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CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM WARM SPRINGS. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. LOOKING THE PICTURE OF HEALTH, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY RETURNED FROM A SPRING VACATION AT WARM SPRINGS. BESIDES SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HARRY HOPKINS WHO ACCOMPANIED THE PRESIDENT ON THE TRIP FROM HIS GEORGIA RETREAT, OTHERS AT UNION STATION WERE SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL AND SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HENRY MORGENTHAU. LITTLE DIANA HOPKINS, DAUGHTER OF THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, IS ALSO IN THE PICTURE

White House caller. Washington, D.C., July 18. Joseph E. Davies, United States Ambassador to Belgium, leaving the White House today after a call on President Roosevelt, 7/18/39

Chairman Business Advisory Council endorses Hopkins as Commerce Secretary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Appearing as the last witness before the Senate Commerce Committee considering the fitness of Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce, W. Averill Harriman, Board Chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad and Chairman of the President's Business Advisory Council, today said 'I want to endorse Mr. Hopkins for appointment as Secretary of Commerce. I want to express my faith in him. I believe in his ability, and I feel he will fill this position with confidence and honor,' 1/11/39

Court nominee before Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Prof. Felix Frankfurter today responded freely to questions put to him by members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee which is considering his nomination to the Supreme Court. He was later approved by the committee, 1/12/39

Newsmen dine French Ambassador. Washington, D.C., May 13. French Ambassador Georges Bonnet apparently enjoyed his lunch today at the National Press Club where he was a guest of the members. In a short speech following the luncheon Ambassador Bonnet defended the Franco-Soviet military alliance as a force of peace instead of war

Frankfurter critic passes by. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Probably it was just a coincidence that Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, right, anti- Communist author, was passing by as this picture of Prof. Felix Frankfurter talking to Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing room. Yesterday before the committee, Mrs. Dilling assailed the nomination of Frankfurter to the Supreme Court and denounced all liberals, including the Roosevelt family, 1/12/39

Brazil signs bold agreement with U.S. Washington D.C. July 15. Brazil, through its Minister of Finance Arthur De Souza Costa, signed a financial agreement with the United States today. It was understood to involve Brazilian purchases of gold from the U.S. to the amount of $50,000,000 for purposes of exchange stabilization and as reserves for a proposed Brazil central bank. This picture made at the State Department shows left to right: Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau, Arthur De Souza, Secretary Hull, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. 7/15/37

Harriman, Ripley, & Co. owner holds firm never violated banking laws. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Testifying before the Monopoly Committee this morning, W. Averill Harriman, Wall Street Financier, asserted and was corroborated by his partner, J.P. Ripley, that the firm of Harriman, Ripley, & Co. set up in 1934, was not established to side-step the Banking Act of 1933. The act divorced securities business from commerical banking in banking houses. He asserts that the firm was set up to provide for the future of those employees of the National City Co. whose investment and underwriting activities were ended by the Act of 1933. Photo shows Harriman as he was testifying this morning

Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. President Roosevelt today called a special meeting of the Government's tax experts at the White House. Leaving the meeting Rep. Robert L. Doughton, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters that tax revision and proposed farm levies were discussed with the President. Left to right: Daniel Bell, Director of the Budget; Rep. Fred Vinson of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee now studying tax revision; Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau; Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; and Rep. Robert L. Doughton.

Whispered advice from counsel. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Prof. Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court Nominee, gets a bit of whispered advice from his counsel Dean Acheson, left, just before taking the stand today before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to answer questions as to his fitness for the High Tribunal, 1/12/39

Attend Soviet party Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Wage-Hour Administrator and Mrs. Elmer Andrews as they arrive to attend the party at Soviet Embassy today which marked the 21st anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution

Wife of CIO leader attends Soviet Reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Mrs. John L. Lewis, wife of the CIO leader, was one of the few American of any recognition who today attended the reception given by the Soviet Charge d'Affaires Dmitri Chuvakhin in celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Mr. Lewis was noticeably absent

