Harris & Ewing photos from the 1940s

Returning Senators greet one another. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Republican Senator William E. Borah, left, seemed happy to see Democratic Senator John H. Bankhead, center, and Millard E. Tydings, as he met them in the Senate subway on their way to today's opening session of the 76th Congress *Abstra

Richard Caey, Austria, Siam Minister, & family at airport

Richard Casey, first Australian Minister to the U.S.

Robert Jackson & wife

Rollins, Samuel Dickstein, Dorothy Waring?

Rosa Ponselle, Frances Eileen Dewey, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ruby Black, Gracie Allen

Schofield appointed to Immigration & Naturalization Service. Washington, D.C., June 14. Attorney General Robert Jackson assumed control of the Immigration and Naturalization Service today. One of his first acts as head of the service will be issuance of an order requiring the fingerprinting of all a

Sec. of State Cordell Hull

Secretary Harold Ickes & wife

Secretary of Treasury at church services of the president. Washington, D.C., March 4. St. John's Episcopal Church was the scene today of services held in observance of President Roosevelt's seventh inaugural anniversary. This begins his eighth year in the White House. Among those who attended were S

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

Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Helen Woodring; and children Melissa, Cooper, and Marcus; at White House

Secy. of State Cordell Hull at his desk, 7-12-40

Secy. Wallace & Harry Slattery

Sen. Charles O. Andrews, Democrat of Fla., Feb. 23, 1940

Sen. Carter Glass & Jesse Jones

Sen. Guffey, B.F. Fairless, & Nathan Miller

Sen. Glass & Sen. Wagner

Sen. Glass, unidentified, & Sen. Wagner

Sen. Guy M. Gillette, Democrat of Iowa, April 1940

Sen. James Davis, Republican of Pa., March 1940

Sen. John Thomas of Idaho. He succeeds the late William E. Borah, Feb. 1940

Sen. Lister Hill & Norman Davis

Sen. Taft returns for Congressional opening. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Back from a swing around the country on which he said he learned that 'sentiment against the New Deal is constantly rising,' Senator Robert A. Taft, Republican of Ohio, today told reporters the neutrality zone policy 'tends to in

Sen. Robert R. Reynolds of N.C., Jan. 1940

Sen. Sheridan Downey, Democrat of Calif, May 1940

Sen. Peter Goeley Gerry, Democrat of R.I., May 1940

Senate battlers on Pure Politics Act. Washington, D.C., Mar 7. At odds on the Senate floor since the inception of The Hatch Act, but good personal friends are Senators Carol Hatch, D. of New Mexico, author of The Act to Purify Politics, and Senator Sherman Minton, Dem., of Indiana. Latest difference

Senate Banking and Currency Committee hears Secretary Wallace. Washington, D.C., June 7. Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace, today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that he approved the bill to revamp the Farm Credit System because farmers need relief from 'excessive interest charg

Senate Finance Committee begins work on new defense financing program. Washington, D.C., May 29. The Senate Finance Committee today began work on the new defense financing program. It is expected that a thorough revision of the nation's tax structure will be made in an effort to end deficit financin

Senate Military Affairs Committee, July 2, 1940

Senate leaders meet. Washington, D.C., June 6. Senate Republicans today adopted a resolution declaring that Congress should remain in session throughout the European War emergency. Twenty-one Republicans conferred for 45 minutes. Afterward, Senator McNary announced 'It was the unanimous sense of the

Senate Military Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., July 2. The Senate Military Affairs Committee which today be a vote of 14 to 3 approved the nomination of Henry Stimson to be secretary of war. Front row, left to right: Senators H. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire; Warren R. Austin, Vermont; Morri

Senator A.B. 'Happy' Chandler, Democrat of Ky.

Senator A.B. Chandler, Democrat of Ky.

Senator Frederick Hale, Repub. of Maine, 4-26-40

Senator from Arkansas. Washington, D.C., June 21. Senator John E. Miller, Democrat of Arkansas, posed for this new informal picture at the Capitol today

Senator from Oregon. Washington, D.C., March 12. A new informal picture of Senator Rufus C. Holman, Republican or Oregon

Senator from South Carolina. Washington, D.C., June 11. Senator James F. Byrnes, Democrat of South Carolina, posed for this new informal picture today at his office in the Capitol

Senator from Utah. Washington, D.C., June 15. A new informal picture of Senator William H. King, Democrat of Utah

Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Democrat of N.C., 3-15-40

Senator Scott Lucas, Democrat of ILL., 4-26-40

Senator Sheridan Downey, Calif., 1940

Senator William Borah and group

Senators LaFollette & Bennett Clark for Newsweek

Senators LaFollette & Champ Clark for Newsweek

Senators in jovial mood as they arrive for opening session of new Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, left, and Senator Alexander Wiley, Republican of Wisconsin, seemed happy that the new session of Congress would convene today as they rode the Senate subway

Sidney Hillman, circa 1940

Sidney Hillman, member of President's Advisory Defense Commission

Six members of fair sex now members of National House of Representatives. Washington, D.C., March 6. The election of Mrs. Frances P. Bolton, Ohio, to succeed her late husband, Rep. Chester Bolton, in the House of Representatives brings to a total of six the number of women now serving in that august

Socialist Norman Thomas at peace rally. Washington, D.C., June 8. 1,100 people crowded into an antiwar mass meeting held here last night. Condemnation of 'war hysteria' and defense policies were voiced by leaders of congressional, labor, student, and women's groups. Norman Thomas, socialist candidat

South Carolina Solon. Washington, D.C., June 11. This new informal picture of Senator James F. Byrnes, Democrat of South Carolina, was made at the Capitol today

South Carolina Senator. Washington, D.C., June 21. A new informal picture of Senator Ellison D. 'Cotton Ed' Smith, Democrat of South Carolina

Speaker elected for 'Little Congress.' Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. The 'Little Congress' composed of secretaries and office workers of members of Congress, after two elections, selected Nathaniel Turnball, assistant secretary to Senator Charles Andrews of Florida, as its speaker for the next 12 consec

Speaker warms up for opening of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead appeared in rare form today as he took a few practice swings for photographers with the gavel he will open the House tomorrow when the third session of the 76th Congress convenes

Steel leaders at Monopoly

Stimson appears before Senate Military Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., July 2. Henry L. Stimson, left, pictured with Senator Morris Sheppard, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, before whom Stimson testified today regarding his qualifications to be secretary of war. The Committee

Study Johnson semi-automatic rifle. Washington, D.C., May 29. Senator Morris Sheppard, left, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Maj. Gen. George A. Lynch, U.S. Chief of Infantry, and Senator A.B. Chandler of Kentucky, inspect the Johnson semi-automatic rifle which may replace the Gar

Sumner Welles (center)

T. Wells, Richard H. Sangor Sanger (1905-1979) worked as a reporter in the Soviet Union from 1933-1934 before serving with the U.S. Board of Economic Warfare in north Africa from 1940-1941. From 1944-1962 he was a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State in Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Ar