![Gentlemen, I am shagrined [...] so hinted Rep. Nat Patton (D. of Tex) when it was inferred by testimony of Eugene Sellers, NRA employee, that the box of cigars he received some time ago from utilities Chief John Carpenter was "not a box of cigars" and was a "pastebord box instead of a wooden one." Rep. Patton is seen here displaying the package he claims to have recieved, before the Senate Lobby hearing Friday, 7/26/35](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvZ2VudGxlbWVuLWktYW0tc2hhZ3JpbmVkLXNvLWhpbnRlZC1yZXAtbmF0LXBhdHRvbi1kLW9mLXRleC13aGVuLWl0LXdhcy1pbmZlcnJlZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/413/jpg "Gentlemen, I am shagrined [...] so hinted Rep. Nat Patton (D. of Tex) when it was inferred by testimony of Eugene Sellers, NRA employee, that the box of cigars he received some time ago from utilities Chief John Carpenter was \"not a box of cigars\" and was a \"pastebord box instead of a wooden one.\" Rep. Patton is seen here displaying the package he claims to have recieved, before the Senate Lobby hearing Friday, 7/26/35")
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Gentlemen, I am shagrined [...] so hinted Rep. Nat Patton (D. of Tex) when it was inferred by testimony of Eugene Sellers, NRA employee, that the box of cigars he received some time ago from utilities Chief John Carpenter was "not a box of cigars" and was a "pastebord box instead of a wooden one." Rep. Patton is seen here displaying the package he claims to have recieved, before the Senate Lobby hearing Friday, 7/26/35
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A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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01/01/1935
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
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Library of Congress
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