Counsel for Frankfurter talks with Chairman of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Waiting to appear before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today as counsel for Prof. Felix Frankfurter, Dean Acheson, left, former Undersecretary of the Treasury and a personal friend of the Harvard professor, chatted informally with Chairman M.M. Neely of West Virginia, 1/10/39

Treasury Head asks changes to plug tax leaks. Washington, D.C. June 17. While the Treasury Department is temporarily withholding the names of alleged tax dodgers, Secretary Morgenthau appeared before a Joint Congressional Tax Committee today to recommend immediate legislative enactments to close loopholes in the Federal Tax laws. In the photograph, left to right: Rosewell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; Secretary Morgenthau; Rep. Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina; and Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. 6/17/37

Plan for taking of unemployment [...] Washington, D.C., Sept. 27. Government [...]labor leaders met at the White House today [...] John D. Biggers, Unemployment Census Administrator to formulate plans for compiling the first unemployment census in the United States. In the photograph, left to right (seated): A.F. Whitney, Pres. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman; Secretary of Labor Perkins; Secretary of Commerce Roper; Administrator John D. Biggers; Secretary of Agriculture Wallace; Stuart A. Rice, Chairman, Central Statistical Board; William L. Austin, Director of the Census. Standing, left to right: John L. Lewis, CIO Head; W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Business Advisory Council; Allen Johnstone, Counsel of the Special Senate Committee to Investigate Unemployment Relief; Dorrington Gill, substituting for Harry Hopkins; M.W. Thatcher, Pres. of the Farmer National Cooperative Grain Corp.; George H. Davis, Pres. of U.S. Chamber of Commerce; W. Frank Persons, Director of U.S. Employment Service; Chester M. Gray, Representing the American Farm Bureau Federation; Noel Sargent, Secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers; Fred Breckman, representing the National Grange; T.B. Uttley, Supt. Division Post Office Service; Boris Shif[...], representing William Green; and Arthur Altmeyer [...] Security Board, 9/27/37

Morgenthau, greets two new additions to the Treasury Department. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Preston Delano, left; newly appointed comptroller of the currency, and a distant cousin of the President, greets his assistant, Cyril B. Upham, newly appointed first deputy comptroller of the currency, while the Chief, Sec. of the Treasury, Morgenthau, looks on, 10/1/38

Railroad parley at White House. Washington, D.C., March 15. Representatives of Railroad Management, Labor and Government officials and Congress met with President Roosevelt today in efforts to find a remedy to aid the Nation's financially distressed railroads. In the front row, left to right: ICC Commissioner Joseph D. Eastman; ICC Commissioner Charles D. Maraffie; Carl Gray, President of Union Pacific R.R.; Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau; George Harrison; William O. Douglas, Chairman of the SEC. In the rear, left to right: Ernest G. Draper, Asst. Sec. of Commerce; Dr. W.W. Alexander, FSA; Rep. Clarence F. Lea; Sen. Burton K. Wheeler; and Sen. Harry Truman, 3/15/38

Leaving conference with Pres. Roosevelt. Left to right: Asst. Secy. of Treasury John W. Hanes, Secy. Morgenthau, & acting Budget Dir. Daniel Bell

Soviet Flyers at White House. Washington D.C June 28. The three Soviet Flyer who conquered the North Pole route between the U.S.S.R. and the United States are shown leaving the White House today after being received by President Roosevelt. In the photograph, left to right: George Baiduckcv, co-pilot; Valeri Chkalov, Pilot; Alexander Beliakov, navigator. 6/28/37

As special presidential committee began public hearings on possible civil service reforms. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Rep. Robert Ramspeck, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee, was the first witness today as open hearings began before the special presidential committee established to study possible reforms in recruiting governmental legal help. In differing with Justice Felix Frankfurter, a member of the committee, Ramspeck said 'that he did not think the fact that a man graduates from Harvard, Yale, or Columbia or some other school should control his appointment.' In the photograph, left to right: Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Rep. Ramspeck, Justice Stanley F. Reed, chairman of the committee, and Attorney General Frank Murphy, also a member of the committee

