Potter Stewart 1981

Retires from the Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., May 19th. Willis Van Devanter, Supreme Court justice talks to newspapermen after submitting his resignation to the President to become effective June 2nd.

First press conference for new Assistant Secreary of the Treasury. Washington, D.C., July 1. Immediately after taking the oath as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury today, John W. Hanes, former New York broker and member of the S.E.C., held his first press conference. Hanes succeeds Josephine Roche

Jesse Jones holds first press conference since assuming new post. Washington, D.C., July 17. At his first press conference today after taking the oath as Federal Loan Administrator, Jesse Jones urged that Congress enact the new lending bill before it concludes its current session. Jones told reporte

Majority Leader at the press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas who is the majority leader of the Senate telling the reporters that Congress is going to regulate wages and hours even if necessary to pass a Constitutional amendment. Is this the rebirth of the N.R.A.

Murphy holds press conference after nomination for Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., Jan. 4. Attorney General Frank Murphy was in a jovial mood today as he met reporters at a press conference following his nomination as a member of the United States Supreme Court

Murphy tells his side of strike controversy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Attorney General Frank Murphy sat before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary this afternoon and in a voice almost inaudible to those nearby, read his statement regarding his side of the sit-down strikes in Detroit's motor indu

New S.E.C. Chairman holds first press conference. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. William Orville Douglas, newly elected chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission held his first press conference today in Washington. Chairman Douglas is shown at the head of the table surrounded by photographers and

Oil executive predicts suffocated marketing competition if Gillette bill is passed. Washington, D.C., April 21. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, J. Howard Pew, President of the Sun Oil Co., declared that passage of the Gillette Bill prohibiting marketing of petroleum products