of the Federal Home Loan Act. He said that enactment of the act, sponsored by Senator Wagner, would expand operations of the Home Loan Bank System far beyond the scope of its original purposes

Federal Reserve Board Committee before Senate Committee. Washington, D...

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Brass industrialist tells Monopoly Committee they 'follow the leader and pray for profit.' Washington, D.C., May 9. H.L.Randall, President of the Riverside Metal Co., left, and John Coe, Jr., Vice President of the American Brass Co., on the right, witnesses before the Monopoly Committee's hearings on the beryllium industry today. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Co-chairman of the Committee, asking about the relation of price and production costs, received from Randell in reply, 'We follow the price set by the leader and pray that we will make a profit.' Coe denied that his firm set prices for others to follow. O'Mahoney mentioned that certain beryllium allow products had increased in price when raw materials were cheap, and Coe countered that his firm had lost from $10,000 to $20,000 annually over a period of years while they were developing beryllium processes

Brass industrialist tells Monopoly Committee they 'follow the leader a...

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New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Smathers is the newly-elected United States Senator from New Jersey. A Democrat, Senator Smathers succeeds Senator W. Warren Barbour, a Republican, in the upper house of Congress

New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Sma...

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Sen. Robinson, LaFollette, McKinley, McKellar and Swanson

Sen. Robinson, LaFollette, McKinley, McKellar and Swanson

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Now let me think. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Francis Ward Paine, Senior Partner in Paine, Weber and Company, Boston and New York brokers in a moment of concentration before answering one of the questions that was fired at him by Sen. Wheeler at the railroad hearing at the Capitol today

Now let me think. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Francis Ward Paine, Senior...

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From oiler to member of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. From the Job of an oiler in a paper mill the Eleventh Michigan District vacated by Senator-elect Prentiss M. Brown

From oiler to member of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. From the ...

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New S.E.C. Commissioner takes oath. Washington, D.C., May 18. Leon Henderson, whose nomination as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission was recently approved by the Senate, was sworn in and assumed the post today. Left to right: Commissioner Edward C. Eicher, Commissioner Jerome Frank, Francis P. Brassor, Secretary of the Commission who administered the oath, Commissioner George C. Mathews, Leon Henderson, and Commissioner Robert E. Healy

New S.E.C. Commissioner takes oath. Washington, D.C., May 18. Leon Hen...

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Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization. Washington, D.C. Jan 14. The Senate Committee, of which Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia is chairman, on Government Reorganization Economies met this morning to consider Brookings Institute recommendations denying President Roosevelt the free hand he desires in altering the Executive Branch. The recommendations were for consolidations in Federal Credit Agencies to save at least $30,000,000. In the photograph, left to right; Senator Charles L. McNary, of Oregon; Majority Leader; Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., Delaware; Senator Harry Flood Byrd; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming; and Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Senate Majority Leader

Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization. Washington, D.C. Jan ...

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Charges new Michigan State Senator is a Communist. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Richard Lager, Detroit automobile worker, today charged before the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that Stanley Novak, newly elected Michigan State Senator, is a Communist

Charges new Michigan State Senator is a Communist. Washington, D.C., N...

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Vice President Garner administers oath to new Florida Senators. Washington, D.C., Dec. 8. Florida's new senators, Claude Pepper and Charles O. Andrews, presented their credentials and were administered the oath of office today by Vice President John N. Garner. Left to right: Senator Pepper, Senator Andrews, and Vice President Garner

Vice President Garner administers oath to new Florida Senators. Washin...

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At Civil Liberties hearing. Washington, D.C. Jan. 14. Borden Burr, Counsel for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad, testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties hearing into labor disputes and flogging cases in Alabama, charged that failure of law enforcement in their district made it imperative for his company to bring in special deputies to protect life and property. Karl L. Landgrebe, Vice President of the Toi, is shown seated

At Civil Liberties hearing. Washington, D.C. Jan. 14. Borden Burr, Cou...

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Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, left, co-chairman of the Monopoly Investigating Comm., & Donald Brown, Pres. of the United Aircraft Corp., & Frederick B. Rentachler, Chairman of the Board

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New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Smathers is the newly-elected United States Senator from New Jersey. A Democrat, Senator Smathers succeeds Senator W. Warren Barbour, a Republican, in the upper house of Congress

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New Democratic Senators welcomed. Washington, D.C. Jan. 4. Senator Joseph T. Robinson's first act today, following his re-election as majority leader, was to welcome the new Democratic Senators. Here we see, left to right: Senator Herbert Hitchcock, South Dakota; Senator Prentiss M. Brown, Michigan; Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado; Senator Allen Ellender, Lousiana; Senator Claude Pepper, Florida; Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson; Senator Harry Schwartz, Wyoming; Senator Charles O. Andrews, Florida; Senator James H. Hughes; Delaware; Senator Guy M. Gillette, Iowa; Senator Josh Lee, Oklahoma

New Democratic Senators welcomed. Washington, D.C. Jan. 4. Senator Jos...