Cameramen, Stimson ofc., 3/28/29

Rotarians fete foreign diplomats. Washington, D.C. The International Rotarians today held a luncheon in Washington at the Willard Hotel where they played as host to all the foreign diplomats in Washington D.C. Left to right: Will Maniery of Nashville, Tenn., President of the Rotary International; Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky of Soviet Russia; Ambassador Fulvio Suvich from Italy; Ambassador Hans Luther from Germany; Rev. Dr. Chas. T. Warner, President of the Washington Rotarians

President departs on transcontinental trip. Washington, D.C., July 7. President Roosevelt was in a happy mood tonight as he boarded his special train for a transcontinental trip which will be climaxed by a review of the fleet and a fishing expedition in Pacific waters. Combining business with pleasure, the chief executive will make several speeches enroute urging support of new deal candidates in the coming all congressional elections. Left to right : Senator Joseph Guffey of Pennsylvania; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, President Roosevelt and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, 7/7/38

Ed R. Stettinius, Monopoly

President confers with advisory business council. Washington D.C. Members of the Advisory Business Council operating in cooperation with Secretary of Commerce Roper met with President Roosevelt at the White House today. Matters discussed at the meeting were not made public but It is believed that pending Congressional legislation was one of the topics. In the photograph, left to right: Laverill Harriman, Clay Williams, Gen. R.E. Wood, George Meade, Chairman of the Council; and Delancey Kounyze

Assails all liberals as she opposes Frankfurter before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Assailing all liberals, including the Roosevelt family, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today, Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, author of the Anti-Communist Volume"The Red Network," gave a regular show to a crowded hearing room in opposing the nomination of Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court. She challenged the committee collectively and individually to disprove anything she writes or says, 1/11/39

Equal rights to women would result in confusion, senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Dean G. Acheson, former Undersecretary of the Treasury, today told the Senate judiciary subcommittee, that the proposed Constitutional Amendment granting "equal rights" to women would lead only to "confusion." It would confuse states in determining what constituted "equal rights" and would cause "many good laws" to be discarded, Acheson added, 3/8/38

Harry L. Stimpson [i.e., Stimson], 10/5/23

Migel Estate & Farm, Gardener's Shed, Along private drive, .4 mile north of intersection of Harriman Heights Road & Orange Turnpike, Monroe, Orange County, NY

Alexandrovitch Oumansky, new Soviet ambassador

Unveil tablet to memory of founder of Mt. Vernon Seminary. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. The unveiling of two tab[...] to the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Somers, founder and head of the exclusive Mt. Vernon Seminary from 1875 to 1915 [...]axed the [...]entenary celebration at the school today. Distinguished members of alumnae, lead by Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet, attended the celebration. In the photograph, left to right: Dr. Mary E. Wooley, President Emeritus Mt. Holyoke College; Miss Polly Trees, Class of '36, and Miss Jean Cole, President Dean of the school, 11/5/37

National Defense Commission meets at White House. Washington, D.C., June 20. Among the president's appointments today at the White House was one with his National Defense Commission. Pictured here are two members, Edward R. Stettinius Jr., left, and Sidney Hillman, right

Destruction of Democratic Party aim communists, Dies Committee told. Washington, D.C., Aug. 22. Resuming his testimony before the House Committee investigating Un-American activities today, Dr. J.B. Matthews, former communist organizer, charged that communist strategy in America calls for the destruction of the Democratic Party as a prelude to the establishment of a "Soviet America." He also told the committee that immediate objectives of President Roosevelt's administration are identical to those of the Communist Party, 8/22/38

Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 16. The Senate Judiciary Committee which today approved the nomination of Felix Frankfurter to the U.S. Supreme Court, and that of Frank Murphy as Attorney General. Left to right: (seated) Senators Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Warren R. Austin, Henry F. Ashurst, Chairman, Tom Connally, and George W. Norris. Standing, left to right: Senators Carl A. Hatch, Key Pittman, Matthew M. Neely, Frederick Van Nuys, Edward R. Burke, M.M. Logan, James H. Hughes, Pat Harrison, Alexander Wiley, and John A. Donaher, 1/16/39

Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter of the United States Supreme Court

Erie Railway, Harriman Station, Harriman, Orange County, NY

Crowd hears Frankfurter before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. The S.R.O sign was hung out today as Prof. Felix Frankfurter appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee considering his nomination to the Supreme Court. Frankfurter and his counsel, Dean Acheson, are shown in center of picture, 1/12/39

Lewis picture puzzles members of Congress. Washington D.C., July 23. Today's mail at the Capitol brought every member of Congress a copy of the picture of John L. Lewis and family attending the recent reception at the Soviet Embassy in honor of the Transpolar Flyers. Viewing his copy, Rep. Usher L. Burdick, Republican of North Dakota, seems perplexed as to who sent it and why, 7/23/37

Discuss business conditions. Washington, D.C., May 13. Averill Harriman (left), chairman of the President's Business Advisory Council, and Secretary of Commerce Daniel A. Roper snapped just before they went into the metting of the Business Advisory Council today at the Department of Commerce

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

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to consider nomination of Felix Frankfurter. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee which today began consideration of the nomination of Felix Frankfurter, Harvard Law school's famed liberal. To the U.S. Supreme Court. The committee will open public hearings on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Left to right: Senator George W. Norris, Nebraska; Senator Charles L. McNary, Oregon; Senator Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chairman of the committee; Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada; Senator William H. King, Utah; Senator Pat Connolly, Texas. In rear are Senators James H. Hughes, Delaware and Warren R. Austin, Vermont, 1/7/39

Daughter of Ambassador Davies and fiance guests on yachting party. Washington, D.C., May 23. Gay Emlen Knight Davies, daughter of Joseph E. Davies, ambassador to Belgium, and her fiance, Robert Grosjean of the London office of General Foods, were guests of honor aboard the yacht, Venture II, with Mrs. Breckinridge Bayne as hostess. Original plans for the marriage were that the ceremony would take place aboard in the event of European war, but the date has now been set for May 27 at the estate of Senator and Mrs. Millard Tydings of Maryland. The couple will make their home in London after the ceremony

Big three of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. All experts at cross-examining these three Senators, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will take an active part in questioning witnesses when the committee begins opening hearings next week to consider the nomination of Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court. Left to right - Senator Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chairman; Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada; and Senator Tom Connolly, Texas, 1/7/39

Annual Gridiron dinner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Justice Felix Frankfurter, as he checked his hat and coat before attending the annual Gridiron dinner in honor of the president

U.S. Envoy to tell president of talk with Stalin. Washington, D.C., June 25. Joseph E. Davies, recently resigned envoy to the Soviet, arriving at the White House today where he gave President Roosevelt a first-hand observation of political and economic conditions in Europe. He also described his two hour talk with Stalin

Frankfurter Counsel listens to testimony opposing appointment of Harvard professor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Dean Acheson, right, former Undersecretary of the Treasury, as counsel for Prof. Felix Frankfurter, listens to testimony opposing his client's appointment to the Supreme Court before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today. George E. Sullivan, left, Washington Attorney and author, opposed the nomination on the grounds that Frankfurter was alien born--in Austria--and had 'alien affiliations.' 1/10/39

Cameramen, Stimson ofc., 3/28/29

Wm. Kohn, Mrs. Borden Harriman, 2/20/20

Frankfurter and counsel. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Dean Acheson, counsel for Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court Nominee, pictured with his client leaving the Capitol after the Harvard professor was questioned by the Senate Commerce Committee, 1/13/39

U.S. Steel heads listen to testimony at monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 6. Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel, and Benjamin F. Fairless, president of the corporation, listen to testimony before the National Monopoly Committee today

In huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Dean Acheson, counsel for Felix Frankfurter before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, went into frequent huddles to [...] with Chairman M.M. Neely during the questioning of witnesses opposing the appointment of Frankfurter to the Supreme Court, 1/11/39

Winston Churchill, 10/18/29

Big three of U.S. Steel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Interested spectators at today's session of the Monopoly Committee now investigating the $4,000,000[,000?] steel industry were, left to right: Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel Corp., Benjamin F. Fairless, President, and William Beye, Vice President

Members of Supreme Court attend service for late Justice Butler. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Members of the United States Supreme Court, who acted as honorary pall bearers for the late Justice Pierce Butler, are shown leaving St. Matthews Cathedral today where a high requiem mass was sung as a final tribute. Reading in pairs from left to right: Associate Justice James Clark McReynolds, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justices Owen J. Roberts, and Harlan Fiske Stone, Associate Justice Stanley F. Reed and Hugo L. Black, retired Justice George Sutherland and Justice Felix Frankfurter, retired Justice Willis Van Devanter and Justice William O. Douglas

Will represent U.S. at nine power treaty conference in Brussels. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18. The United States Delegates to the Conference of Nine-Power Treaty Signatories [...] Brussels held their first meeting at the state [...] today to discuss preliminary arrangements. In the photograph, left to right: (Seated) Stanley [...], Advisor; Norman Davis, Chief Delegate; [...] P. Moffatt, Advisor. Standing, left to right: [...] E. Bohlen, Secretary; and Robert T. Pell, [...] Relations Officer, 10/18/37

U.S. Ambassador to Soviet confers with president. Washington, D.C., May 30. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet, Laurence A. Steinhardt, arriving at the White House today for a conference with President Roosevelt

Frankfurter faces Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Felix Frankfurter, right, facing the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today to answer questions concerning his fitness for the U.S. Supreme Court. The committee later confirmed his nomination. Left to right, can be seen: Senator William H. King of Utah, Senator M.M. Neely of West Virginia, Chairman, and Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, 1/12/39

Stimson broadcasts greeting to Japan. Secretary of State Stimson, on the occasion of the birthday of the Emperor of Japan, today sent a good will message by radio to Japan. Ambassador Debuchi of Japan also spoke, and the reply from Japan was made by Baron Shidehara in Tokyo. Secretary Stimson is on the left and Ambassador Debuchi on the right in picture, 4/29/31

Movies record Frankfurter's appearance before Senate committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Movie and still cameras were set at all angles in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing room to record for the nation the appearance of Felix Frankfurter, who made himself available to answer questions as to his fitness to serve on the Supreme Court bench. The committee later confirmed the nomination of Frankfurter, 1/12/39

Henry L. Stimson, 3/28/29

Business and industry to have important voice in current monopoly investigation is plan. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Plans to give business and industry and important voice in the current New Deal monopoly investigation were formulated today at a meeting of the President's advisory council at the Department of Commerce. In the picture, left to right: W. Averell Harriman, Chairman of the Council; Secretary of Commerce Daniel A. Roper; Willard L. Thorp, Advisor to the Department of Commerce on Economic Studies and a member of the Monopoly Committee; and Assistant Secretary of Commerce Richard C. Patterson, also a member of the committee, 10/6/38

Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Chairman of U.S. Steel. Isador Lubin, left, Commissioner of Labor Statistics. Leon Henderson, right, new S.E.C. Commissioner

Appears before Dies Un-American Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Dr. J.D. Matthews, former 'fellow traveler' in the Communist United Front who told the Dies Committee investigating un-American activities that, Earl Browder, sought to obtain from the State Dept. 'diplomatic immunity' for funds to be sent here from Soviet Russia, 11/7/38

Groton School, Groton, Middlesex County, MA

Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of U.S. Steel, testifying before Monopoly Committee

Finland Minister arrives for Soviet reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Finland's Minister Hjalmar J. Procope, was in a gay mood as he waved to photographers on his arrival at the Soviet Embassy today for the reception in celebration of 22nd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution

