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PWA ready for recovery gun--Ickes. Washington, D.C., April 26. Secretary Ickes today told the House Appropriations Sub-Committee in hearing on President Roosevelt's recovery program that the PWA has 2,714 approved public works projects which could be started within "60 to 90" days. Ickes statement was disclosed to newsmen by Rep. Clifton Woodrum, Chairman of the Sub-Committee. While he refused to make a statement, Ickes did say he had no objections to making PWA permanent as proposed in a bill by Rep. Alfred Beiter. In the group, left to right: (seated) Rep. J. Buell Snyder, Penna., Secretary Ickes, and Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, Chairman. Standing, left to right, are: Howard A. Gray, Asst. WPA Administrator; and Ebert K. Burlew, Asst. Secretary of Interior, 4/26/38

PWA ready for recovery gun--Ickes. Washington, D.C., April 26. Secreta...

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MRS. ROOSEVELT AND SECRETARY ICKES AT BIG MEADOWS, Virginia

MRS. ROOSEVELT AND SECRETARY ICKES AT BIG MEADOWS, Virginia

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Study plans for new Capitol auditorium. Washington, D.C., April 30. The downpour of rain during the last inaugural ceremonies has resulted in congressional action creating the Capitol Auditorium Commission in efforts to have constructed an auditorium in which to hold indoor inaugurations or great national conventions. Secretary of National Capitol Parks, Secretary. The Commission was formed today at a meeting in the Office of Chairman Tom Connally, of the Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. In the photograph, left to right: Senator Tom Connally, of Texas; Senator Warren R. Austin, of Vermont; Rep. Fritz G. Lanham, of Texas; and Secretary Ickes, 4/30/37

Study plans for new Capitol auditorium. Washington, D.C., April 30. Th...

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Pan American given permission to use Canton Island as air base. Washington, D.C., April 13. Following an agreement between the United States and Great Brittan for the common use of the Island of Canton and Enderbury in the South Pacific Ocean for international aviation and communication, Secretary of interior Harold Ickes today signed a license permitting Pan American Airways to use Canton Island as an air base for its commercial trans-Pacific air transport service between California and New Zealand. Secretary Ickes is show presenting the pen to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American, after the signing. 4-13-39

Pan American given permission to use Canton Island as air base. Washin...

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PWA ready for recovery gun--Ickes. Washington, D.C., April 26. Secretary Ickes today told the House Appropriations Sub-Committee in hearing on President Roosevelt's recovery program that the PWA has 2,714 approved public works projects which could be started within "60 to 90" days. Ickes statement was disclosed to newsmen by Rep. Clifton Woodrum, Chairman of the Sub-Committee. While he refused to make a statement, Ickes did say he had no objections to making PWA permanent as proposed in a bill by Rep. Alfred Beiter. In the group, left to right: (seated) Rep. J. Buell Snyder, Penna., Secretary Ickes, and Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, Chairman. Standing, left to right, are: Howard A. Gray, Asst. WPA Administrator; and Ebert K. Burlew, Asst. Secretary of Interior, 42638

PWA ready for recovery gun--Ickes. Washington, D.C., April 26. Secreta...

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Describes wire-tapping of government phones. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Louis R. Glavis, former Interior Department Investigator, today described to the Senate Public Lands Committee how wire-tapping of department telephones was carried on after he discussed leakage of information with Secretary Ickes. He denied that White House wires had been tapped and President Roosevelt demanded such tapping cease. Glavis was summoned before the committee to be questioned on the qualifications of Ebert K. Burlew to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior. He is shown with Senator Key Pittman, (left) and Senator Alva Adams (center), 1/17/38

Describes wire-tapping of government phones. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17...

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Ickes denies wire tapping by his investigators. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Secretary of the Interior Ickes denied before the Senate Public Lands Committee that this department investigators had tapped telephone wires of any Senator or Representative. Ickes, testifying on behalf of Ebert K. Burlew, nominee for Asst. Sec. of the Interior, was questioned by Sen. Key Pittman of Nevada in regard to "rumors" of a secret investigation of an unidentified Congressman. "It is not true, and it has never been true as far as I know" Ickes said. Shown after the battle are, left to right: Sen. Alva Adams, Colo., Chairman of the Committee; Secretary Ickes; Burley; and Senator Key Pittman, 1/11/38

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Secretary Ickes' Remarks at the Marian Anderson Concert

Secretary Ickes' Remarks at the Marian Anderson Concert

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