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Senate Committee questions DuPont. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Lammont DuPont, President of the E.I. DuPont De Nemours Co. Interests, as he was questioned today by members of the Senate Finance Subcommittee investigating profit sharing systems. He told the Committee he was opposed to incentive taxation. Left to right: Senator Clyde Herring, Chairman; Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg, and Lammont DuPont

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Ickes confers with Senators on Nat. Aud. Washington D.C. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes aAppeared before the Senate Public Buildings and Ground Committee today where Ickes presented a general plan for the new proposed National Auditorium so that there will not be a reccurance of the wet Inaguration day ceremonies. Left to right: Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Ark., Sec. Ickes, and Senator Tom Connally of Texas

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New prohibition law asked for Alaska. Washington D.C. Consumption of liquor by Indians in Alaska under the present law was "legalized murder" made increasingly bad because they were unable to judge its quality, was told to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee today. Prominent Alaskan officials and Indian educators appeared before the committee to urge that a new prohibition law be enacted by Congress to spply in Alaska. In the picture, left to right: Senator Elmer Thomas, Chairman of the Committee; Claude M. Hirst, Director of the Office of Indian affairs in Alaska; and John Collier, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs

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Rep. Hatton Summers; Rep. Albert Thomas; Capt. J.W. Flanagan; Rep. Sam Rayburn; Vice. Pres. Garner; Sen. Morris Sheppard; Sen. Tom Connolly

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Examine first evidence offered to Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Senator William E. Borah, left, Republican of Idaho, and Senator William H. Kin, Democrat of Utah, study evidence offered by Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, who appeared as the first witness before the Joint Committee Investigating Monopolies today

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William Green, Pres. of A.F. of L. & Justin Miller, appearing before Senate Judiciary Committee

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Senate Chamber, state capitol, Annapolis, Md.

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Examine first evidence offered to Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Senator William E. Borah, left, Republican of Idaho, and Senator William H. Kin, Democrat of Utah, study evidence offered by Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, who appeared as the first witness before the Joint Committee Investigating Monopolies today

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McKinley's Ohio home yields wood for gavel. Garner made gift by Commerce Group. Washington, D.C., May 4. Canton, Ohio's Chamber of Commerce today called upon the Vice President to make him a present of a gavel turned from wood taken from the home of the late President McKinley in Canton. Mr. Garner said that he would open the Senate with it today and then place it in the Garner Room at the University of Texas. Left to right: John A. Pearl, L.S. Hamaker, President of the Canton Chamber of Commerce, the Vice President, Rep. James Seccombe of Ohio, and A.B. Arbaugh. All but Mr. Garner are from Canton

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Masons parade for sesquicentennial. Grand Master Paul B. Cromelin; Senator William E. Borah, Idaho; Rep. Sol Bloom, New York

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Secretary Wallace at Senate Banking and Currency Committee. Washington, D.C., June 7. Secretary Henry Wallace today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, which is considering a bill to revamp the Farm Credit System, that farmers need relief from 'excessive interest charges and debts which they cannot pay.' He approved the general objectives of the bill, but suggested changes which he said would result in a 'sounder government credit policy,' and clear up the present 'farm debt muddle.' Shown in the picture, left to right: Senator John H. Bankhead 2nd, Alabama; Senator James F. Byrnes, South Carolina; and Secretary Henry Wallace, Agriculture

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General Trujillo given luncheon at Capitol. Washington, D.C., July 7. Visiting Washington on a goodwill tour is former Dominican Republic President General Rafael Trujillo. The general was accorded a luncheon today at the Capitol by Sen. Theodore Green Rhode Island. Avidly talking to the General, who speaks no English, are Senators Green and Guy Gillette while Minister Andres[?] Pastoriza rapidly interprets. Left to right: Trujillo, Sen. Green, Pastoriza, Sen. Gillette

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Col. G.F. Buckingham, Sen: McKinley, Swanson, and Robinson

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Public is 'willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support defense program; Morgenthau. Washington, D.C., June 12. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau today told the Senate Finance Committee that the public 'is willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support the defense program, but he opposed 'random reductions' in other federal appropriations. Morgenthau is shown here with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican member of the committee

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Dean of House is host to Governor of Illinois. Washington D.C. Rep. A.J. Sabath, Dean of the House of Representatives, was gost today at a luncheon in honor of Governor Henry Horner, of Illinois, at the Capitol. In the photograph, left to right Governor Henry Horner, Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, also from Illinois; Senator William H. Dieterich of Illinois; and Rep. A.J. Sabath, of Illinois

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At farm conference. Washington D.C. Opening a conference with more than 50 Farm leaders to frame a long-term federal farm program, Secretary of Agriculture is shown with Congressional Agricultural leaders, Senator Ellison D. Smith, Democrat of South Carolina, and Rep. Marvin Jones, Democrat of Texas. (right)

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Secretary Wallace boosts president's suggestion for rural security loans. Washington, D.C., July 12. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee today that the president's suggestion for loans totaling $600,000,000 for rural security projects is prudent and economic policy. He said there are 42,000 new tenant farmers each year, and 'if we continue to refuse aid to these needy families, many of them will inevitably drift in to the cities in an effort to get some kind of help there. The cost of supporting them on relief obviously will [be far greater than] the sum necessary to help them [get a new start on the land']

Secretary Wallace boosts president's suggestion for rural security loa...

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Last-minute huddle. Washington, D.C., Dec. 8. Harvey D. Gibson, (standing) President of the Manufacturers Trust Company, goes into a last minute huddle with John P. Murphy, Director of the Mid-America Corporation, before the Senate Inquiry into Railroad financing today. Gibson testified that his company advanced to Mid-America Corporation $1,600,00 of the $3,121,00 used to purchase the Van Swerigan securities at auction

Last-minute huddle. Washington, D.C., Dec. 8. Harvey D. Gibson, (stand...

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Washington, D.C., July 12. An informal picture of Sen. John G. Townsend, R., of Delaware

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Wall Streeter and occassional Administration Advisor opens new monopoly phase. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. W. Averill Harriman, Wall Street Financier and often an advisor to the Administration, together with his partner, J.P. Ripley, spent the morning before the TNEC's newest investigation into banking practices. They are shown here with the Chairman of the Monopoly Committee, Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney. Left to right: Sen. O'Mahoney, Ripley, and Harriman

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