At Soviet reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Henrik De Kauffmann, left, Danish Minister, and Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, Norwegian Minister, snapped as they arrived at the Soviet Embassy tonight for the reception tendered by the Charge d'Affaires M. Dmitri Chuvakhin in celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Great October Revolution

Mrs. Dean Acheson, 1/14/24

White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Holding his first press conference today, John D. Biggers, Administrator of the Unemployment Census, announced that he had called a conference at the White House on Monday to formulate plans for the first unemployment census ever conducted in the United States. Included among those invited to the meeting were John L. Lewis, CIO head; William Green, A.F. of L. President; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council; and Leaders of Farm and Cooperative Groups.

President of firm under investigation today. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. J.P. Ripley, President of the Harriman, Ripley, & Co. currently under investigation by the Monopoly Committee which today began a study of banking practices

President's committee for civil service improvements open public hearings. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. The committee which president recently appointed to study possible reforms in recruiting governmental legal help, began open hearings today at the United States Supreme Court Building. This first photograph of the committee shows, left to right, seated: Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Associate Justice Stanley F. Reed, chairman, and Attorney General Frank Murphy

Frankfurter attentive. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. With hand clasped behind his head, Felix Frankfurter seemed relaxed today as members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee considering his fitness for the U.S. Supreme Court, shot questions at him, 1/12/39

New Soviet Ambassador Constantine Alexandrovitch Oumansky & his wife & daughter, Nina Constantina. He was formerly Charge d'Affaires & succeeds Alexander Troyanovsky

China well represented at Soviet Embassy. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Arm-in-arm Dr. Hu Shih, right, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, arrives for the reception at the Soviet Embassy with Dr. W.W. Yen. The reception was given to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Official Washington shunned the reception in droves

Sen. Joe Robinson, Mrs. Harriman at luncheon. Mrs. Harriman guest of honor

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.

Buffalo bankers before S.E.C. Washington, D.C. Jan. 17. The bankers from Buffalo, New York are shown in a huddle during a recess when they were testifying before the Securities and Exchange today. Left to right: Perry E. Wurst, Executive Vice-President of the Manufactures & Traders Trust Co.; Lewis G. Harriman, Pres. of the M.& T. Trust Co.; and Frank C. Trubee, Jr., President of the Manufactures and Traders Securities Corp.; all of Buffalo, New York

[George Kennan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Groton, Mass. 1886.

Harriman, Tenn. 1892

Harriman, Tenn. 1892.

[Unidentified old man, seated, writing, at entrance to a log and earth shelter in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

[D.G. Elliot, A.K. Fisher, and Robert Ridgway in woods bordering Indian River, Sitka, Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

[Icebergs, bay, and mountain in background, Alaska] / Curtis.

[The expedition vessel, George W. Elder, at dock possibly in Sitka, Alaska, and two small boats loaded with fish in the foreground, 1899] / Curtis.

[Woman looking through sextant on board the expedition vessel, George W. Elder, with two men and Capt. Peter Doran during Harriman expedition to Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

[Two men with guns in foreground, pond and mountain in background, taken during the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899]

[Two men and two women seated in forest in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

[Harriman Expedition personnel posed on dock in Alaska]

[Surveyor with theodolite(?) in the mountains of Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

Sun and clouds / Curtis.

View across large body of water, taken on the Harriman Alaska expedition.

[Harriman Alaska Expedition members pose on beach at deserted Cape Fox village, Alaska, 1899, with Tlinget totem poles in background] / Curtis.

[Two men and one women in forest in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

Seal hunters in canoe at Glacier Bay / Curtis.

Two native Alaskan people in boat.

Packers / Curtis.

Group of men standing on board ship, Alaska, 1899.

[A man, possibly Lewis Rutherford Morris, seated in a canoe on a river in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.

[Glaciers, Alaska] / Curtis.

R.S. Lovett

W.A. Harriman

R.S. Lovett